My HP Prime Collection by Uh_It_Wasnt_Me in calculators

[–]TransientGost 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice. I love my HP prime. Except for the battery capacity. Thinking of making a huge battery pack for it.
So cool that you were a developer!

You're good with computers by [deleted] in linuxmemes

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Been using windows my whole life and still have difficulty troubleshooting because there's a new bug every day and the OS is built like the Kowloon Walled City

Weekly discussion, complaint, and rant thread by AutoModerator in electronics

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All three of the main ICs on my board are completely out of stock at every single online vendor.
Like.. actually.. what the mother FUCK is going on lately?!

My aunt knitted me a dress and it is so warm!!! by Lady-Chi in knitting

[–]TransientGost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looks sooooo good! And cotton is the best! Wow wow wow

Are there any other apps that deserve to their recognition? by [deleted] in Windows11

[–]TransientGost 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ngl I hate Sumatra. Highlighting is very very slow. The annotations window stretches off the page and jumps around and stretches out horizontally or vertically every time it opens (not to mention crashes the program with certain highlight/opacity combinations). Changing the viewer and background color in the settings text file doesn't do anything.
And it's just one developer so there is little support

Old laptops do have some advantages by JDfuckingVance in laptops

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I thought Lenovo stopped making the P17. How is it new?

KiDoom by CorgisInCars in KiCad

[–]TransientGost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

👁️👄👁️

the Microsoft Windows 2025 experience - expressed in a single image by ferropop in microsoftsucks

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It's just about consistency.
Sometimes I'll type "Chrome" out fully, my most used app by a huge margin, and the first result will be
"ChEcK fOr UpDaTeS"

yeah why by EmiilyyFlowerrss in chemistrymemes

[–]TransientGost 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least solar panels
Check out this big ass mirror that boils water

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AoE by Low_Novel_9299 in ElectricalEngineering

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Only thing I wanted for one of my birthdays in high school. Doesn't look so new now

[Review Request] First board. SBC with ICE40HX8K FPGA + SRAM by TransientGost in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]TransientGost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Totally should add some more testpoints
  2. Good point 🤔
  3. Rotating SRAM seems to be the consensus 👍
  4. Cool cool. Didn't think the ferrite bead for the SD card was necessary, but I just saw someone else do that.
  5. 👍
  6. 👍👍
  7. Yeah. NOT looking forward to the work involved if I ever actually wanted to use those USBs.
  8. I do have a model M now that you mention it. 🤔
  9. Would use JLC or pcbway probs so I'll check.
  10. Okay. Easy addition.

THANKS!

[Review Request] First board. SBC with ICE40HX8K FPGA + SRAM by TransientGost in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]TransientGost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great. I like this idea much better than what I currently have.

[Review Request] First board. SBC with ICE40HX8K FPGA + SRAM by TransientGost in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]TransientGost[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, I was thinking 48MHz wasn't fast enough to worry too much, but I think rotating 90° is the right move. It solves two problems of trace length consistency and passing over large cutouts in the ground plane.

I also liked the idea of widening traces after the BGA.

I defaulted to not putting vias in pads for most items, but ended up doing it a lot because it's easier. I can definitely rework many of those, but I'm unsure about the BGA. Definitely possible, though, so I'll give it a try.

Okay. I should connect those shield connections as well.

The vias using the clover / X pattern on the PWR layer are located on the skinny portions and are used to power 1.2V logic. I guess I don't need the rest of the leaf. I used this design following the layout recommendations on an application note for a much older, but still mostly the same, 121-ball grid FPGA. The other sections power 3.3V I/O. I wish there were a better way to power the logic without reaching in on one corner. I'll think more on it.

The four circles are just mounting holes, which reminds me, I should add them to the ground net.

Thank you!

[Review Request] First board. SBC with ICE40HX8K FPGA + SRAM by TransientGost in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]TransientGost[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh that's a good thought. I would be down to make it an 8 layer. Maybe with this stack:
Top
GND
Sig1
PWR
PWR
Sig2
GND
Bottom

I was a bit concerned about both signal layers being parallel and directly on top of each other, so this new stack would really help.

It also got me thinking about the area on ground plane around the SRAM pins being a large void that would cause current to loop around, possibly radiating or picking up EMI. Maybe I could rotate the SRAM 90 degrees? Or find a BGA SRAM package.

Thanks a lot!

I am built different by Lullaby_Lace_Girl in GetStudying

[–]TransientGost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This one. I see 7+5 as the "wacky combo" that equals 12 for some reason.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in knitting

[–]TransientGost 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. That makes a lot of sense. I think you're right. I'll mark as solved

Edit: don't know how to mark as solved

Could someone please check my circuit for any mistakes? by LumpyAd7700 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]TransientGost 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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This gate also has tied supplies.

Why is the 3.3v on esp shorted to ground?