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Robert Watson

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university academic and all-round engineering nerd. Something something. Bath, UK,

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Dec 17

That was the old CAST simulator which had a bit too much power for its own good. We have a much fancier Spirent these day.

Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Nov 16

I mean, I don’t need one… but that’s never usually stopped buying anything before.

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Jan 13

I saw the X-rays 😱 Yeah, I’ve had better ideas!

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Jan 13

I was travelling back to UK from conf in Germany many year ago. I was getting short of luggage space, so I used my poster tube to pack the bottle of beer I’d been gifted, my aerosol shaving gel and my travel alarm, cushioned with a few pairs of socks in between…

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Oct 19

It’s only a bad idea when at 1am you decide to give it a go

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Oct 4

Hopefully you can resurrect it!

Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Oct 4

Haha! Sounds like it WAS a Metabo, it's now just crumbled up diecast/sintered metal 😆

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Oct 3

Ah, would be super tricky otherwise. Is it a Dewalt?

Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Oct 2

Yikes! Assuming chuck is not threaded so you need to get the screw out at bottom of inside the chuck?

Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Sep 29

Ours is definitely on another planet.

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Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Sep 29

Ahhh.. Have played with one on its eval board - was about £1500 plus I had to sign a bunch of stuff. Almost as much paperwork as when I got some HMC8415s ;)

Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Sep 29

Hello, Computer? Transparent what?

Robert Watson @robertwatson.bsky.social · Sep 28

RFbeam make some nice modules, TI and Infineon make some usable board level things that aren’t crazy expensive

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