I managed to get the offending chip desoldered from my cheap GPS receiver this morning, as shown above. In the process, I bent several of the tiny pins, which are barely wider than a human hair. After (very carefully) straightening them out
Fixing a Cheap GPS Receiver
Anyone who knows me knows I would squeeze a penny so hard, it would make ol’ Honest Abe cry. I also usually enjoy messing around with electronics. The perfect marriage of these two preferences is a sort of microhobby of