James @baldengineer@qoto.org

Friday 1/27 Stream: Reworking the Apple IIgs Schematic in KiCad:
https://twitch.tv/baldengineer

ICMYI, Carl Bugeja created a PCB that reflow solders itself and then self-propagates, RepRap Style!

bald.ee/6fth5a

This clever PCB business card uses FR4 "fingers" to create a battery holder for the coin cell!

https://bald.ee/sv7nm6

ZSWatch is an open-source smartwatch based on Zephyr RTOS and powered by an u-blox SoM. bald.ee/u1gngn

Nintendo 64 Java adds 32 million more devices to the Java ecosystem: bald.ee/kfmz11

Welp. This HDD bag doesn’t say how to prepare for use in Linux with Home Assistant. Guess I have to return it now.

Anyone need a disk?

Controlling test equipment with Python is easy with pyvisa. And Linux. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HQxnz3P9P4

Commodore 64 keyboard-to-USB converter for use with VICE and MISTer: https://bald.ee/f1k9mm

Walter adds NB-IoT, LTE-M, and GPS to an ESP32-S3 in a compact package: https://bald.ee/mzo8a4

12/31/2022 Stream: Let's finish up this ultrasonic range finder sign! https://twitch.tv/baldengineer

This sign speaks to me.

I must be on the naughty list. Santa swapped in a dead bearing.

What does this sound like to you? (Sound on, obviously.)

Unhappy op amp is unhappy.

The input step MIGHT be a little fast.

Wed 12/21 Stream: Working on a Parking Distance Display with Ultrasonic Ranger and Neo7Segment displays. https://twitch.tv/baldengineer

Making a thing with some things from the thing holders in my lab. Lots of programming tonight. My "favorite" kind of stream. https://twitch.tv/baldengineer

During live streams, (once again) Twitch chat can now "send" me candy--can I just say this is the most delicious debugging I have ever done?

Fri 12/9 Stream: https://twitch.tv/baldengineer

Converting Treatbot 3 into Treatbot ESP32. (Moving from an 8266.) Soldering, bad coding, and a minimum of hilarious hijinx.

Can anyone recommend tools for doing pixel art / bitmaps for SSD1306-based OLEDs?

I'd like to draw some simple icon-style graphics with 2-3 frames of animation.

Sun 11/27 Stream: Attempting to repair a non-working Game Gear. (We already re-capped it.) https://twitch.tv/baldengineer