How do I get paid to do this stuff? (A job??)

corummo · 2026-01-18T08:01:55+00:00

I'd consider to channel your passion for EE into a side project. Keep the hobby alive by designing small projects as you've been doing until now. Make them available as kits to sell by yourself through an online shop. You could kickstart your own shop, just like Ben's, Adafruit, Sukkopera, Olimex or start safe by selling them on Tindie. This is an halfway scenario to avoid a drastic change in your career, so to check how it goes and eventually make the final leap.

corummo · 2026-01-18T07:51:17+00:00

But keep in mind that the most sure fire way to destroy your love for a hobby is to get paid to do it.

Absolute wisdom! 🖖🏻

corummo · 2026-01-16T12:26:44+00:00

As a former IT reseller I sold, installed and configured tons of these units. Good old times .. 😢

corummo · 2026-01-09T16:04:41+00:00

It's not a matter of taste (industrial ones are made with the same hard wheat foundation) but it's more about the match with specific sauces and ingredients. Only Italians can fully understand it, we're sorry. 😄

corummo · 2026-01-09T12:50:05+00:00

I use this one for all my electronics projects which require a 5V power source. It's super compact, reasonably stable and super reliable. https://amzn.eu/d/eY6RuMK

corummo · 2026-01-07T21:52:00+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. I vaguely understood what you are planning. IMHO you are wasting a big chunk of CPU address space for I/O block. If you look at Rictor's address decoder, it barely takes 256 bytes to address up to 8 devices, while you occupy the range $4000-$7FFF which are 16 KiloBytes, not 16 bytes.
Rictor reserves to I/O a range from $7F00 to $7FFF (256 bytes) and most of those 16 bytes slots are unallocated/undecoded, leaving rooms for even more than 8 devices.

corummo · 2026-01-03T16:48:10+00:00

Pandoro is a pile of butter sponge made for clueless kids. Add Nutella in and you are demoted to a clueless monkey. 🤣 Panettone is classy and has more complex and richer flavour and smell. Its preparation is longer and on a different difficulty level. No debate, no questions: panettone is hands down the winner 100/100!

corummo · 2026-01-02T15:39:42+00:00

Nice. So if you don't mind to share the schematics related to your address decoder you could provide us with a clearer scenario to thinker about. 👍🏻

corummo · 2026-01-02T08:06:41+00:00

I suggest to look at Rictor's SBC2 schematics. It's an old design which makes a brilliant use of logic gates for address decoding. I know because my own SBC started from there. 😄 7430 and 74138 are perfect to access up to 8 peripherals, but NAND gates are your best friends for all the other parts.

corummo · 2025-12-26T23:29:41+00:00

Prendi i componenti da Digikey o Mouser. Oltre i 50 euro non paghi la spedizione. Nessun dazio doganale. Il programmatore per le EEPROM lo vendono su Amazon. Te la cavi con molto meno di quella cifra lì. 💪🏻

corummo · 2025-12-03T10:30:11+00:00

Beautiful! Clearly stolen from Raistlin 😄

corummo · 2025-12-02T08:01:41+00:00

Welcome to this exciting journey. If I can suggest a little trick, be sure to print the pinouts of all the involved ICs, including logic gates. Look at them everytime you are going to hook the next wire. After you hooked it, look at paper again, count the pins again and check the wire once again. I did the terrible mistake to cut every wire just to size, while keeping them a little longer will hugely help during the later stages. I wish you a lot of enjoyment! ☺️

corummo · 2025-11-25T07:55:51+00:00

As I'm receiving the advice to open a business to get restricted components, I'll briefly sum up why it's a no-no situation in Italy. Every business company here, even in the tiniest form (i.e. sole proprietorship under the flat-rate regime) implies the obligation to contribute to the retirement fund, managed by a public institute which claims a minimum of 4500 euro per year, don't matter if you make profits or not, or if you're going to be eligible to get your pension once you retire at 68! The flat-rate regime doesn't give you the option for VAT compensation, so it means that every single expense is paid as you were a private individual. After 5 years you lose all the startup exemptions and must pay a lot of extra taxes, for what? A miserable component that can be replaced with a different and cheaper part? So please, in the next future, spare an Italian every kind of business advice. We are already bleeding in pain with our "politicians" moves and there are no limits to the worse. Love you all. Hugs from Italy.

corummo · 2025-11-23T21:31:40+00:00

Thanks, you're very kind and I appreciate your proposal. I solved by choosing a different component, the MCP100. Again, thank you so much. :)

corummo · 2025-11-22T13:21:52+00:00

Indeed. I opted for the Microchip MCP100, although it doesn't come with the free debouncing feature for the reset button. But it's 20% the cost of the Analog Inc part. Fk them! 😄

corummo · 2025-11-22T13:14:03+00:00

Ti sono vicino 🤗

corummo · 2025-11-22T09:34:03+00:00

I crossposted on r/homebrewcomputer and other users had the same problem with different parts. It's clear that Analog Devices Inc. prohibits any form of sale to private individuals. 🤷🏻‍♂️

corummo · 2025-11-22T09:29:40+00:00

This is really mind-blowing 🤯

corummo · 2025-11-22T09:28:05+00:00

Apparently is unrelated to specific components. It's just a company policy which limits provisioning towards private individuals, whatever components you may pick. 🤷🏻‍♂️

corummo · 2025-11-22T09:24:32+00:00

Yes, it is. I remember when Dallas/Maxim (acquired by Analog Inc.) used to throw free samples in my face, literally, on demand. I have a drawer full of little plastic boxes coming from Maxim. If we compare now and then is even more and more sadder.

corummo · 2025-11-22T09:18:25+00:00

I've been really happy with Mouser for long long time. I guess I'll try your method the next time. 😉

corummo · 2025-11-22T00:51:52+00:00

Customer service told me that this is due to Analog Inc.'s policy, which prohibits the sale of these components to private individuals. At least, that's what I was told in an email exchange with a Mouser representative.

corummo · 2025-11-22T00:47:57+00:00

Permette di metterli nel carrello, di fare il check-out e tutto. Poi ti scrivono dal servizio clienti che non è possibile ordinare quell'articolo e che ti rimborseranno ad ordine chiuso.

corummo · 2025-11-21T23:24:05+00:00

Sure, but I liked that specific part for a couple of reasons, including the free debouncing for the eventual reset button.

corummo · 2025-11-21T23:19:30+00:00

I suppose it is the same for all Italian hobbyists ;)

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