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Start by soldering and connecting a tiny coreless motor ... If you want to drive 4 motors for a DIY mini drone, you can create a compact 4-channel version of the motor driver we built earlier. This ...

Let’s be honest, commercially-available soldering fume extractors are cheap enough that you probably don’t need to build one yourself. But it still makes for a good starter project ...

We have no idea how well this diy fume extractor works, but it sure does look great! We’ve been thinking that it’s time to stop trying to blow away the solder fumes while working on project ...