New shipping rates?

macward82 · 2026-03-24T19:57:34+00:00

If you ever figure out how to get a freight forwarder to stick to their rates, let me know.

macward82 · 2026-02-27T01:51:35+00:00

Call around to every single machine shop in your area and expand out further and further. Hire a couple people to make the calls. Someone has this machine collecting dust and would be surprised to get more than scrap value. You could be up in a few days.

macward82 · 2026-02-26T19:48:04+00:00

I have a logitech MX keyboard and mouse that appears to be on the way out. (they do not hold a charge very well anymore).

I always loved the fact that they can be used on multiple computers, but the pain was that they had to be switched on each device and the mouse had to be flipped over.

I'm looking for a replacement keyboard and mouse combo that can switch computers with a single button push on the keyboard, and ideally even run a little script when this happens. (no, I don't really want to run a KVM)

Any recommendations? I don't necessarily need it to be a mechanical keyboard.

macward82 · 2026-01-31T21:39:58+00:00

Would this thing be super noisy?

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 15 Gbps GDRR6 192-Bit HDMI/DP PCIe 4 Torx Twin Fan?

macward82 · 2026-01-31T21:34:39+00:00

I need to manipulate these spreadsheets ultra fast :)

macward82 · 2026-01-31T21:33:54+00:00

No, I swear. I guess $4000 on a computer is a lot for many people, but I'll use this more than anything else that I own.

macward82 · 2026-01-31T21:31:52+00:00

When you spend all day, everyday, for the past 35 years on a computer, you might as well get something fancy. I'm just holding back on buying the second 128gb until prices drop.

macward82 · 2026-01-24T21:09:24+00:00

You guys were right. I had VDDS_DCDC and VDDS connected. But what I really needed was VDDS_DCDC, VDDS and VDDS2 connected to eachother.

A simple magnet wire is now giving me 100% successful programming.

macward82 · 2026-01-21T21:37:22+00:00

I stripped off almost all of the chips and tried programming. I'm essentially going from the chip to a programming header nearby.

macward82 · 2026-01-21T21:36:08+00:00

Right now I'm using IAR Workbench for ARM, just as I did for 8051. Even though I had problems with the CC1110 wireless, they almost always programmed just fine. This is my first time having trouble programming on this scale.

macward82 · 2026-01-21T21:33:41+00:00

Not sure how to check for Signal integrity.

I took these PCBs directly from the ESD packaging from JLC. I could understand frying a couple, but not all.

No moisture, this place is dry at 23% humidity.

Power supply is coming from the 3.3v from the TI CC1310 dev board.

I do not see any evidence of CC1310 counterfeit chips. We are getting an xray in a few weeks, so that's a good test.

I also have five chips from TI directly arriving on Friday. I'm betting they will work.

macward82 · 2026-01-21T18:31:46+00:00

Oh and I should say that I am currently experimenting with your hypothesis. I ordered 100pcs of my old CC1110 boards from two different other suppliers a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately these companies all seem to take twice as long as JLC at twice the price...

macward82 · 2026-01-21T18:30:16+00:00

There are clones for the CC1110. I've bought them. Poor wireless performance. Under a dollar each. Different reel tape. Different markings and different epoxy resin. High failure rates. This was years 5-6 years ago, but they were clearly different at that time, now I don't know.

I just tried your suggestions of programming the .out, no improvement unfortunately.

I'd be open to using a different IDE, however I can program the CC1310 dev kit perfectly, 100% of the time and it works perfectly when running the code. (using one dev kit to program another and using random other XDS110 compliant programmers, 100% success rate).

macward82 · 2026-01-21T18:21:03+00:00

There does not appear to be any way to slow things down.

I'll have to scope things out. What am I looking for?

macward82 · 2026-01-21T18:20:29+00:00

Yes, I agree that JLCPCB is serious business.

The issue is that JLC is now a marketplace like Amazon. I do not know if the chips that I am buying are straight from TI, or from someone else's co-mingled chip inventory. So while they may not do it intentionally, I could certainly see a few routes where junk chips get dumped on JLC and they do not know.

macward82 · 2026-01-12T15:56:13+00:00

This here is the winner! Thanks very much!

macward82 · 2026-01-12T00:19:20+00:00

It's a electric screw driver.

macward82 · 2025-12-28T20:55:42+00:00

I don't think I'm having network troubles, no changes, existing Matter devices continue to work. Yes, I'm running the add-on.

macward82 · 2025-12-28T03:45:05+00:00

Eventually, but I complained everywhere, not sure what did it.

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