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My kiddo has a super restricted diet for medical reasons. I just paid $137 for a single bag of groceries. Fuck this.

Thanks!

Which module is that?

I love the ATTINY 16xx and 32xx chips! UPDI programming is super easy, Arduino support is great, and good balance of features, size, GPIO, etc. Also inexpensive ;) I use them a lot in sensor modules as i2c peripherals. Shameless plug: I also sell an ATTINY 3217 dev board on my Tindie store.

I used to look so much like this guy, my students in the early 2000's thought it was me ;)

I put one side of the handle of the crimp tool in a small vice. Then I can use both hands to align the wire and end, then smash the crimp tool closed.

I would have never thought of this. Do you glue this to a container with water/liquid?

Chiweenie Doggo sleeping in his bed under a chair while wearing a red and black dog sweater

Heavy-lift drone?

Also, if you are into creating 8-bit games, this is a great way to add the ability to connect an HID device like a USB mouse, keyboard, gamepad, or joystick.

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I've got a new version in the works, but I need to sell of the small amount of stock I have left of the current version. If you've never played with the CH559 MCU before, it's kind of fun ;) 1/2

Oh I had this and loved it so much! I can hear "mar-ee-o paint!" In my head!

Oof! I feel that pain! Good luck sir!

It's a jig for programming circuit modules. You load a panel of them into the bottom, pull the handle down to press the conductive spring pins into the modules, and it programs and tests 8 at a time with the push of a single button. It's a lot to put one of these together, but its a huge timesaver!

An 8-gang PCBA programmer made from laser cut plywood and 8 raspberry pi zero 2Ws.

Oh yeah!

That I will try for sure. I was referring to modifying the code so it behaves as a websocket server instead of a telnet server.

I might have to try and dive in and see if I can make that work...but this is very much on the edge of (probably past) what I know how to do ;)

This is amazing! This is the closest thing I have seen to getting a serial connection on an iOS device. iOS doesn't allow WebSerial, so I've been searching for a workaround on and off for some time. If this was a WebSocket server instead of a telnet server, I think it would work. 1/2

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I did something similar once but for an SSD1331 display and in Javascript. The beauty was that Javascript and C share similar syntax, so it was stupidly easy to port the C driver to a web-based simulator.

I LOVED our Chrysler minivan. It got totaled when an ice chunk that fell off a semi in front of us ripped a hole in the oil pan. That thing hauled just about anything we ever needed it to, and with a small utility trailer it was unstoppable.

I feel incredibly fortunate to work in that sliver of overlap. But the economy is stacked against my company because 1) we don't really do AI, 2) our primary customers are schools, and 3) we assemble and mfg in the US, but many of our parts are imported (tariffs).

If you have a non-stick skillet, you can just use that on the stove. I have an old one just for this that I don't use for food. It's not perfect, but it works. Watch it closely and lift it up slowly from the heat once the solder wets. Its better than hot air for the really fine-pitch stuff.

Yeah we do.

I mean, why not write some code to filter out the "please", and give a canned response to "thank you"? If it uses too many resources maybe just do something intelligent about it? But instead, you choose to whine and tell people to be less kind? FFS.

Damn that looks good!

Everyone needs to understand what Elon and DOGE are building, an AI driven panopticon that will know everything about you and will be used to ensure compliance with their fascist agenda. They are creating a unified database of everything the federal government has on every single American.

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I haven't tested it, but it should work well. ;) Plus my board uses the larger memory and larger pin count version of the ATtiny, so you've got room to stretch!