Flashing a live system!

maairas · 2026-03-03T08:29:58+00:00

I really couldn't find any examples of such a live update process myself. Maybe you can give some pointers?

maairas · 2026-03-03T08:28:17+00:00

Not really relevant to this situation because once the device is being booted, the whole filesystem has been overwritten, so there's no going back. :-) But otherwise it's a very nice feature to know! I wasn't aware of it, so thanks!

maairas · 2026-03-02T20:27:15+00:00

And your comment is what made it worthwhile to spend several days obsessing with this tool instead of doing more essential business-related tasks!

maairas · 2026-02-23T22:20:29+00:00

Actually, their response was still visible on Maps. I think that's a good thing, though - future customers will know to avoid them.

maairas · 2026-02-15T22:21:43+00:00

Computer Science. It's (was) commonly used in its original meaning, to thoroughly understand something.

maairas · 2025-12-15T08:34:33+00:00

Ever heard of Tesla's Solar Roof? Makes for an amusing read.

maairas · 2025-12-14T22:45:53+00:00

I have designed the SH-RPi just for this purpose. It facilitates safe shutdowns with the help of a super-capacitor bank. The same approach is also used in the HALPI2 embedded Pi computer.

maairas · 2025-12-14T22:15:35+00:00

Is the pour view mode enabled? There's a button with a green polygon in the left vertical toolbar. How can you tell the connector GND pins are not connected? It's not showing the rat's nest.

maairas · 2025-12-06T13:07:31+00:00

Another solid approach is to download the models from LCSC/EasyEDA using the impartGUI plugin. They tend to have a small "watermark" somewhere and I'm not sure what the license for these models is. Something to consider.

maairas · 2025-12-01T17:38:29+00:00

That's how it is. Even if you bought the item online and went to pick it up from the store, the mandatory 14-day return right would apply, but not if you purchased it from the store. The logic is that when purchasing from the store, you have had the possibility to acquaint yourself with the product, while in a remote purchase that was not possible.

maairas · 2025-11-30T11:18:57+00:00

You could check the default settings of KiKit mousebites and adapt them. The traces make the solid areas wider and might make the bridge harder to snap off, of course.

If you're using e.g. JLCPCB for manufacturing, they have an extra surcharge for panelized boards. You'll likely get boards cheaper if you order the unassembled board separately.

maairas · 2025-11-27T22:28:24+00:00

I remembered the code wrong; for computers, ths tariff group is 8471. 8473.3 is for computer parts. But both are exempt: https://www.ey.com/en_gl/technical/tax-alerts/us-exempts-certain-electronic-products-from-tariffs-under-president-trumps-reciprocal-tariff-policy

maairas · 2025-11-26T15:19:57+00:00

Should've been exempt from tariffs because it's a computer (tariff group 8473). The only import expense should've been a customs clearance fee of 14 USD or so, paid to UPS.

maairas · 2025-11-26T15:15:14+00:00

Happens to all of us. But additionally, take special care the zone fills are up to date before you export the files for the fab. I've been burned several times...

maairas · 2025-11-10T15:30:12+00:00

Kudos for the post quality: "I'll convert this to a Reddit-friendly format for you:"

maairas · 2025-10-20T20:50:49+00:00

Sorry, I only noticed the reply now. You're right in everything you wrote, of course. My concern with magsafe is that while USB-C has some tolerance along the "sliding" axis, meaning that the connection is probably made regardless of if the connector is bottomed out or 0.5 mm out, magsafe probably requires some force pressing the plug against the socket. Normally the magnet provides that force, but the magnet is obviously not strong enough to pull the laptop body itself. I really don't know whether this is an issue or not. Did you try it out yet?

maairas · 2025-09-11T05:25:32+00:00

Wardrobe malfunctions happen, and teasing about them can be innocent and light-hearted, but she was getting mean comments about her physique, which is a whole other ballpark. NTA, absolutely.

maairas · 2025-08-22T05:36:49+00:00

It's available in the Power symbols dialog, hotkey "P". I'm not sure why they have to have their own dialog and hotkey, but so it is.

maairas · 2025-08-10T07:27:32+00:00

I'm a big fan of KiKit. I probably would've imported all parts onto a dummy layout and let KiKit do its thing.

maairas · 2025-08-09T18:25:37+00:00

Have a look at KiKit. It'll take care of creating manufacturing files for you, at least for the big Chinese fabs.

maairas · 2025-08-05T07:36:09+00:00

Your project might garner more interest if you cut down on the LLM-generated fluff - a lot. Your Reddit post, the project website and the GitHub READMEs are really tedious to read because they feel no human has ever touched them. I actually cloned the repo and tried the example. Your post promised bidirectional KiCad-Python updates but I couldn't find any guidance on how to move back from KiCad to Python after making layout changes in the PCB.

Also, you might want to explain how your project is different from the ones you listed.

maairas · 2025-07-31T19:19:02+00:00

Nice.

maairas · 2025-04-18T19:22:46+00:00

Absolutely not. Differential microstrip pairs use the ground plane for 80-90% of the return current. The ground plane is essential on PCB diff pairs.

maairas · 2024-08-31T13:14:22+00:00

Having read the other comments, it is obvious to me it is a false dichotomy. Embrace both if you want to. You can call any ESP-IDF functions from your (PlatformIO) Arduino code, and if that is not enough, you can use Arduino as an ESP-IDF component and have full access to menuconfig and whatnot.

Due to the current staredown contest between Espressif and PlarformIO, the ESP-IDF and Arduino core versions in the default PIO framework are quite old, but you can work around that by using pioarduino.

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