Re: USB microscopes for very small SMT

On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 08:59:10 -0800, Joerg
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Joel Koltner wrote:
"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Buying simple things is becoming tougher as well. For example the number of
toasters without chips in them is dwindling.

But the quality of toasters has improved significantly with microcontrollers:
I remember as a kid, it was uncommon to find a toaster that would let you run
through multiple pieces of bread without them getting lighter and lighter on
each cycle, until by the 4th or 5th cycle the entire toaster was so hot it
would only "toast" for, say, 10 seconds before popping up the bread again even
on the darkest setting.


Our first family toaster was the kind where you had to open the sides
"just so". Then the slices would flip. If you did it wrong and wedged it
smoke would come out. It had no thermostat. The tool you used to
determine slice tan was on your wrist and said Timex or something on
there :-)


To some extent this was probably due to our buying cheap toasters... we
probably went through a half-dozen sub-$20 toasters until my mother one day
bought a nice Braun unit... but of course in the store you have no way of
knowing how good the toaster really is, regardless of the price.


Braun used to be good. But we found their coffee makers didn't last more
than 1-1/2 years lately. So why spend extra for a name brand anymore?

My kettle, cone, and pot have been in daily use for about 15 years and
are holding up fine.

The guts of a coffee maker, a toaster, or a stove - temperature
extremes, steam, crumbs, oil - are horrendous environments for cheap
electronics.

John


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