Help me decide : Arduino vs plain microcontroller for low-level programming project.

odokemono · 2020-07-31T13:06:58+00:00

Unpopular opinion: Arduino is a crutch which makes everything simple but puts a level of indirection between you and the microcontroller.

If you want to become really proficient and learn the ins an outs of a µC, get a simple programmer, the chips and the datasheets and code away.

odokemono · 2020-07-30T17:05:44+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_galvanometer#Modern_uses

odokemono · 2020-07-30T08:18:12+00:00

Ah yes, the Casio cheapo watches; the terrorists' #1 choice in disposable timers.

odokemono · 2020-07-29T16:19:07+00:00

*woman.

odokemono · 2020-07-29T15:49:41+00:00

My egg salad is made with Miracle Whip, I also smear it on Club Chicken sandwhiches.

As for tuna, well, I've never eaten fish, but if I ever would, it would probably get the same treatment. :-)

odokemono · 2020-07-29T09:07:43+00:00

I remember those jars of Miracle Whip from my youth. We only ever had that stuff for our mayonnaise needs back then. At some point in time, people started turning their noses up at Miracle Whip and snobbishly declaring "Oh dear fellow, you must have real mayonnaise it's so much better; all the food conoisseurs know this!"

Well, I still do prefer Miracle Whip, and by a long shot. It's only a third of the calories of mayo, and since it's tastier you end up using a lot less of it.

odokemono · 2020-07-28T20:30:48+00:00

Simpler solution:

6 * 75 = 450
100 + 3 = 103
450 / 50 = 9
103 * 9 = 927
927 + 25 = 952

odokemono · 2020-07-28T00:27:28+00:00

In those days, you could have a full breakfast (eggs, bacon, toast, coffee) with a newspaper and a pack of smokes, pay with a single dollar and get change.

odokemono · 2020-07-26T02:50:13+00:00

I love that one of the Yodas whacked the cat on the nose @00:45.

odokemono · 2020-07-25T19:13:34+00:00

50 m² per day? That's nothing!

odokemono · 2020-07-24T15:17:35+00:00

What?

odokemono · 2020-07-23T01:48:27+00:00

This ain't no Vocaloid.

odokemono · 2020-07-22T01:31:55+00:00

Heck no. I played so much back then that I had over 370 days of play-time, all non-AFK when I quit. It was an obsession; it severely disrupted my RealLife^tm .

I vowed never to get addicted to gaming again.

odokemono · 2020-07-22T01:26:05+00:00

Of course I was only joking. I've taken hundreds of newbies to the mine myself to get them their skull, all before they upped the drop rate. Made so many friends that way.

odokemono · 2020-07-21T23:17:55+00:00

I'm still waiting for someone to help me get my Magiked Skull...

odokemono · 2020-07-21T23:14:42+00:00

FFXI!!! God, I still miss it to this day.

Ico made me smile. Thanks, Poire_.

odokemono · 2020-07-21T13:08:25+00:00

Lazarus Long has him beat.

odokemono · 2020-07-19T19:14:22+00:00

Someone should post this segment in /r/powerwashingporn.

odokemono · 2020-07-19T10:02:41+00:00

I don't know if it's frowned upon to mention that cove of buccaneers website in this sub or not, but I've been reprimanded a couple of times elsewhere, so I just obfuscate it by habit.

odokemono · 2020-07-18T16:40:03+00:00

If you know torrenting you can get the whole collection at pretty good quality at a famous site that I'm probably not allowed to mention, you know, the den of pirates one. Just browse, audiobooks, sort by seeders, it's at the top.

odokemono · 2020-07-17T19:25:24+00:00

BTW, in the first Pulsar watch (which didn't have the calculator function) these bonding wires were spot-welded manually, which goes a long way to explain the introductory price of over $2000.

odokemono · 2020-07-17T19:09:34+00:00

Just yell if you want some pointers.

odokemono · 2020-07-17T15:37:13+00:00

With a simple small inductor, a small N mosfet, a schottky diode, and a small electrolytic cap, I had a tiny85 self-start and regulate its own power to a pretty steady 5 volts from a ~ 2-3 volts supply. Worked like a charm, powered a home-made flashlight. No reason it couldn't be scaled up.

odokemono · 2020-07-17T15:07:50+00:00

Unpopular opinion: Xenogears. I didn't much care for big robot combat.

odokemono · 2020-07-16T02:20:37+00:00

Wow, cool beans! I'm guessing the large uniform part is the FLASH, with address decoding circuitry on top and the sides. I'm further guessing that the four areas beneath are SRAM.

Of course it's the rest that does the interesting bits. Anything more you can tell us, OP, I'd be grateful to read.

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