Hi. I'm kbob. Intro time.
I used to get paid to write software. Now that I'm retired, I do it for free. I also play with 3D printers and electronics and stuff.
I love learning, and I like to make things the hard way. I often create a #BuildThread about a project and update it for months.
Interests
#3DPrinting
#CAD
#electronics
#FPGA
#synth
#BassGuitar
#solar
#geothermal
#homelab
#homeassistant
#pinball
#ev
#ebike
#biking
... and more
My latest blog post: Back 2 Basics - NMOS Switch
https://mikecoats.com/back-2-basics-nmos-switch/
The latest in my 'back to basics' series. Toggle high-ish voltages and currents from a microcontroller using an N-channel enhancement mode Field-Effect Transistor, also known as an NMOS Switch.
My latest blog post: Admitting Defeat
https://mikecoats.com/admitting-defeat/
Sometimes you have to bail out before the sunk costs sink you. Having a good idea isn’t the same as having a good product.
#battery #cell #electronics #hardware #power #prototyping #usbC
I have very conflicting feelings about this :D
“BERLIN (AP) — Robot dogs with hyper-realistic silicone heads modeled after world-renowned figures — including #ElonMusk, #MarkZuckerberg, #JeffBezos, Andy Warhol and Pablo Picasso — can be seen roaming around a #Berlin museum, occasionally “pooing” printed images of their surroundings which they’ve previously captured with integrated #cameras.”
#Art 🎨 / #MechaTronics / #electronics / #RoboDogs / #Robots 🤖 / #cameras 📸 / #ApNews <https://apnews.com/article/germany-berlin-robot-dogs-beeple-bezos-digital-art-4a2be2a4a4490553ad68c27beedfe83a>
🤣🤪☺️
THURSDAY: #DayGlowShow returns!
@ishotjr & I work on "De-Obsoleting Our Devices" – ft. LightBlue Bean, Pocket CHIP, Pebble, Chumby, Sensor Watch, EEG stuff, & LOTS more!
A multi-hour live build: chime in on the chat, or catch up on the chaos later ✨
Apr. 30, 12pm PDT / 3pm EDT / 7pm UTC:
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwDkvnS1nUs&list=PLwWiFinxwDlgomKdWjfaavDbMRdhHhfqQ&index=2
▶️ https://www.linkedin.com/events/7453184812158324736
▶️ https://www.twitch.tv/glowascii
🎉 NOW ON FEDI ( @MakerTube )! https://makertube.net/c/dayglow
// #Electronics #Maker #Sustainability #Repairability #RightToRepair
Well, that was an interesting adventure in electronics! This took about 3 days, but I finally got serial terminal output with one of the Dragonboard 410c I got given as junk! An interesting process, including making my own 1.8V USB->Serial on a breadboard with a level shifter! I finally got the bootloader up!
More Fun Making It (aka More Fun Fixing it) does relaxed videos about retro computing and electronics, usually fixing old 8-bit computers that have stopped working. You can follow the account at:
They've already published almost 300 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit/videos
#FeaturedPeerTube #RetroComputing #Electronics #ComputingHistory #Repairs #Commodore64 #ZXSpectrum #PeerTube
Time to refresh my #introduction as it's been a while since the first one!
See profile for some basics. These days I'm unemployed but gardening a bit, recovering from 37 years of industrial burnout, and surviving 6-7 years of bladder cancer.
Meeting that with all the wisdom I can find on #anatta, #nonduality, #nonself, #dzogchen, #bodhicitta, #bodhisattva, #buddhism :)
Used to be an #electronics #design #engineer and loved it.
We're better off together. Question those who would divide us.
New #DayGlowShow today (Thurs)! Building #VirtualPet pals w/ @ishotjr – PLUS updates from @oshwassociation OHS, & a sneak peek from Backyard Brains 👀
Show info: https://dayglow.show
Noon PST, 3pm EST, 7pm UTC:
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatZzy5szK0&list=PLwWiFinxwDlgomKdWjfaavDbMRdhHhfqQ&index=1
▶️ https://www.linkedin.com/events/7468219509284216832
▶️ https://www.twitch.tv/glowascii
I've some offers up on eBay, save a few pounds on some of my hardware for the #SAMCoupe, #ZXSpectrum, #RC2014 & Compatibles, plus my #Chiptune accessories.
Plus some misc. retro related books and magazine auctions.
ok this is so cool. this LED manufacturer designed maybe the coolest demo brochure possible for their COB LEDs, its a ringed binder where each of the pages is a PCB that you plug in and can control via touch to toggle which strips are on :o
#electronics
Lol, new project acquired. Will see if this one can be restored easily or not. Someone bit off way more than they could handle. #electronics
My latest blog post: Building Oops! All Servos!
https://mikecoats.com/building-oops-all-servos/
Even though these boards were sponsored by JLCPCB, I still wanted to save some money, so I opted to handle the through-hole components myself. I also deliberately ordered a few unpopulated PCBs to use as assembly jigs.
My latest blog post: Coming soon... Oops! All Servos!
https://mikecoats.com/oops-all-servos/
I'm proud to announce Oops! All Servos!, an expansion board for XIAO/QT Py compatible microcontrollers, breaking out all 11 GPIO pins into servo motor headers; development sponsored by JLCPCB.
My latest blog post: Oops! All Servos! is Available
https://mikecoats.com/oops-all-servos-available/
My Oops! All Servos! expansion boards for XIAO / QT Py microcontrollers, with servo headers and level shifters, are now available for purchase. Development sponsored by JLCPCB.
#ad #electronics #hardware #openHardware #openSource #sponsored
This is the big LG television surveillance documentary story GN have been working on for a couple of months, and that they previewed a few days ago.
The complete pervasiveness of spying upon not just you and what you watch but _every person and every device around every set_ is genuinely staggering. And it gets worse if you use their apps, particularly the LG TV "network":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
Having an old set DOES NOT HELP YOU; they've been adding these spying functions in firmware updates.
So DO NOT BUY ANYTHING LG. Certainly not anything "smart."
#LG #surveillance #spying #evesdropping #CorporateSurveillance #SmartTV #DoNotBuy #television #electronics #HomeElectronics #journalism #news #GamersNexus
Socketwench makes videos about electronics, 3D printing, retro computing and related topics. You can follow at:
➡️ @socketwench
(Don't worry if the account looks blank to you, that just means no one from your server follows it yet. Follow and the videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.)
You can also follow her non-video account at @socketwench@masto.hackers.town
#FeaturedPeerTube #Electronics #RetroComputing #3DPrinting #PeerTube
