James @baldengineer@qoto.org

TIL that not only does R&S VISA have a linux version, but they have a package for Raspbian.

https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/applications/r-s-visa-application-note_56280-148812.html

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

@skanman Yeah, 6 PM Central US. Probably going to trouble shoot the dead Game Gear. But not yet decided.

@skanman Ohhh good point. I was specifically thinking about pyVISA. Looks like the USBTMC module talks to devices through libUSB.

Does macOS have a generic USBTMC driver?

Is it really a Black Friday special if the price is offered “all month long?”
Also, is it the holiday season if someone doesn’t point this out each year?

A special guest star joins me to help explain how to generate Bode Plots from measurements... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0rDMj6QXfk

@EXIT_FAILURE I’ve always struggled with how picture/explain “charge carriers” and “energy” moving.

Other than the direction electrons move, are there any other "wait, wut?" moments to realize about electronics?

@monotrox99 Funny. I was thinking earlier today what would someone in my position do if they didn't have 30 years of futzing with this stuff.

VXI > IVI > LXI || VISA && USBTMC || GPIB || Serial || libusb

And that's just to talk to a DMM.

In Windows, pyvisa cannot see USBTMC devices. In Linux, I can see them fine, but one just randomly stops responding.

Fortunately, it seems like LAN works most of the time.

(It's all made easier if you use NI-VISA, but after reading its licensing, you cannot use it when you are not working with either NI hardware or software...)

If I spend anymore time with pyvisa and USBTMC, I'm going to have even less hair on my head than I do.

80% of the time spent writing instrument automation code is getting to the first success *IDN?.

Sun 11/20 Stream: Sega Game Gear Recapping / repair. We're replacing the "surface mount" electrolytics with actual surface mount capacitors. We've got three to repair. https://twitch.tv/baldengineer

Why does everything have to be so weird?

11/11 Live Stream: Finish the (electrical) part of the PCB. What PCB? A 2022 holiday ornament: NFTy GIFty. https://twitch.tv/baldengineer