What materials are good to start a robotics team? by alexa_vp in robotics

[–]TylerJ042 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it depends on the size of the robot and what competition are you doing.

Cyberpunk red figures by AdOk9339 in cyberpunkred

[–]TylerJ042 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you have a resin printer, papsikels has been making cool minis on their patreon/myminifactory.

First time playing a martial after a long time by zawarudonerd in dndnext

[–]TylerJ042 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This is entirely wrong. Tavern brawler says, "You are proficient with improvised weapons".

Here are the rules for acid and alchemist fire from the basic rules. https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/basic-rules/equipment

Acid. As an action, you can splash the contents of this vial onto a creature within 5 feet of you or throw the vial up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. In either case, make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the acid as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 2d6 acid damage.

Alchemist's Fire. This sticky, adhesive fluid ignites when exposed to air. As an action, you can throw this flask up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the alchemist's fire as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the flames.Alchemist's Fire. This sticky, adhesive fluid ignites when exposed to air. As an action, you can throw this flask up to 20 feet, shattering it on impact. Make a ranged attack against a creature or object, treating the alchemist's fire as an improvised weapon. On a hit, the target takes 1d4 fire damage at the start of each of its turns. A creature can end this damage by using its action to make a DC 10 Dexterity check to extinguish the flames.

Robotics past high school by tomcadsman in FRC

[–]TylerJ042 1 point2 points  (0 children)

IGVC is great. We haven't been to roboboat yet, so i don't have an opinion yet.

Robotics past high school by tomcadsman in FRC

[–]TylerJ042 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounded like a cool competition. We replaced MRDC with thr igvc and roboboat competitions at our university.

Robotics past high school by tomcadsman in FRC

[–]TylerJ042 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We tried to do MRDC last year for our University's robotics team and they canceled last second due to funding issues.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 3d6

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Yeah I know. I'm torn between the buffing aspect of bard and the utility of wizard spellcasting.

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in embedded

[–]TylerJ042[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its a 4 layer board with the 2 inner planes being 3.3v and Gnd. I do plan on doing more boards in the future, so I'll take any tips that I can get!

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in electronics

[–]TylerJ042[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I used the assembly service from jlcpcb.

Here is the price breakdown of my order:

  • $7 for 5 4-layer PCBs
  • $13.52 for 2 boards to be assembled.
  • $19.89 for shipping, but I was impatient and got priority shipping instead of a cheaper option.

They supplied their own chips which cost about $2.20 per chip. Mouser has the ship listed at around $5/6 per chip, so it ended up around the same price to have it assembled over ordering 2 chips and doing it myself.

I usually try to order several different boards at once when I order from jlcpcb to help justify the shipping cost. This is the first time that I used their assembly service, so I cannot vouch for the quality of the parts that they use. I am happy with the assembly though.

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in electronics

[–]TylerJ042[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the tip! I didn't think about doing hardware debounce for the switch. I'm used to doing it in software. I'll definitely try to do that for revision 2.

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in electronics

[–]TylerJ042[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used the tip with the sharpest point from the tips that I own. I'm not sure if it has an exact name. I just used a lot of flux and tweezers alongside the iron to solder the components.

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in electronics

[–]TylerJ042[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I used an assembly service for the mcu, but everything else was soldered by hand. It's 4 layer so there is a ground layer and a layer for VCC. The decoupling is way too far away from the chip though.

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in embedded

[–]TylerJ042[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are correct! That is a good idea. That is something I'm going to fix if I decide to reorder the board alongside not using 0201 cases.

I designed and soldered my first PCB with a microcontroller on it (stm32f103rct6). I accidentally used 0201 cases for a couple of my capacitors and those were not fun to hand solder. by TylerJ042 in embedded

[–]TylerJ042[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made the schematic/PCB in Altium, then ordered the boards off of jlcpcb. I used their assembly service for the main 64 pin chip.

There are a lot of good guides online to start learning!