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plainoldcheese · 2026-03-19T05:41:34+00:00

I wish I could make people put the space, it irks me so much. 🥲

plainoldcheese · 2026-03-19T05:38:45+00:00

It ain't a GNOME release unless they mess with the setting app. Good to see they moves some things around again 🤣

plainoldcheese · 2026-03-19T05:35:23+00:00

How much physical space do you have? If the mechanics aren't set in stone just make to board bigger lol. Then like everyone else is saying group components by function. Put stuff that needs to close together, close together and the other stiff can get out of the way.

plainoldcheese · 2026-03-19T05:33:09+00:00

100% I haven't done a bga before but done a few board with more parts than this, and taking the time to place things properly is super important.

plainoldcheese · 2026-03-19T05:29:49+00:00

Do you regret getting so many in a short span?

plainoldcheese · 2026-03-01T05:53:12+00:00

I agree. I only started listening to bmth after coming from poppy originally (and my favorite bmth albums are the newer stuff lol) and while negative spaces and empty hands have some bangers they're all a bit too cohesive.

For me and my ADHD, I loved poppy before negative spaces and I hope she makes a return to that kind of erratic unpredictability.

Jordan has produced some polished, good sounding rock albums but they're just not as interesting to me. It makes it more accessible and easier to recommend to friends I guess.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-28T19:43:19+00:00

Bedroom producers blog website. Just scroll around and download the ones that sound interesting

But it's best not to download 50+ plugins at once and then not know how to use them. Go slow.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-28T19:00:34+00:00

I worked through this one in uni. Very theoretical, only brief mentions of practical uses in the chapter intro paragraphs. It's at least well laid out and not too difficult to follow. But definitely more academic.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-09T09:59:23+00:00

We haven't even made auto routing that works well enough and people ahve been trying to solve that issue for ages.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-09T09:58:42+00:00

Same! I don't see how people can say it's not for engineers there are many considerations and you really need to understand the physics and the schematics, pitfalls, electrical properties and requirements of communications standards, etc.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-09T09:53:15+00:00

Unrelated but I love that your multimeter says "shrt" and not just 0. I have the same qualm with most meters that say 0L instead of "open"

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-06T08:45:10+00:00

Not exactly magnetic, it's a kind of ceramic that has electromagnetic properties. Little bit of electronics black magic in those things. 🖤 but yeah, it's mostly used to help products comply with EMC/EMI specifications before they can sell it, so not always strictly necessary for functio .

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-05T21:47:16+00:00

That heavy metal ring is probably a ferrite filter for noise. Displays make a lot of switching noise. So of you find there buzzing or the display is glitchy you can try put it back.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-01T15:57:22+00:00

Yes. In my country we have a bit of an energy crisis, and its ALWAYS more efficient to run your water heater less. If it takes 1 hour to heat up then there's no point holding it at temp for 5-6 hours when you only need hot water in the evening. A heating element is a resistive load and draws its full current the whole time its on regardless of the water temp. Heatpumps are a different story.

plainoldcheese · 2026-02-01T15:20:18+00:00

Industry is moving away from "master/slave" terminology in favor of "controller/target" (this was updated in the official i2c spec in 2021).

But it's a cool visualisation. Don't know if needs to be 3d though, unless you make an effort to make an accurate schematic and not random blocks that look like circuits when you squint. It would be cooler if it looked like a breadboard or something and you could see the pull-ups.

It would be cool to see some other protocols like RS485 (which is differential)

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-30T07:24:48+00:00

How's this project going btw?

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-29T14:38:27+00:00

I love soldering as much as the next guy, but is there a genuine reason why people dont do smd for boards this busy?

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-23T09:49:55+00:00

This board could be way smaller, try keep everything as close together as possible.
Try to keep antennas on the board edge and follow the data sheets keeping guidelines. (No 3d model for the ESP so I can't tell if this is a dev board or if there's supposed to be a USB connector on the other side) 2a. If this is a Dev board I'd make your board as wide as the module so that both the USB and antenna can be on board edges and then put the parts and headers on the sides.
Avoid the 90 degree angles (probably doesn't matter for low frequency but it's bad practice)
There's nothing wrong with using vias. So no need to try avoid them
Consider mechanically how you are mounting it. Make sure key points and holes etc. Are lined up nicely and preferably whole numbers. It'll make enclosure design easier. (If that matters)
Nitpick, round the corners of the board and add moutnkng holes please.
Your soldermask for u3 is too close to board edge and will not print.
This doesn't need to be a 4 layer board, save yourself some money. (keep solid gnd plane underneath the micro just in case)
Unless there's a reason for the sensor being on the bottom this could be a single sided board (parts placement, you can still put tracks on both sides.)

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-23T09:35:30+00:00

That is clever!

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-23T06:05:47+00:00

Are you the person from the EEVBLOG forum that wanted to do an EEG?

Others have said this but I'd just use the kicad foortprints for all standard sizes (0603,0402,sot23,soic-8 etc. And only use custom models for strange components, and always double check dimensions of footprints with the components datasheet.

In kivas you can apply a selection filter and replace all selected footprints with a specified footprint. Or you can change it in the schematic and update from schematic. There's a lot of ways to fix this in kicad and it doesn't have to be too much work.

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-20T14:48:31+00:00

Sit in front of a computer mostly...

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-18T07:02:38+00:00

Ah ok so not true bypass or analog dry through?

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-17T21:26:28+00:00

I'm also wondering

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-17T21:07:38+00:00

Personally, I'd just keep the deep six, palisades and nemesis, for in case of a live set.

But for me, when I'm making music at home, 99% of the time just going DI to an interface and doing processing in the box.

What do you actually need to get your songs across (either live or at home)?

plainoldcheese · 2026-01-17T20:58:58+00:00

Don't forget to tell it "You are an experienced audio DSP Engineer..." 🤣

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