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I have found this 8 bit bus transceiver[^], also from TI. It's very similar to the old 74XX245 bus transceivers that I have used for many years. I just have not found anyone who sells them yet.
Now I already have two reasons to level shift my data bus. The first was to interface a PIC32 as VGA graphics chip with built in video memory. The second is a USB interface for memory sticks. It takes care of the entire file system and offers a simple parallel 8 bit interface, again at 3.3 V. That would be all the SSD/hard disk this little computer will ever need, but I will also try to use yet another PIC as IDE port.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Farnell (whatever they are called this week) have them as surface mount...
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glennPattonWork wrote: surface mount
Soldering with a paper clip as the tip. I love it. 
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Weller do a "wave tip" for their irons, which allows you to solder SMT IC's with a single pass per row.
Ask me no more about it: Herself was the soldering expert, and could hand solder 304 pin 0.5mm spacing QFP ARM processors with two tacks and four swipes for prototyping. And they worked! 
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Wave tip? 
Do you have to hold the board above your head? Or does it have a built in vacuum?
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I see why you are married! 
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OriginalGriff wrote: hand solder 304 pin 0.5mm spacing QFP ARM processors
The chances of me doing that are just left of zero.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I could do it, but the chances of the chip or PCB ever working again are ... zero, or probably less.
I suspect that nobody told her it couldn't be done, so she just went ahead and did it. Impressive woman, honestly.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Kudos to her!
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Well a bit of thick copper wire works better than a paper clip, I speak from experience !
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Well yes - better conductivity.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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and if memory serve cooler scars when it lands on your leg...
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You should watch some ThisOldTony Youtube vids on TIG welding upside down ... 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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ThisOldTony right, also Louis Rossman repairing Macs is interesting...
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Is your name MacGyver[^]?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Nope, but I do carry a Swiss Army Knife!
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Not so loud - the Swiss Army may want it back. 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Not so loud! That thing clearly leads to the Dark Side[^]!
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Oh, very good!
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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One of the comments:
Quote: She’s a Swiss Lord
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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This one is going to be easy as the theme is already out.
<edited> time starts now, the clue was a bit flawed.
Almost valid, a bit false with blokes down under, Mentalist (10).
modified 10-Sep-19 8:07am.
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Scrotuspocus?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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You are Micheal Martin and I claim my five pounds!
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Somewhat fulfills the down under part, but sadly isn't what I was thinking.
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Maybe I'm wrong and everyone knows their Harry Potter trivia a lot better than I do, but I think this week's theme caters to too small of a niche audience and it might just be a back and forth between yesterday's and today's CCC setters.
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