Matt Mets @cibomahto@v.st

Today I learned that coin-operated gas meters used to be a thing in the Netherlands

Just when I thought I had defeated modemmanager and recovered my USB serial devices, a new (old?) challenger appears!

cant sleep, ACPI will crash me

More branding goals

It would be ideal to generate the insert plates automatically from test pad lists using OpenSCAD as part of the board release process.

The printed test jig seems fine- even with the wrong size plunger hardware (oops) and lazy standoffs, the test pins make contact. I put x marks on the PCB insert plates- those can be swapped out to use the jig to test a different board.

Odds that this will work?

Corrected diagram

I'd really like a way to attach a USB host controller (not just pass through single devices) to a virtual machine, to make remote USB device development more realistic. Anyone know of a device that does this, even just for USB 2? The diagram shows a possible way to do it

Protip: If you're designing cylindrical hardware for 3d printing, put some flats on it so that you can use a wrench to tighten it down.

Working on a cut tape holder for our PNP with @lu_honghong

This HP pen has a funny approach to compliance labels. All the logos are on an easily removable sticker, and there's even a pull tab to encourage this. Seems like this defeats the purpose of putting them on in the first place?

These look neat: SMD clips for connecting to boards with castellated edges: https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/products/connectors/surface-mount-connectors-hold-castellated-modules-2023-02/

The ram on this i7-1255U laptop is apparently faster than the ram in my Ryzen 9 7950X desktop:

Resin printer material exploration: printing with Amerilabs TGM-7, an extremely thin object (left, 8 gram) is extremely flexible and feels almost like paper, while a fully solid object (right, 150 gram) almost feels like it could be ceramic. This is my favorite resin so far.