Something New Every Day

Author: somethingnew

  • Ready to go on a bot

    Ready to go on a bot

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    I think this thing is ready to go on a bot for testing! I finished the calibration code today. Now it automatically enters calibration mode right after binding. It may not be perfect, but I think it’s usable. Next up, put it in a bot and drive it around!

  • Snow is almost gone!

    Snow is almost gone!

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    There are a few small patches of snow remaining. I’m sure they’ll be gone in the next day or two.

  • More Pre-gardening

    More Pre-gardening

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    I did a bunch of transplanting today. Then I planted a bunch more seeds. This is a few tomatoes, mint, catnip, and a bunch of flowers.

  • Going on a diet?

    Going on a diet?

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    Okay, it may not have been quite as serendipitous as I thought. After adding up all the additional hardware required, I was well over 150g. I managed to lose around 8g today, but I still have about 10g of hardware to add to this pile. It’s going to be tight.

  • Serendipity

    Serendipity

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    When you try to build an antweight but you accidentally build a fairyweight that’s Serendipity.

  • Malenki Integrated

    Malenki Integrated

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    Hand soldering QFNs is a royal PITA. But, two of the first three worked the first try. I’ll try reflowing the one that didn’t work.

  • Alestorm

    Alestorm

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    It’s starting! The crowd started chanting “Duck! Duck! Duck!” when they noticed the giant duck starting to inflate. They’re great musicians. Their songs are fun with easy to sing-along choruses. And you know they’re not taking themselves too seriously when they have a giant inflatable duck centre-stage. I haven’t been to a show for a…

  • Exciting Mail

    Exciting Mail

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    In today’s mailbag… after 59 days in transit wrapped in stretch wrap and bubble wrap my A7105 ICs finally arrived! This won’t be the easiest solder job, but it should be possible.

  • Jittery Servo

    Jittery Servo

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    This is supposed to be about 1.1ms. But for some reason, it jitters a lot. So, I had to give up on the servo library I was using. It obviously conflicted with something else I was doing… interrupts? timers? who knows? Sometimes that’s a problem with blindly using a library. So, I dug into the…

  • Nothing But The Blood

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    Today is Resurrection Sunday. The first song we sang in church this morning was Nothing But the Blood. I have to smile and reminisce every time I hear that song. Back in the early 90s I attended a biggish church. I played bass in one of the worship (music) teams. (bands) I’m not saying this…