@fidodie I am glad you finally convinced yourself. BTW, that last post is still messed up, the Reply and Quote are on the wrong side and can't be clic...

@naughton I think my favourite language is still Macro Assembler. You created your own language by using macros.

@tfmccarthy Cowboy pistols, won't that turn you into a killer? Flames, burnt plastic???? From a light bulb?

@timo88 There are only a couple of boards that have anywhere close to reliable connectors. I have a few of the ones that don't cost a lot more. The ot...

@timo88 Good news, lots of mentions of the MAX6675.

@timo88 Google it first to see if anything pops up.

@tfmccarthy That is a common hobbyist error. I suspect you like me spent a long professional career filling pages of code with exception checking.

@timo88 I find very little info re this device. What I do see tells me it is a bear to work with. I suggest you change to a more popular device with m...

@timo88 I just did a google search and got only a couple of pages, most from DBWS. Either this is a new device, or it is not used much. The most inter...

@timo88 Sorry, I didn't check close enough, even when quoted the search on the long phrase was finding irrelevant words. It looks like you are the fir...

@naughton Welcome to the forum. I think you will find coding for Arduino etc much easier and more fun than Microsoft.

@timo88 I just did a quick search of the forum and got 7 pages of hits. The search argument is in quotes and is 'K-type ThermoCouple using a Max81855-...

@davee No surprises there Dave, fairly basic stuff. I am pretty sure Amazon still uses the term Veroboard (just checked and they do) Your Wiki link do...

@davee I think you misunderstood me or I didn't explain well enough. It's NOT wire. I am speaking about a large metal bus like connector many times th...

@tfmccarthy It's from Amazon so if it doesn't meet my expectations I can send it back for free. I just cancelled it after reading the reviews and ge...