ChrisGammell

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by ChrisGammell 15d ago
I can't help thinking "doesn't matter much unless it's perfect" because if someone is using this to build a board (cool) but then it's not flawless, troubleshooting will be quite tough as a novice. Like, say, w
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by ChrisGammell 15d ago
All the people here are focused on security and costs while I'm like "hey kicad on the announcement page!" Every clanker is an autorouter these days, eh.
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The Secret Life of Circuits with lcamtuf / Michał Zalewski (Audio Interview)(theamphour.com)
74 points by ChrisGammell 4mo ago|8 comments
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by ChrisGammell 4mo ago
I found zeroing in on a specific package and learning the specifics of the parametric modeling AND a particular end goal to be useful. Doubly so if the YouTuber is making lots of videos on other topics that might be helpful. I learned on an
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by ChrisGammell 6mo ago
Yep, insert the "always has been" meme. I learned from my early blogging that finding something that was popular just ended up having me chase that high again, instead of the things I wanted to be writing. True of every platform b
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by ChrisGammell 8mo ago
2005! Didn't realize it was that long ago. Have been thinking about that book every time I read about people that move to "100% AI coding" in their work. Sure, they might have an increased output, but what happens when their
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by ChrisGammell 8mo ago
I didn't realize the Bending Spoons acquisition was a second time go-round. I do know after they enshittified (sorry, "harvested called for the PE overlords") two other web properties I used and loved back in the day (Evernot
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A Physical Meme Terminal for Distributed Teams(blog.golioth.io)
7 points by ChrisGammell 9mo ago|0 comments
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by ChrisGammell 10mo ago
Never Trust The Automap
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by ChrisGammell 10mo ago
I aggressively enjoyed this post
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by ChrisGammell 10mo ago
Interview with Lee at the end of 2024 on The Amp Hour podcast: https://theamphour.com/684-lee-felsenstein-the-computer-revo...
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
A message in a bottle, thrown into your own swimming pool every evening. I like it.
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
I always refer to this multipart series on debouncing from one of the greats of embedded, (the now retired) Jack Ganssle https://www.ganssle.com/debouncing.htm
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
A while back I used it to glue together a bunch of APIs to make a geofence on top of a WiFi location service my company offers. Super easy to prototype external computation without something like severless/lambda (which would be the li
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
I'd love to hear more about how the "sales engineers were the influential ones" manifested. I have an idea in my head, but I'm curious about details.
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
What is this, a MCU for ant(man)?! It needs to be at least...three times that thick!
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
I'm generally in the "never trust the autorouter" camp (and by extension "never trust the bevy of AI tools entering the space"), but it's undeniable there are some big opportunities in the eCAD space to speed u
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
I'm way late to this party, but I'm happy to give advice as well. Chris {at sign} theamphour.com I'm an EE with some loud opinions about the state of higher education for electronics, but I'm sure there's a path for
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
Extra points for the ones that sit down at step 4 and lay out all the things they've already tried so the context on the problem is clear
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by ChrisGammell 1y ago
I always drop everything to read when there are new articles. Keep up the great work Ken!
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by ChrisGammell 2y ago
Coming soon to your next printer: navigate through menus with a pico projector sending dim light onto your outstretched palm...
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Posting to Bluesky from a Microcontroller(blog.golioth.io)
5 points by ChrisGammell 2y ago|0 comments
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by ChrisGammell 2y ago
Spontaneous combustion, for sure
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Enabling power regulators automatically at boot in Zephyr (RTOS)(blog.golioth.io)
5 points by ChrisGammell 3y ago|0 comments
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Move over Internet of Things, I Built the Internet of Memes(blog.golioth.io)
6 points by ChrisGammell 4y ago|1 comments
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by ChrisGammell 4y ago
A fun project for remote teams to interact with one another
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Fully Remote Hardware Training: A Recap(blog.golioth.io)
1 points by ChrisGammell 4y ago|0 comments
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by ChrisGammell 4y ago
EEs are pretty far away from the money. That really impacts earning potential. Most EEs who went the traditional route and want to keep doing electronics in some form but make money become Field Application Engineers (FAEs) to get closer to
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Zero-install embedded training with Zephyr using Kasm and Docker(blog.golioth.io)
6 points by ChrisGammell 4y ago|0 comments
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by ChrisGammell 5y ago
Looks cool! What hardware platform are you targeting?

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