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vintage computers, tubes, the MOnSter6502, cross-sectioned electronic parts, capacitors, and other detritus. coauthor of http://nostarch.com/open-circuits
they took the reference design from NXP, deleted the traces, and had their AI recreate them. schematic was the same, parts placement was the same, all the constraints and design rules the same. there's nothing really new here, existing autorouters can handle this easily.
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
they took the reference design from NXP, deleted the traces, and had their AI recreate them. schematic was the same, parts placement was the same, all the constraints and design rules the same. there's nothing really new here, existing autorouters can handle this easily.
oh that was such a pain in the butt. the switches were really hard to clean and the spring action was just never quite right afterwards
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
oh that was such a pain in the butt. the switches were really hard to clean and the spring action was just never quite right afterwards
what's the weirdest i2c device you can get
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
what's the weirdest i2c device you can get
flux might help but this could be corrosion from a leaky cap. kinda miserable but the only way i've found to deal with it is scraping. sorry. 😐
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
flux might help but this could be corrosion from a leaky cap. kinda miserable but the only way i've found to deal with it is scraping. sorry. 😐
did they have ours?
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
did they have ours?
yes, EDAC makes them, but they're expensive
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
yes, EDAC makes them, but they're expensive
it's just a digital comparator output, so not really all that useful.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
it's just a digital comparator output, so not really all that useful.