Well it boots and WiFi still works :)
One damaged pin found so far though. I think its just a top or bottom pad. should be fixable.

Of course you can recover a Pi Pico2w from a PCB, although there may be some damage to the PCB, and some scorching on the pico. Mostly due to the blowlamp :)

Dog Zen.

For me to throw the ball. I need to have the ball.

Whenever 3 or more #GermanShepherds are gathered together, it is the law that they must become absolute muppets

#dogs #dogsofmastodon #dogstodon

The concept of one login, fails the second time you use it.

#MissingThePoint

Interesting they appear to be coming out in batches. Might be provider or network grouped.

Hey did anyone else get the National alert on wild fires ?

#emfcamp data centre found in the wild

Shhhh , please don't scream into the void.

The void is asleep, and you really don't want to wake the void!

Ill apologise now, if JLCPCB has "suddenly" run out of some of their range of SMD mosfets.

I have no idea how this happened ;)

Orphaned Sauces free with every order :)

@ExtKits at #emfcamp #nightmarket

Oh!,
If only I had some Lightning detectors for #EMFCamp :)

Friday in the Night Market, and Sunday for the workshop.

What were they expecting?

An attack by the seamstress guild, complaining of foreign imports of hand done embroidery ?

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2026/07/bayeux-tapestry-arrives-in-uk-overnight-accompanied-by-police-escort/

My #emfcamp Workshop Build a @ExtKits lightning detector is open to book here.

I expect it to be busy, and there is limited places, so book early

https://www.emfcamp.org/schedule/2026/23

For the #solstice #Stonehenge in HD

The Gaussfest will be on the 10th October at the London Museum of Water and Steam

Details https://www.extremeelectronics.co.uk/the-gaussfest/

Tickets https://lmws.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/68513?catID=65283&

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And yes the card is covering his password on a label stuck to the screen.

I've been trying to get a customer to change his laptop for >5 years (it's 10+ yo) saying things will break, and i may not be able to help you. Its his daily driver, and his only device.

I received it yesterday, in a cardboard box.
Its in a box to hold it together.

Two bulldog clips hold the screen together, and it only works when it is 89 degrees (+/- 0.5 degrees) .
Wifi will ONLY connect via his phones hotspot. The battery life is 3 mins.
Keys, are intermittent.

It is painfully slow.

My aim was always to get 1MV from the Wimshurst, but it topped out at around 850Kv

Hopefully by converting it to a Bonetti machine it will give less leakage/breakdown between sectors (having none) therefore a higher voltage.

But this comes at the expense of not being self starting, and having less charging current.