zkirill

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by zkirill 2y ago
> avoid asking people to do surface mount unless it is reasonably straightforward - it was never meant to done that way. This is the kind of comment that I was hoping to read here. Would you mind elaborating? What is considered straightf
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by zkirill 2y ago
> do you mean sell an electronic product as a kit? Not quite. The person who would do the soldering would not necessarily be the end consumer. They would do it as part of a network of assemblers, for a fee or pro-bono as a community serv
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Ask HN: Can You Solder?
2 points by zkirill 2y ago|12 comments
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The Flying Car Mechanic Network(flyingcarcomputer.com)
1 points by zkirill 2y ago|0 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
I was going to ask if there is a good list of C books and then answered my own question. It categorizes _Modern C_ as Intermediate level. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/562303/the-definitive-c-...
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Do We Still Want This?(flyingcarcomputer.com)
3 points by zkirill 2y ago|0 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
Not vintage but I loved reading your reference project. Sent you an email just in case.
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by zkirill 2y ago
Sure! I found your email through your profile and will send you a message. Just wondering if git is used to collaborate on hardware design? I've only seen projects share completed KiCad/PDF/BOM.
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by zkirill 2y ago
I just learned about Easy EDA! The drag and drop of parts is insanely cool. Just wondering if you can mix KiCad with Easy EDA in one workflow? Or, when would one choose KiCad over Easy EDA and vice versa?
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by zkirill 2y ago
The SBC is called Banana Pi M1+. Thank you for introducing me to Helios (Kobol). Their blog and wiki were a very useful and humbling read. After I posted my question I learned that BPi didn't open source their PCB layout. It looks like
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Ask HN: Can you recommend a PCB designer?
16 points by zkirill 2y ago|19 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
Awesome article. Just wondering, how can a hardware company voluntarily submit their device for reverse engineering and dismantling as a show of good faith? Given the right circumstances this is basically a free security audit and marketing
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Handwritten Magazine Without Generative AI(flyingcarcomputer.com)
35 points by zkirill 2y ago|13 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
As far as I know the first Apple computer was not really a computer but a box of parts that the customer had to assemble themselves. The early days of Apple is probably the best example of "building in public" because so much of i
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by zkirill 2y ago
I have always been curious about a different approach. Let's say that I interview you and a few other people, and then match you in a party with someone whose skills and character are complementary to yours. Then I match both of you wi
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Ask HN: How to hire a freelance electrical engineer?
2 points by zkirill 2y ago|1 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
AWS SES and WorkMail. It gets the job done. listmonk (self-hosted) for mailing lists because it comes with double opt-in and GDPR compliance. Proton Mail and SimpleLogin for experiments.
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I Validated a Market with SD Cards and Development Boards(flyingcarcomputer.com)
3 points by zkirill 2y ago|0 comments
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How to Make a Minimum Viable Software Package with NetBSD, ARM, and QEMU(flyingcarcomputer.com)
5 points by zkirill 2y ago|0 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
Does anyone have any experience with mass testing flash drives as part of an assembly line? Another tool for testing flash drives that was recommended to me was H2testW.
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by zkirill 2y ago
Do not discount the cynic. I persist. Here is my question, for example. How would Apple and its ecosystem have evolved differently if they never adopted Objective-C? Would it be possible to accomplish everything with C and better tooling?
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by zkirill 2y ago
Be careful not to mistake "real users" with paying customers. If your aim is to build a business, then making that distinction early on is crucial. As far as your first sale is concerned, ask yourself who is your target customer,
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Hardware Startup's Notes on Customs Duties, Chargebacks, and Generating Urgency(flyingcarcomputer.com)
2 points by zkirill 2y ago|0 comments
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by zkirill 2y ago
The plan is to first figure out how to legally market, distribute, and sell this physical thing. It's more difficult than I imagined as you can read in my blog. Feedback from Hacker News has been invaluable to me during this process. I
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by zkirill 2y ago
It's tricky because the kind of buyer I have in mind would feel uncomfortable with that operation despite having the best instructions. It would lead them to pass on this product at this stage thereby ruining my market validation. I wa
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by zkirill 2y ago
Thank you for writing this. I was wondering how to price things during the market validation stage and this gave me some ideas. Blog post incoming!
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by zkirill 2y ago
Cool find, thanks! If gummy glue fails or is hard to source then I will definitely try this.
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by zkirill 2y ago
I want to create a company that is like Apple of the 90's and resurrect the "bicycle for the mind". Is there any chance you would consider mentoring?
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by zkirill 2y ago
Looks like it's a similar standard by Huawei. [1] Very cool. I can see this being useful for tablets that have the SIM port but lack the cellular module. Wonder if this would ever make sense on an SBC. [1] https://www.androi
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by zkirill 2y ago
What about residue?

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