@danderson The next iteration will have the SNES connectors recessed -- my plan is to take all the feedback from 4.0 and 4.1, and apply it to a Mini-ITX form factor PTH board as the final prototype or DIY kit release, at which point I can take my time getting the SMD version right.
Posts
-
@mos_8502 Might be too late for this design round, but very minor suggestion: consider having the front connector bodies at least ~halfway resting on the PCB, so the standoffs have something to rest on (and later possibly be glued down to), as-is I'd w... -
Imagine if you will, a version of our reality where the software devs and system, network, and database admins were all in a big old “Computer Toucher Trade Union”, and that union went on strike.Imagine if you will, a version of our reality where the software devs and system, network, and database admins were all in a big old “Computer Toucher Trade Union”, and that union went on strike. The economy would crash within days. Billions of dollars in stock value (the source of the vast majority of Billionaire wealth!) would evaporate like acetone on a hot plate. Such a union would rival the United States federal fucking government for sheer power and influence.
But y’all just don’t want to stand together I guess.
-
Alas, looks like I'm losing the fight with build123d today. We have reached a stalemate where the only outputs I'm able to produce are:@danderson I wish I could say I'm sorry, but I'm so amused that would be a lie.
-
@mos_8502 Aah that'll do it.@danderson I read 2.88mm
-
@mos_8502 Aah that'll do it.@danderson This one I read 13.4mm
-
@mos_8502 Aah that'll do it.@danderson To be clear, you want the measurement from pin-side of the flange bit to the rear edge of the main body?
-
@mos_8502 Aah that'll do it.@danderson I get 17.6mm from the "frontmost" surface of the protruding pin shrouds to the rearmost plastic surface where the "guard" around the pins is.
-
Thanks to @danderson for making the 3D models of the SNES controller port so perfectly.Thanks to @danderson for making the 3D models of the SNES controller port so perfectly.
-
What… do you people actually think debates impact the vote?What… do you people actually think debates impact the vote?
Anyone who is going to vote knew how they were voting over three years ago.
-
@danderson Just circling back to this -- I understand completely if life happened between then and now, but where does this stand at the moment?@danderson Don’t worry about that. I get it.
-
@danderson Just circling back to this -- I understand completely if life happened between then and now, but where does this stand at the moment?@danderson Just circling back to this -- I understand completely if life happened between then and now, but where does this stand at the moment?
-
Okay.Okay. Let’s talk about July, and what it means for Sentinel 65X.
The current prototype design is, so far, very nearly exactly right. All the major subsystems work perfectly. We have begun work on the kernel, and will be testing minor subsystems soon - gamepad, keyboard adapter, mouse, audio output - in preparation for the next iteration of the design.
The open question is whether the next iteration even is a prototype or not. See, if everything works as designed, then there isn’t much point to another prototype. We can move on to a 1.0 release track.
Of course, it would be silly to do a huge production run of a design of which there is exactly one working example in existence. Prototype buyers from this run are still working on theirs. So we’re going to give them a chance to build and play with their boards before another full rework.
But that doesn’t mean no new boards. If there is sufficient interest now that we know the design basically works, I would be willing to put in a few hours fixing the few minor flaws we’ve found in the current design and producing a run of “4.1” prototype boards. They would be basically the same as the current design, but with a couple of redundant parts removed from the PCB and BOM, a rearrangement of the power supply to fix the orientation issue, and the redesigned clock port. From a software standpoint they’d be exactly the same, but no longer an untested design.
The boards would be the same CAD$35 plus shipping to wherever as the last batch. I will also include in each of this run of boards a pair of PLCC32-to-DIP32 adapter PCBs you can build and use to make programming your ROM chip simpler, no extra charge for that.
I would need to sell at least four units to make a run of PCBs viable, but there’s no hard upper limit on how many can be made.
Oh, and if you’re interested but don’t want to deal with soldering the three SMD oscillators and the SD port, and if you are willing to pay for the parts (at cost) and an extra CAD$5 for my time, I can do that part for you too. My 200mm SMD reflow hot plate works a treat.
Full assembly is available as well, but that will cost more - price of the parts at cost, plus several hours of labour, and you have to wait for the parts to arrive. Still, I’m willing and able if that’s what you want.
-
I don't even like computers anymore@benbrown Experience has taught me that nobody hates computers like computer enthusiasts.
-
I’m a fan of open source, free software, whatever you want to call it.I’m a fan of open source, free software, whatever you want to call it. I have contributed to a GNU project and will do again when my workload reduces. I put my own stuff out there open licensed. I know a thing or two about this stuff.
So try to take it in when I tell you that the software freedom world has a big fucking problem, and that problem is cultural.
Great heaping swaths of the software libré world are culturally dominated by some of the most radioactively toxic people in tech. Not just nonce defenders like Stallman or WASPy racists like Raymond, but Silicon Valley techbros, libertarian whack jobs, and out and out fascists.
What is the fucking point of FLOSS if not to make the world better, more equitable, to use technology and our skill with it to lift people up? Are we really just in this to provide a commons for robber barons and the genocide brigade to pillage?
Each and every shitty person and their enablers must be purged from any space we, the decent people, control. If a fascist submits a pull request, it’s rejected unexamined. If you moderate a Discord chat and you see someone you know is harassing trans people outside of that chat, ban them for life.
That is your duty, if you are not one of them.
-
Idea for someone more interested and energetic than I, feel free to take it and run:Idea for someone more interested and energetic than I, feel free to take it and run:
A mastodon client that runs on an ESP32 via wifi, and exposes a text-stream API over serial that any old computer can use with native code to display and interact with the Fediverse as they like.
-
OK, I've figured out how to settle the Gen X vs Millennial cut off:@vwbusguy It pisses me off that people think Gen X is only a 15 year period, when every other generation gets 20 or more.
I was born in 1983, and I remember New Kids on the Block being chart-toppers, I remember having to push to even get access to a computer at school (Apple IIe), I remember VHF and UHF dials on the TV, still regularly seeing rotary phones, carrying quarters for the pay phone, being kicked out of the house until dark and expected to play outside unsupervised.
And remember that if you grew up rural, culturally you'd be a few years behind back then because communication was slower -- no social media homogenizing culture worldwide.
-
@mos_8502 Cool, I'll get hacking. The schematic I have for the raphnet port looks different enough that I'll probably need a check on most dimensions to dial it in, but the ones I'm definitely missing are the connector's interior: how deep is the cavit...@danderson The depth of the cavity between the pin shrouds and the outer ring, as measured from the top of the pin shrouds, is 13.1mm. As measured from the top of the outer rin, 11.8mm. The four-pin shroud measures 5.18mm by 16.9mm; the three-pin one 5.18mm by 12.8mm. The pin channel is 3.6mm in diameter. The pins are 1.18mm thick.
-
@mos_8502 Cool, I'll get hacking. The schematic I have for the raphnet port looks different enough that I'll probably need a check on most dimensions to dial it in, but the ones I'm definitely missing are the connector's interior: how deep is the cavit...@danderson Amazing.
-
2024: “We should rewrite everything in Rust!”2018: “We should rewrite everything in Go!”2010: “We should rewrite everything in C#!”2000: “We should rewrite everything in Java!”1990: “We should rewrite everything in C++”But hey, I’m sure this time the n...@irenes I figured, but I didn't want to assume.
I want to be clear, I'm not, in any way, telling people to "not use language X" or to "use language X instead". 100% cool by me to use whatever tools make you happy. I'm just sick of the endless cycle of "this time we'll do it right and never have to change again!".
-
2024: “We should rewrite everything in Rust!”2018: “We should rewrite everything in Go!”2010: “We should rewrite everything in C#!”2000: “We should rewrite everything in Java!”1990: “We should rewrite everything in C++”But hey, I’m sure this time the n...2024: “We should rewrite everything in Rust!”
2018: “We should rewrite everything in Go!”
2010: “We should rewrite everything in C#!”
2000: “We should rewrite everything in Java!”
1990: “We should rewrite everything in C++”
But hey, I’m sure this time the new shiny language that’s fashionable this year will be the one that changes everything and never gets replaced.
Edit: All of those languages are fine in and of themselves. Use the tools you like. But don't act like you're doing anything new. There has been nothing new in a very long time.