actually quite a while ago, I designed a bunch of Gl0tchpatches for the TSOP-50 RAM chips you can find e.g. on the GBS-8100 VGA converters, but that also seem to pop up in lots of gear all over the place. They’re little flexboards that fit nicely on top of the Ram, making all the gl0tchy pins a LOT more accessible for hand soldering. Trust me, they make everything soo much easier! I’m thinking of opening a webshop eventually, for selling them and other stuff, but until then, I thought I’d show them around a little here and there to see if anyone would like to have some for testing.
I don’t want to give them away completely for free, but I also don’t really know what I should ask for them, so if you want some, please let me know how many and what they’d be worth to you. I’d take money, but if you have something else you’d like to trade instead, just let me know! I live in Germany, and I have no idea what postage would cost, but I’m pretty sure sending a few letters is not gonna be much of an issue, even internationally.
Also, I don’t really want to abuse this place for doing proper business, I’m way more interested in hearing your results and getting some input. So this will be a limited offer until further notice.
That’s wild, I was literally just thinking about wanting to do a circuit bent gbs-8100 project. How do these work? I’d likely only need one just for me.
I’ve also been thinking how to achieve this a few years ago, to make TSSOP easier to access!
I was thinking something along the side but this is nicer I believe.
I’d love to try some out. I’m in NL. Lets DM!
…horrible! - unfortunately i destroyed quite a few of those units - fortunately, i have still a stack of those in the drawer, but did not dare to touch them as i had destroyed so many of them …
…ooops?! - i have not seen that information anywhere…
…so: it would also go the other way `round - i could send a few units from those cities to recipients in the US in case that would help anyone…
I’ve been waiting for someone to do this for this project! my hands are too shaky to do the original project but this seems much more accessible. @derWarst what’s the best way to contact you about this? I’d be interested in two if you have them.
Also @fairplay if you do end up shipping some from the US let me know! I’m US based so I’d definitely be interested in cutting some shipping costs.
Hey, sorry for not getting back earlier, I had some annoying stuff happen irl that needed to be dealt with pretty urgently, also, I managed to pour some water over my computer last week and figured it might be a good idea to wait a few days before using it again.
Anyways, thank you for your responses! While I expected some interest, it still feels quite flattering to see it go up like this!
My whole idea with posting was a bit about finding out what others would be willing to pay for the patches, so I can figure out I’d feel alright with asking for them later on. So please DM me with how many you want, and what you’d be happy to pay. I recommend getting at least two, in case you mess up one of them.
As for sending, we can do combined postage if you want, but I think they can easily be sent with letters, which are only 1.25€ internationally, so I’m inclined to say it’s not really worth the trouble.
other questions:
when you bend down both sides of the GP, it fits neatly on top of the ram chips and the castellated holes lock to the chips’ pins. Then you can fix it to the chip by dragging your soldering iron with some solder on the tip across all the pins. You’ll need some flux and I’d strongly recommend you use magnification: if you’re fancy, get or diy a microscope, for me, some drug store reading glasses most of the time do the job. Also, before you do anything else with it, find out if your soldering iron is ESD safe / grounded properly. Those chips can be vulnerable to static and grounding your iron can go a long way with preserving them. I guess @VanTa knows what I’m talking about, having been part of the horrible horrible AVE-5 massacre years ago.
Once the patch sits on the chip, all the glitch points on the chip will be a lot more accessible.
my EtronTechEM636165 chip could have needed this when i circuit bent it. I only got access to half the pins by soldering wires to the vias on the opposite side of the board. I don’t know how small the vias are on this board but my wires were twice as thick as them and connecting them was a bit of pain and made me feel like an inferior (sized) being.
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and figured it might be a good idea to wait a few days before using it again.
