(no subject)
I've been working on one of those CD player/turntable/radio all-in-one things that I got through Freecycle at least a year ago. The function switch was flaky. When I got it apart, I found that the switch has like 16 itty-bitty solder points. Either finding a compatible switch and replacing in, or mapping the traces and soldering in a number of simpler replacement switches, seems like more work than is worthwhile for a relatively cheap piece of hardware.
I salvaged some boards and the CD laser and tossed the rest and can't help a nagging irrational feeling like I failed and have wasted material and am somehow a bad person for junking it. I silently apologized to the device for not fixing it as I rode with it down the elevator to the dumpsters.
I salvaged some boards and the CD laser and tossed the rest and can't help a nagging irrational feeling like I failed and have wasted material and am somehow a bad person for junking it. I silently apologized to the device for not fixing it as I rode with it down the elevator to the dumpsters.