James @baldengineer@qoto.org

Oh good. After annotating 8 of the 9 parts missing annotation, the error count went UP by 43. (I can't find the 9th one.)

I'm going to need much more tea.

Save this screenshot for the next time you think: "wow, this project is really out of control..."

I offer you this piece. I call it: "At least this isn't the state of *your* ERC."

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.