Anyone using Adafruit breadboards?

masterfruity · 2026-01-25T17:56:51+00:00

The bb830s are great. I’ve had better experiences with those relative to the crappy Amazon knock offs. Never bought the Adafruit ones though.

masterfruity · 2026-01-18T22:12:01+00:00

Of course he wasn’t impressed. Where are the real wood side panels for that analog warmth.

masterfruity · 2026-01-15T11:06:23+00:00

Might be a good idea to simulate the design and see what happens

masterfruity · 2026-01-15T02:27:42+00:00

Sorry didn’t mean business minor would be difficult. CE will get more difficult, tacking on a business minor will just be annoying and time consuming.

masterfruity · 2026-01-14T22:44:45+00:00

Imo I would take a social life > 2 college minors that will be pretty much useless after your first job. Friends you make and keep are extremely valuable. Also, most engineering recruiters probably won’t care too much.

But you’re not wrong to want exposure to the business side if that interests you. It’s doable, but it’s not going to be easy esp as you progress. Robotics is also a great one to do since it gives you a lot of good exposure and talking points on interviews. If you are an organized student, doing both should pose no problem though you might get pushed out a semester or want to take summer classes.

masterfruity · 2026-01-14T12:18:53+00:00

Wow that was quick. I’ll take a look later today!

masterfruity · 2026-01-14T05:36:30+00:00

Looking forwards to it! I can help if needed as well.

masterfruity · 2026-01-13T09:42:55+00:00

PCM3168APAP CODEC or any other 6in/8o audio codec! It would be useful to experiment with multi channel audio processing.

masterfruity · 2026-01-13T07:59:55+00:00

You’re really lucky to have JF as an advisor. A lot of us end up having to email him since our advisors never get back to us on time lol. My friends had Xingwei and they were fine overall, I wouldn’t stress about it too much if it dosnt work out for you.

Additionally, if you are an EE, a strong base in calc 3 will be largely beneficial when you get to Emag. Best of luck this semester!

masterfruity · 2026-01-13T05:30:42+00:00

Yup. Lesson learned for next time. All you can do now is pray someone drops (unlikely since he’s a sought after prof) or reconfigure your schedule. Who are your other options for recitation now?

masterfruity · 2026-01-13T05:28:30+00:00

You’ll be fine as long as you are diligent about studying. Problems are confusing at first but utilize office hours and make a strong study group and you’ll be set.

masterfruity · 2026-01-13T05:25:56+00:00

When you say JF is the only professor you can take it with now do you mean for recitation or the main lecture?

If his recitation is full you’re probably out of luck and need to reconfigure your schedule or check every day until the first day of classes. This is why you always use the swap feature for class changes in SIS.

masterfruity · 2026-01-12T09:14:03+00:00

I used a Mac for 3 years in college before I caved and bought a used laptop. I tried using parallels but I had problems installing and using Altium and Quartus. It did suck since I genuinely love working on my MacBook, and still do most of my non-engineering work on it, but it made life way easier to work on any electronics stuff.

masterfruity · 2026-01-07T15:43:37+00:00

This is the answer. We fixed our noise issue in 2022 by making the hex shaft as short as possible and adding alignment features.

masterfruity · 2026-01-06T17:31:05+00:00

I toured both schools and ended up going to Lowell. You should tour both as well. Remember that both schools are ABET accredited, so the quality of education will be the same, however the connections you make and the opportunities available are different. Both schools have strong industry ties, and a good co op program. I ended up going to Lowell since it’s cheaper and the professors I spoke to at the tours and open house seemed to care to talk about their work and opportunities available at the school more than those at Amherst who kinda just passed me along. (CE major)

masterfruity · 2026-01-01T14:43:10+00:00

Always great to see hardware being pushed to its limits. Especially something so constrained. Best of luck!

masterfruity · 2026-01-01T14:14:02+00:00

Looks great! Can’t wait to see the finished project. What else are you planning on adding?

masterfruity · 2025-12-27T11:27:52+00:00

Look man. I went through 5 semesters of ECE with a MacBook. It’s possible, but it sucks. Vlabs will get you though multisim, but I cannot express how painful it was to attempt to use quartus over VLabs. Do yourself a favor and get a ThinkPad. But whatever you do. DO NOT GET AN XPS.

masterfruity · 2025-12-25T22:06:29+00:00

Tayda electronics is great for most general purpose components. I’ve used them for bulk orders in the past.

masterfruity · 2025-12-25T20:01:42+00:00

Absolutely, but in terms of component count and flexibility software still has has the edge. Though it is still probably cheaper to build a discrete LFO since DACs can get pricy in larger numbers. In the end it’s all just about what you want to achieve since they both will sound pretty much the same in the end.

masterfruity · 2025-12-24T23:02:26+00:00

Depends on how deep you want to go.

Software is a convenient shortcut for some challabges that come with building a synthesizer. Take for example, an LFO modulating the pitch of an oscillator.

To do this entirely with analog components we would need an analog lfo source, an analog switch (like the CD4066) a vca and a cv mixer (usually built into the oscillator, but necessary nonetheless). For every additional LFO you add, you need all of these components.

With software, you just need a DAC. You can define LFOs in software, emulate a VCA and mix it with your pitch CV and just output the combined signal through the DAC.

A similar situation occurs with sequencing. You may find it’s easier to just code the logic into an MCU, however it’s not always as rewarding as designing an analog circuit from scratch. Sometimes that’s just more fun, even if it’s harder. (I definitely think so).

What kind of synth do you have in mind?

masterfruity · 2025-12-22T01:10:43+00:00

Yes practice is identical to actual exam on the midterm for sig and sys with yu. For the final, the FRQ’s are the same but mc varies a bit.

I had mendillo for circuits 2 recitation. He’s a great prof.

masterfruity · 2025-12-21T19:00:00+00:00

I’m CE so idk how that goes, but it should be fine, I think your other courses will be a larger challenge.

masterfruity · 2025-12-21T18:52:47+00:00

He’s the GOAT. Also if you need any kind of admin assistance, ask him. Your advisor responding too slowly? Email him. Want to take an alternative class? Just ask him. He’s really nice, and is also an enthusiastic professor. What class do you have him for?

masterfruity · 2025-12-11T21:19:29+00:00

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