ElectroBrandon This one is common sense. I don’t have common sense so I had to learn it the hard way. When routing tough boards, we have to push the tolerances of our clearances from the trace to the enemy pads. I’ll define “enemy pads” as those pads we don’t want our current pad to touch. When … Read more
This is not a political thing I’m doing. I have no dog in the hunt over gay rights or the upcoming Russian invasion. I’m just a bad maker and worse engineer. However, I just heard today on the Macrofab Podcast that my unpopulated PCB orders will face a new government tax of 25%. A kit … Read more
I hope this is legal putting this here. This is modified code from the Make: AVR Programming book. If you wanting to hop from Arduino to C Programming, this book is INCREDIBLE! Seriously, just freakin’ buy it. This code measures a voltage coming into PC0 and spits it out through the serial monitor. The scaling … Read more
My boss – okay he’s a professor at school – at my internship – okay, it’s an unsanctioned internship and I’m working for free – asked me to clean up the GUI on a LabVIEW power measurement circuit. I have vast experience with .css from my html background so I thought “no problem”. I’ve debated … Read more
This is crude, but the thing works. We’ve all seen this on the Great Scott Youtube channel (among other places) where a potentiometer controls the duty cycle of a PWM waveform on an oscilloscope. This version isn’t pretty. It needs some sanding and painting. However, it’ll get a person started. I’m adding it here as … Read more
I just spent about 3 hours getting lost in the bottomless toilet that is the Eclipse Preferences menu. For those who are out of the loop, dark themes are like running water and refrigeration. There is no going back to old ways without them. I’d consider ditching the fridge before giving up dark themes. Many … Read more
I’ve slowly been drifting away from Arduino. Even if I was making this transition full-time, it would still be slow. Real deal embedded programming is more like mountain climbing or aging than the usual skill development that happens via a few Youtube videos. Big Things To Know About Max7219 The datasheet tells you most of … Read more