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I like black forest ham for my sandwich
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i'm a ham fan too
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Apr 27, 2024 18:34
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you wouldn't cram a ham
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Apr 27, 2024 18:52
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nice ham, would be a shame if someone put it between an “s” and an “e”
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On the long path to building my ideal custom ham radio, got a design for the actual radio but doing all the accessories first to make sure I nail the UI. then the actual radio stuff can be designed around that and it might actually fit together at the end got this Harris RF-5980 speaker (great condition), now with entirely new internals  internal speaker is decent (flat to 8 kHz), and can plug in two handsets so testing with an H-350 and a Racal RA5000 noise canceling headset  main PCB ended up a bit messy, since I wanted plugs for all the major assemblies so there's a lot of individual looms but at least it's easy to work on. STM32F103RE main processor (a bit poo poo by modern standards, but perfectly adequate). ADAU1701 audio DSP, and a WM8804 S/PDIF transceiver ADAU1701 is also a bit old school now but it's super convenient currently got working microphone amplification and speaker outputs, and when you PTT it makes little beeps and does talkback in the handset/headset. got the sound processing pretty well tuned after re-reading the last local QST script a few times to myself. this thing will be the "hub" for the radio UI so it has a couple extra serial port outputs and can pass a second S/PDIF pair to an external headset/PTT in future also found that: dinky SOT-23 1.8 V regulators will not power an ADAU1701, seems like it pulls a lot of current on startup isolated DC/DC converters are kind of noisy in the audio band (who knew?) so tacked on some extra decoupling caps on the +/-15 V and added a set of 78/7912's to fully quiet the microphone amps down the converter is mounted on a bracket next to the speaker with feed-through capacitors so I figured it'd be fine WM8804 is a bit finicky to set up, but seems to work well enough when locked somehow managed to gently caress up measuring the mounting hole spacing, but I just drilled two new holes and plugged the old ones
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Apr 27, 2024 20:18
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that's pretty cool, but you might consider adding more wire ties
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Apr 27, 2024 20:58
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how can this be four years ago it was always in the back of my mindCaptain Cool posted:tally ho 1. get coordinates from rom 2. turn them into a 3d model somehow 3. unfold with pepakura 4. use the unfolded version as a template to bend and solder a literal wire frame 2 turned out to be openscad, specifically the polyhedron function  4 is on hold until I try some different methods to straighten wire. But in the meantime, as long as I have a 3d model...    The most satisfying part was making the exact debug I needed to define the faces code:
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outhole surfer posted:that's pretty cool, but you might consider adding more wire ties yeah this is just the quick and dirty prototype, will add more lacing wire before it's finished
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Apr 27, 2024 22:08
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i am mad jealous of that lacing skill. makes anything look space-age
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Apr 28, 2024 04:17
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i keep a spool of waxed cotton line around for lacing. back at the computer shop i slapped newegg parts together and fastidiously laced the psu, sata, all the wires and i am 100% sure that nobody ever noticed or appreciated my work and all those old athlon xp boxes are now in landfills, but it was not wasted effort.
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Apr 28, 2024 08:29
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PokeJoe posted:I cut some rocks today how do I start doing this?
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Apr 28, 2024 09:37
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Jonny 290 posted:i keep a spool of waxed cotton line around for lacing. back at the computer shop i slapped newegg parts together and fastidiously laced the psu, sata, all the wires and i am 100% sure that nobody ever noticed or appreciated my work and all those old athlon xp boxes are now in landfills, but it was not wasted effort. what kinda knot do you use when lacing cables? is it the same kinda knot you're supposed to use when tying poly pull line to a cable?
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Apr 28, 2024 16:47
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shackleford posted:what kinda knot do you use when lacing cables? there's infinitely wanky versions you can use but I basically do what they show here https://www.dairiki.org/hammond/cable-lacing-howto/ if you do it the right way around it'll self tighten as you pull along the cable, the wax/rubber in the cord kind of hardens after a while making it stay pretty well in place IME those ridiculous termination stitches don't actually hold up to cable movement anyway (even when pro's do them) so I just do a bunch of laces right next to each other then use some glue on the ends UV adhesive is pretty good since it soaks in and cures instantly, superglue can work, some types of clear silicon RTV also work but need a long curing time
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zokie posted:how do I start doing this? you just need cool rocks and a rock saw. I built my own but "diamond pacific" is the brand everyone gets. you want what's called a "trim saw" to cut small stones e: it was way cheaper to build if you are confident in your diy skills. I used a CNC spindle motor, some bearings, a linkbelt, a 6" diamond aliexpress blade, and other various bits and bobs I have a lapidary thread in DIY no one uses: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=4041671&pagenumber=1&perpage=40 PokeJoe fucked around with this message at 19:55 on Apr 28, 2024 |
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