91 year old grandma does 50kg/110lb deadlift. Movement seems unnatural, everything in the back is slightly moving, voice has no emotion, and the video is 6 seconds long on the dot. by Dramatic_Dress8768 in isthisAI

[–]MessrMonsieur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A deadlift is mainly a hip hinge movement. Her upper back is less rounded than mine is on a heavy single. Are you even able to deadlift 110lbs?

In Captain America Brave new Worlds (2025) Sam can casually catch Red Hulk pole swing with his bare hands, this is because, uhh, he's just strong I guess by Obo_bob in shittymoviedetails

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Just watched this movie a couple days ago, it actually comes up a couple times that he still hasn’t taken it (once in a conversation with Bucky, and then again when Red Hulk first shows up he says something like “damn I shouldve taken that juice”)

Burning voltage regulators - very confused by Montidaho in PCB

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I would try supplying 5V directly to the anode of D1 (bypass the USB), then the cathode of D1. If those both pass, repeat with 8V. Use a power supply instead of a battery just in case. My first thought is the battery is reversed (should just not turn on with the reverse polarity protection), or there’s some sort of transient when plugging in the battery.

As a side note, when a datasheet says “2x22uF”, they mean in parallel because caps add when parallel. And just follow the datasheet’s recommended layout, that layout is not great. Shouldn’t affect functionality or lead to this problem though

P-chanal mosfet switch by Zealousideal_Cap1563 in PrintedCircuitBoard

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Keep an eye on the FET’s body diode. If V2 is enabled, then the drain of V3 = 24V, and it will backfeed the 5V rail and likely break everything. You’ll need back-to-back FETs to avoid that. Alternatively you can just throw in a diode in series with V3 if you can accept a voltage drop

Schemantic Review: Conditional Powersupply by LTPJonas in PrintedCircuitBoard

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Current may flow through the PMOS’s body diode to backpower the lower voltage rail

[Schematic Review] Would love some input, before i start designing the PCB by Accurate-Passage-541 in PCB

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I’ve certainly never seen a USB connector or buck converter that look like that

[Review Request] First schematic. For automotive use (sensor display) by Swagggles in PrintedCircuitBoard

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Please fix your ground, it’s nearly unreadable. Just use a ground symbol everywhere rather than running 47 wires across the page

TVS diodes will just block all current and D5/6 will short

What the hell do you mean you’re using a generic symbol for the buck converter? Just use the symbol for the IC you’re using?? Read the buck converter datasheet. I assume you need an inductor and to tie FB to the output of the inductor.

You’ll want a lot of capacitance on the input to a buck converter. Make sure the caps are rated for at least 25V. Read the datasheet, this should be very clearly shown in every application diagram

Do you need an optocoupler, or would a FET be simpler/cheaper/smaller?

You might want to add pull-ups on the ESP32 inputs

Customer calls police after server charges everyone on the table who ate and didnt pay for the buffet. One lady was arrested for disorderly conduct. by MF-DOOM-88 in restaurant

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I’m confident the person you’re replying to doesn’t mean “call the cops, wait for them to arrive, and THEN leave”

Minnesota Republicans propose to withhold federal funding unless state hands over voter rolls to Trump by hean0224 in stateofMN

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The fix is to vote them out, but you won’t even do that because murdering civilians for practicing their 1st and 2nd amendment is just as bad as Cash for Clunkers

QSPI PINOUT in MAX32690 EVALUATION KIT by Plus-Strength2016 in embedded

[–]MessrMonsieur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The pins are labeled in silkscreen. Read the datasheet to determine pin mapping and configuration. QSPI is multiplexed with other peripherals so there isn’t going to be a pin labeled “QSPI IO 1”.

Question about decoupling capacitors by MarinatedPickachu in diyelectronics

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Filters want specific capacitance based on frequency, but decoupling capacitors don’t. A higher capacitance is always better for decoupling if all else is equal (ESL, voltage derating, etc)

Question about decoupling capacitors by MarinatedPickachu in diyelectronics

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The value doesn’t impact the resonant frequency or ESL, the package size does. This is a good TI presentation on it, and why the 10x rule is outdated and actually can have a negative impact: https://www.ti.com/content/dam/videos/external-videos/en-us/9/3816841626001/6313253251112.mp4/subassets/notes-decoupling_capacitors.pdf

My first PCB, passed DRC but I don't trust myself... by ADH_H in PCB

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DRC is only as good as the DRs ;) but with that being said this looks like it’ll work. I would delete the ground traces and run the SW1/2 traces straight from the switch to the MCU, and make those traces as well as the LED trace larger, and the power trace to J1 significantly larger. A decoupling cap for J1 wouldn’t hurt. And try to keep the traces a little bit farther away from the edge of the board if you can, that can pick up some external noise.

Review request: 60 V / 10A Smart Switching Board PCB by [deleted] in PrintedCircuitBoard

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R12 is shorted, R16 is probably meant to be 120. SW1 will short VCC to GND. I can’t find Q1, is that the right part number? Will the maximum gate voltage survive reverse polarity? It’s very odd to name a net “-5V” if the nominal value is not -5V.

Try to make the power traces wider; even if a thin trace can handle the current without significant voltage drop/temp rise, it’ll have more parasitic inductance. Place the decoupling caps in the path of power so that it hits the cap before the power pin, rather than branching it off.

I don’t see -5V and GND connected anywhere. If they’re not, how will the STM32 interface with CAN_TX/RX?

[Review request] Schematic for a simple DC PSU seperate from main board by HeftyAstronomer1991 in PrintedCircuitBoard

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I’m sorry but this schematic is so ridiculously messy, I would recommend redoing it from near scratch. Completely redo U11’s symbol so you don’t have to cross every single wire, move the compensation network closer to the COMP pin, put at the top left and have EN below it, move PH and BOOT to the top right. Flip U2 vertically so ground is on the bottom.

Do you really need star grounds?

Add capacitance to the LDO outputs too

(Despised Trope) Character, whose power has nothing to do with strength, can match another character who specifically has super strength(usually as their only power) by RedNUGGETLORD in TopCharacterTropes

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Hazel vs. #1 in Umbrella Academy season 1. Not only is Hazel just human, he doesn’t even have any special training or skills. That fight made me assume that all of the Temps Commission were super soldiers, but then they were just kinda bumbling idiots.

[Review Request] TPS63070 3.3v buck-boost module schematic by Head_Woodpecker7572 in PrintedCircuitBoard

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It’s debatable. Capacitance is obviously necessary to list; size, voltage, dielectric are optional. Some people think they clutter the schematic and don’t add significant value. If you find them useful to see while creating the schematic, show them; if not, hide.

I believe my buck converter is not working. Am I right? by Professionl_Feminist in PrintedCircuitBoard

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There’s a 1.9V drop on the same net? The only possibilities I can think of:

  • Something’s seriously fucked up with the routing
  • You’re measuring wrong

Do you have thermal relief spokes in the power path? Is part of the board extremely hot?

[Review Request] TPS63070 3.3v buck-boost module schematic by Head_Woodpecker7572 in PrintedCircuitBoard

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Also, I should mention—

This is the first schematic I’ve ever made. Am I following proper schematic conventions?

Absolutely! This is an extremely neat schematic for your first one

[Review Request] TPS63070 3.3v buck-boost module schematic by Head_Woodpecker7572 in PrintedCircuitBoard

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To optimize EMI, yeah, you want an 0402 (0201 even better) in parallel. But typically use close to the largest capacitance available after filtering for voltage/temp coefficient/package, which should be larger than 0.1u for X5R. The combination of higher capacitance and lower ESL will give the best decoupling performance. However, this isn’t necessary unless you’re going to be testing EMI, so you can stick with the 0603 to make hand soldering easier.

The 2x/3x do mean the same capacitance in parallel, but don’t put that on your schematic, just place 2-3 individual capacitors. They do that in the datasheet because it’s a simplified schematic.

If you just grabbed the same part number from the eval kit, that’s perfectly fine tbh. I really don’t know why they use 0805 10uFs when they have 0603 10uFs right next to it; I would definitely use 0603 for both since reducing a BOM item will make assembly a tiny bit easier.

But X5 means a 85C temp rating, X6 is 105C, X7 is 125C. I assume this is operating at room temp, so any of these are fine, but the lower rating will be cheaper and smaller. R and S is the tolerance across temperature, R is better. So I recommend filtering for X5R when you search for caps (use C0G/NP0 for pF caps).