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Hmmmm BL is indeed a great place to buy parts for projects, most sellers are great and give good service. Just read reviews first before ordering and compare prices. About the complaints. There is indeed something seriously wrong with the administrators, they are expremely arrogant to name just one of the smaller problems. But okay, this isn't the correct topic for that.

Some explanation: From left to right 1: 80 Watts desoldering iron (needs compressor too) Expensive to buy but also expensive to maintain. 2: 50 Watts iron, used for 99% of the solderjobs 3: 25 Watts iron, rarely used for extreme fine work and for roadrunnering at 400 degreees 4: 150 Watts iron, used for connectors, large bridge rectifiers etc. Power is important, soldering needs to be done as fast as possible and trying to solder a large component with a subtile small iron takes to much time that you will damage the circuitboard badly. About power, these irons are temperature controlled so a 150 Watt iron will not function as redhot heater (or cigarette lighter) These irons CAN give all heating power a jobs needs but won't overheat.

1 desoldering 3 different power from very fine till 150watt Just switched on for the picture 365° for most jobs, 400° for Roadrunner repair.

Just add some kind of blanking. on switch of hat, stop all functions on current hat it's still all brainwaves.

How about bankselecting. One of the pins must be the selector. it shouldn't be too hard to add some selection hardware, or maybe even multiplex the hat. (thats btw the exact same as I did with the VIC since a 6502µP cant address more than FFFF adresses and 20K was allready taken bij kernelrom, charom and interpreter rom.)

Yep, understand that and it won't be easy.

I'm not familiair with Python (better say, I'm a noob) So this looked to me an easy way to make a start. learn from others, don't re-invent the wheel but improve it where you can.

But offcourse there's always ye good 'ol soldering iron. Once, back in 1978, they said you couln't add 64Kb RAM to a VIC-20, I proved that it was possible and it even still works fine in '21

I really prefer this one.. in UCS offcourse No more VAG products please

Some memorie come up...

I hope to receive my hat this week and will try to figure out.

It might(?) even be possible to stack 5 of them Wich is 20 switch points Wich means you can claim the entire attic for your trains I have at this moment no idea if/how the LEGO hat has an ID pin and can be stacked but I suppose that it will be possible since the Pi has very few limits. Waiting for my hat now. https://www.sossolutions.nl/pimoroni-phat-stack-fully-assembled-kit

Ha thats a scam LEGO price is 119 minus VIP is actually 113 I tried to order one...

Oh wow I ordered it Now where to get that "Maker plate" ? Edit Allready found it and it's impossible to buy it

At the end of book 2 I had one T shape 3x3 yellow beam short and one L shape 2x4 too much.

You will have to start such a plan with obtaining the rights from TLG.

Yes thanks for this highlight. It was however today in stock.

The new Spike set was released today, ordered mine....

Goatwool socks

yes LEGO We really need this. And offcourse also sooth striped folklore caracters, lbthi minifigures and vegan bricks. what else (what more)

At this moment Intertoys in The Netherlands for €349,95 Mine just came in.

This happens since they invented the molding. Cause, temperature too low, pressure to low. Quality control is near to impossible, you can't check every piece that comes out of the molding process. I received these mismoldings every now and then of the last 50 years and received new parts always within a few days.

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I suppose they found a real mayor bug in it and worked their Fischertechnik off to solve that.