i guess i need context here since i'm sharing with newer ppl who don't already know me
i'm building an oscilloscope! from scratch! analog with CRT, modular like a tek 7k. and i'm posting about it because gimme attention plz
it lives here https://gitlab.com/alexisvl/os2 or here https://alexisvl.rocks/os2/os2/ but i'm not always great at keeping those up to date
questions always welcome! advice isn't really wanted but won't be met with hostility. just kinda doing my thing over here
electronics
i've used this stuff (AIM SAC305) before, but mostly just for reworks. it's always been "ok" for that, but they're usually really fiddly reworks and the pcb is more of a pain than the solder
one of the techs at work is really good at working with it and i have no idea how she does it
electronics
decided to try leadfree solder again after a few years of declaring it 💩
bought some of the same stuff we stock at work, and started trying to solder up one of these crt boards using it
god this stuff is awful. like peanut butter on the end of the iron. it flows like shit
also interesting how it made a couple parts spontaneously break out in crystallized rough texture the moment i touched them with it
i guess also "locked" isn't the same here as it is on bird hell where it's a full "private" thing? i'm private-locked over there after too many interactions with coworkers lol
electronics, software
here's my gross horrible code that puts color bands on resistors https://gitlab.com/alexisvl/kiband
i think a couple more options would make masto CWs a little nicer to use:
- auto expand CWs matching `approved` list of words, except if they match `blocked` list
- auto CW non-CW'd posts if they match the same blocked list
- auto expand identical CWs in the same thread
- remember common keywords i used in CWs and suggest them to me when making a new post
electronics, military, shitpost
our capacitor will capacitate so fuckin well in a missile
analog witch. anarcho-tran gendertrash. some kind of engineer. likes crappy old tech that makes clunky noises. kinda into motorcycles. really not into pigs. abolish police, the carceral system, and capitalism.