DIP in the foot - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 10:11:31 am
content: It happened again today, serves me right for doing bare foot electronics on my day off.I dare say the DIY foot sole based circuit board is less pleasant than stepping on the classic lego brick.

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 01:13:37 pm
content: Try one of these with the lid off.I limped for more than a week.

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 02:08:53 pm
content: Quote from: BradC on November 22, 2017, 01:13:37 pmHow much cursing was involved in that one?

author: BradC
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 02:22:32 pm
content: A startling amount. The hardest part was explaining to my 3 year old why daddy was upset he'd left the screwdriver bits on the floor with the lid off. Two of the smallest ones went through the heel pretty much to the shank. I've stepped on a couple of dips over the years and this was worse.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 02:24:17 pm
content: At least you guys don't have to deal with the UK's biggest hazard.I've taken the liberty of hitting Google images for Caltrop. Spot the odd one out, lurking there, waiting to murder your feet:

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 06:24:35 pm
content: Try a DIP package stuck into the back of your shoulder. I saw that movie and it did not turn out well.

author: WorldPowerLabs
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 06:24:47 pm
content: Ouch!I have a strict no-shoes policy in the house, so over they years I've become very careful about not dropping pointy objects (or locating them and picking them up, if I do).

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 06:30:06 pm
content: I think I've had a DIP in the foot and the hand so far, although the hand was one of those DIP socket things with even sharper feet. That may actually be an advantage.

author: mc172
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 06:31:52 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on November 22, 2017, 02:24:17 pmThis made me laugh because it is so bloody true!

author: eeviking
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 06:44:57 pm
content: Quote from: WorldPowerLabs on November 22, 2017, 06:24:47 pmI have gone in the other direction and have a strict slippers (or safety shoes) only ruleBreak it at your own riskAlso, leaving hot soldering iron on the floor is a bad idea...

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 08:45:54 pm
content: I also forgot to mention I went for a true widlarization of the guilty component (a LM339).

author: jmelson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 08:49:55 pm
content: Quote from: HalFET on November 22, 2017, 08:45:54 pmOh, that's very important! Once those things have tasted BLOOD, there's no telling what trouble they will cause you!Jon

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 08:52:20 pm
content: Quote from: jmelson on November 22, 2017, 08:49:55 pmYes, blood. We're human, so we bleed blood. How very humanlike of us. Next I will sweat some more, because I'm a human.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 09:03:46 pm
content: Here is the most awful caltrop invented by mankind (attested to by any parent at 2am):

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 09:32:05 pm
content: Quote from: bsudbrink on November 22, 2017, 09:03:46 pmI thought so to, until the ground tried to insert a dual in-line package into the fleshy socket that's my foot.

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 09:35:34 pm
content: I have three children. I can walk on Lego like it’s the carpet now.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 09:41:55 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on November 22, 2017, 09:35:34 pmYou're a better man than I am, Gunga Din

author: khs
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 09:51:40 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on November 22, 2017, 09:35:34 pmbarefooted ?

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 10:33:36 pm
content: Quote from: bd139 on November 22, 2017, 09:35:34 pmOur saviour, our leader has returned!

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2017, 10:51:55 pm
content: I am not quite the master of such feats yet. I still have to ascend past “UK plugs” and “small Chinese double ended felt pens that come with activity sets which shatter when you stand on them and stab you up like a drunken pikey at a seaside resort”.

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2017, 06:06:32 am
content: Quote from: bd139 on November 22, 2017, 10:51:55 pmThose felt pens do make excellent candles!

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2017, 08:23:42 am
content: Forget the 8 pin dip IC, I had one of these:The have 0 give or bend, they go right through the heel to the bone...

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 23, 2017, 03:58:13 pm
content: Quote from: BrianHG on November 23, 2017, 08:23:42 am

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2017, 05:31:36 pm
content: Quote from: BrianHG on November 23, 2017, 08:23:42 amThat's bad! Also, imagine getting one of those barbed pogo pins in your foot

author: Neomys Sapiens
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2017, 08:44:20 pm
content: Quote from: David Hess on November 22, 2017, 06:24:35 pmDid someone try to give you an EPROM upgrade? Happens to older droids!

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2017, 09:23:46 pm
content: So true... both, DIP and LEGO.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 24, 2017, 11:36:22 pm
content: That is a funny picture!

author: Spooky558
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 17, 2017, 11:14:19 pm
content: The key here, is to remain calm...

author: Cubdriver
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 08:02:00 am
content: Quote from: Spooky558 on December 17, 2017, 11:14:19 pmJesus. <cringe> Just seeing that is going to make me limp!!!-Pat

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 08:11:32 am
content: That would suck, but he's lucky that it didn't snap off. How would he otherwise get home?

author: razberik
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 08:25:33 am
content: The most painful part of stepping on LEGO part was always the moment thinking of possibility of destroying that part.

author: Fred27
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 10:29:20 am
content: Quote from: HalFET on December 18, 2017, 08:11:32 amMy wife stood on a sewing needle that snapped off. The surgery to remove it was pretty tricky. (I did suggest using an MRI to pull it out but they wouldn't go for it.)

author: Ridocar
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 10:39:13 am
content: Quote from: Fred27 on December 18, 2017, 10:29:20 amNot? what a shame!If there was a needle in my foot i would turn the MRI scanner all the way up. Just for the show.

author: Fire Doger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 10:47:16 am
content: Quote from: eeviking on November 22, 2017, 06:44:57 pmToo bad.... I smell it before feel it...

author: Electro Detective
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 11:29:59 am
content: Wait till you step barefoot on an Australian piggyback style 3 prong power plug facing up...instant PAIN PLUS, free skin piercing, and bruising for weeks !I swore, and swore it would never happen a third time

author: HalFET
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2017, 04:27:00 pm
content: Lol, it'd be more of an issue getting it out of the scanner I fear.