Bob Adams 5

Working corporate makes it hard to have a real portfolio, but here are some of the products I've worked on: - DC Fuel Pump (Design) - M130 CAN Gateway (Design) - ZF SCAM4 (production support)

@MakeAugusta It's dose dependent. I did 9 months for myself in 2016, which actually helped get a job at a small company, and then back to corporate for a 40% raise

If you start working for yourself, it is inevitable that you will become unemployable.

I made some beer for the first time in over a year. Hopefully it will be tolerable even with the mostly consumed grain.

People sleep on Osh Park too much. You can make dinky little adapter boards for ~$10 and not worry about tariffs.

If anyone needs a Computer/Electronic Engineer then please dm me for contract work. - Fpga - Embedded systems - Firmware - Drivers - Networking - Security - Electronics I can start working tomorrow.

@blind_via I saw a hardware engineer on LinkedIn post an intro to why you use pull up/down resistors and I wanted to gauge my eyes out

It all makes sense now. Twitter has so many engineers because linked in scared them all away.

@IanPritchard @byte_thrasher Controleo's are great. Mine is still working and I've also used it for annealing Nylon 3D prints with the bake mode

@byte_thrasher @BobAdamsEE Well maybe not right now (I don't have my physical copy with me). When I get home though, I'll compare my module with Bob's and see what I've missed! I am reading your Controleo article right now, I might be building one soon to assemble some boards!

I'm just gonna make a CAN module, couldn't find one I liked.

Good morning! Last night I finished my LED lamp prototype for my son's BRIO trains. Some improvements to be made (battery cover, look for side emitting LEDs) but overall I'm happy with it.

Looking at @sincethestudy's bracket bot and I can't help but remember the segstick, a balancing scooter someone made nearly 15 years ago with drill motors and a broomstick

I don't think I designed a PCB until I was 18, maybe a breadboard a few years earlier. This is fantastic to see, and made possible by KiCAD.

@latterdaylaura Just wait until they're two and refer to you and your wife as the best daddy/mommy ever Just wait until they're 4 and want to help you make coffee and give you a hug before work Antinatalist propaganda is infuriating.

Tired of all the “just wait until they wake up screaming at 2 am” comments. Give me your best positive just waits. Like, just wait until they’re 9 and you get to show them some of your favourite movies and watch their reactions and laugh together at Nacho Libre squeezing his glutes

Time lapse of the problem print

For some reason, my X1C stopped extruding filament but thought it kept going until the end (nozzle jam?)

Some updates on the FreeCAD learning process - this toy lamp post is going through its first test print to see if the wire holes collapse without supports. If they are passable, I'll have to add the pushbutton nest between the arms, design a battery cover for the bottom, and pretty everything up.

@agritechjoer The default 0.2mm. The holes themselves are 3.5mm dia. Do you have any recommendations? This is my first mechanical project that is more than a simple enclosure.

@BobAdamsEE Wire holes can be tricky without supports. What layer height did you use for this test print?

@RepThomasMassie A repeal would be even better. Driver monitoring systems are just another scheme to increase the price of all cars because a small group drives impaired.

The looming Orwellian automobile kill switch deadline threatens civil liberties. When your car shuts down because it doesn't approve of your driving, how will you appeal your roadside conviction? I’ve offered an amendment this week to defund this federal mandate.

@bombatomica_64 @ednewtonrex This is a good intuition that has lots of intellectual backing through Against Intellectual Property by N.S. Kinsella or Against Intellectual Monopoly by Boldrin/Levine

@ednewtonrex Honestly I don't really like the concept of copyright. Art and books should be easily accessible by everyone

A few months ago I was curious to know how much Anna's Archive was charging AI developers for access to their massive library of pirated works for training - so I emailed them saying I was interested in buying access. Here is their reply. They are charging $200,000 (payable via crypto, of course). You get high-speed access to the full collection. This includes more than 60 million books. (This is also the group that recently stole Spotify's entire music catalog, so expect this to be available to high rollers too.) This is the collection Nvidia is accused of accessing for training. Training on pirated works is rife in the AI industry. It's been embraced by some of the biggest AI companies in their greed-fuelled race to win the AI market. When they claim what they're doing is somehow fair, remember that not only is it theft (which is bad enough) - it supports further theft by funding pirates. We desperately need a hard reset in the AI industry. It must turn away from theft, and start paying the people whose work it relies on.

Mmmmm....additive pipes.

@mikelectricstuf @PCBWayOfficial @JLCPCB That's depressing

WTF? Seems @PCBWayOfficial no longer have a card payment option (despite still showing it on their order page)- bank transfer or Payoneer only. Considering what they spend on YT sponsorships, seems pretty suicidal for international business. @jlcpcb still works just fine.

Today's edition of don't get ripped off on FB marketplace

@emm0sh Good luck, what CAD package are you running?

i'm competing this friday at 1PM EST for the 2026 CAD winter open tournament -- here's the link to tune in live: youtube.com/live/8VWKOPrDB…