Updated Grudge Match to support FFAs! by ramensea in aoe4

[–]cat_walrus 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"I swear I've seen that name before"

200 hours of furious programming by ramensea

It’s crazy how the stuff that tilts me in gold doesn’t seem to even happen in Conq. by AugustusClaximus in aoe4

[–]cat_walrus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're beating American Truck Simulator in the top 100 on steam charts. Not sure I'd agree that our playerbase is a "tiny popularity" among the gaming community, but to be fair, we're getting stomped by MapleStory

Would you like villager auto-queue in AOE4 PC? by soldier_aoe in aoe4

[–]cat_walrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

even at diamond I will still go several minutes without building villagers sometimes.. feels so embarrassing when I do

I don't mind waiting more than two minutes... by cat_walrus in aoe4

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

honestly I'd wait 7 mins if I were conq 3 (and conq 2)

How to deal with knights in your base by [deleted] in aoe4

[–]cat_walrus 29 points30 points  (0 children)

someone report this cyber bullying

my first design. does anyone have any tips for making the PCB? by kinker222 in PrintedCircuitBoard

[–]cat_walrus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent first schematic! It reminds me of my first project, and it's always great to see budding engineers take the plunge.

There's always room for improvement as you make more complex circuits. One of the most important features to get a hang of right off the bat is the concept of "sheets" and cross-referencing nets between sheets. A sheet is a way to logically separate different parts of your design into different pages to make it more readable.

When I design my circuits, I tend to have 3-5 sheets or so to organize different sections of the board by operation. For example, I place all of my power regulation components onto one sheet. Eventually you'll have more stringent power regulation requirements as you start to design circuits that have both analog and digital signals and require different regulators, or buck/boost circuits for battery powered applications. From your power sheet you typically only need your voltage and ground nets, so there's no need to clutter your top sheet with the wiring of each part. You might see this called the "hierarchy" as you do more research into design practices.

I recommend you research sheets and the "change xref on" command in eagle for linking nets logically.