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if ((c >= 32) || (c <=126))

I make that mistake every time.

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

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Yay, stuff that went to space came back today!

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?

Sometimes it is hard to imagine how much energy goes into selecting a $1.50 purchase.

An hour ago I said: "I need a rotary encoder."

Fri 12/9 Stream: twitch.tv/baldengineer

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

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Under the microscope, the Soviet chip is almost identical to the Intel 8086. First image is the Soviet chip, second is the 8086.

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ah, I wasn't thinking of anything but single-bit images (B&W). [for this project]

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.

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Hey to all LA area makers. The Los Angeles Maker Faire is looking to go big on April 1, 2023 this year and are soliciting exhibit and presentation sign ups here: losangeles.makerfaire.com/make

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Here's a die photo of the 8086 using the color scheme from Apple's M1 chip. It amuses me to parody Apple's gradient by applying it to vintage chips.

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Got @alvaroprieto@twitter.com USB cable tester back from JLCPCB. Great quality on the assembly, was ~5$ each shipped for 5pcs.

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First light on PicoTouchSynth and the capsense pads work better than my PicoTouch board! And the reverse-mount #NeoPixel LEDs are totally awesome. The test code is in #CircuitPython of course

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

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