James @baldengineer@qoto.org

At Hackaday's Supercon 2023, I'll be talking about that little Apple II project I spent over 3 years working on... I'm so stoked that I am smiling in Double-HiRes.

https://hackaday.com/2023/08/14/2023-hackaday-supercon-tickets-on-sale-now/

Made a quick badge and used OSH Park's After Dark. It came out great.

Next revision will have a SMD prototyping area on the back. And I'm going to change up the front layers. (Like, make the label area copper.)

What is the smallest component (through-hole or surface mount) that you'll spend time to pick up after dropping?

For me, anything smaller than a 1206 (imperial) is considered gone forever.

The Analog Discovery 3 is Digilent's latest all-in-one tool. It follows the AD2 with some improvements. Here is an overview and some measurements you can make with either.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbGohcv6uxo

When designing PCBs, you should avoid the acid trap.

An acid trap is a trace design that causes people to pointlessly warn you about acid traps, explain them, and then say "but don't worry, they are not an issue anymore."

That's the trap.

@joeycastillo walked through how Sensor Watch maximizes the perphials on a SAM L22 to eliminate the need for external ICs. (Also, TIL about the configurable logic unit—I can’t wait to play with those.) @crowdsupply #teardown2023 https://www.oddlyspecificobjects.com/products/sensorwatch/

“Go do it … [chip design] is no longer an enigma.” — Mohammad MK, eFabless Cofounder encourages everyone to consider designing their own chip at @crowd_supply #Teardown2023

And @esden also shared his “poor PnP life choice” of buying a Hanwah PnP to help make Glasgow happen: https://www.crowdsupply.com/1bitsquared/glasgow

Attempting to talk us out of a Pick-and-Place machine, Joe (@securelyfitz) shows a successful fail of the PnP Badge at @crowdsupply #teardown2023