++ ATOT official NEF thread part IV ++

[eldorado99]

ni

 

[MongGrel]

Ni

Ni

 

[Red Squirrel]

It's insane to think that it's already Wednesday tomorrow. This week off is going by WAY too freaking fast. I'm not accomplishing 1/10th of what I wanted to do.

 

[sdifox]

Narf

 

[Red Squirrel]

Have to bring cat to vet for general checkup tomorrow, will force me to get up early. As much as I dread it, I might actually accomplish more. Pickup timmy's on way back home and keep coding.

Enjoying this new central AC too. My portable unit was so loud it made it hard to concentrate on anything.

I just have to stop being so tempted to turn it on the second I feel slightly warm though. Hydro bill is high enough as is. #thankswynne

 

[eldorado99]

ni

 

[eldorado99]

ned

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I just picked up an apple a1048 keyboard to use with my windows/linux PC. The keyboard feels mechanical and is comfortable to use. Just getting used to the layout will take a little bit of time.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Not mine but same thing.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Woah, just realized I haven't came to this thread in forever. It feels like an old childhood friend.

It feels that way because I never had a friend and it's pretty fucking lonely here

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Depressing and fake rant aside, what kind of computers do you guys use to post here?

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Alll by my self!!!

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Got that a1048 keyboard paired with a Logitech G500 mouse. I don't think I've ever had this nice of a setup. I had the Saitek Eclipse 2 keyboard but really don't like coding on it. I prefer using mac keyboards even though I haven't owned one since I had the iBook (G4?).

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Really this is just to test out the keyboard. It seems to work very well. Free Geek in Portland had a stack of them for $15 a piece.

 

[Red Squirrel]

ni

 

[Red Squirrel]

There is something satisfying about programming a microcontroller that has USB Serial support and having an actual interface you can plug into.

ryan@falcon:~ > picocom /dev/ttyACM0 
picocom v1.7

port is        : /dev/ttyACM0
flowcontrol    : none
baudrate is    : 9600
parity is      : none
databits are   : 8
escape is      : C-a
local echo is  : no
noinit is      : no
noreset is     : no
nolock is      : no
send_cmd is    : sz -vv
receive_cmd is : rz -vv
imap is        : 
omap is        : 
emap is        : crcrlf,delbs,

Terminal ready

# 
# 
# help

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Solar Power System [updated July 12 2016]  -  www.iceteks.com
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
help             Show this screen
pclletter        Make the LCD say "PC LOAD LETTER"
eepdump          Dump contents of eeprom (NVRAM)
cal              volt/amp calibration

# pclletter
Dumping EEPROM...

0       2
1       12
2       0
3       1
4       0
5       A
6       0
7       CF
8       FF
9       FF
10      FF
11      FF
12      FF
13      FF
14      FF
15      FF
16      FF
17      FF
18      FF
19      FF
20      FF
21      FF
22      FF
23      FF
24      FF
25      FF
26      FF
27      FF
28      FF
29      FF
30      FF
31      FF
32      FF
33      FF
34      FF
35      FF
36      FF
37      FF
38      FF
39      FF
40      FF
41      FF
42      FF
43      FF
44      FF
45      FF
46      FF
47      FF
48      FF
49      FF


Done.

Callibration menu options:
solvolt        solar voltage
solamps        solar amps
loavolt        load voltage
loaamps        load amps voltage
quit           Quit this menu

> loavolt
"-" to decrease, "+" to increase, "s" to save, "e" to exit
loavolt current value: 10 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 11 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 12 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 13 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 14 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 15 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 16 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 17 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 18 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 19 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
loavolt current value: 20 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
Saved
loavolt current value: 20 (- / + / s / e) :
> 
Cal ended
Callibration menu options:
solvolt        solar voltage
solamps        solar amps
loavolt        load voltage
loaamps        load amps voltage
quit           Quit this menu

> quit
# 
Thanks for using picocom
ryan@falcon:~ >

The best feature is the ability to make the 16x2 LCD say "PC LOAD LETTER".

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Imterdasting

 

[TurtleCrusher]

What are you using that thing for?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Basically going to be a portable solar pack for camping and stuff. It started off as me simply wanting to put in a volt/amp display, but the controller does not isolate the grounds between the solar panel and the battery, and they're actually not at the same potential, so I could not just stick a voltage divider there and call it a day. Then it turned into just designing my own charge controller. Well it's going to be pretty basic, just a buck converter that will try to maintain 13.5v. There are much better ways such as MPPT but I'll see how this goes. Turned into a full blown project that I've been working on and off for a year lol. Mostly off...

Sucks I have to get up early tomorrow, I should go to bed.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Basically going to be a portable solar pack for camping and stuff. It started off as me simply wanting to put in a volt/amp display, but the controller does not isolate the grounds between the solar panel and the battery, and they're actually not at the same potential, so I could not just stick a voltage divider there and call it a day. Then it turned into just designing my own charge controller. Well it's going to be pretty basic, just a buck converter that will try to maintain 13.5v. There are much better ways such as MPPT but I'll see how this goes.

Sucks I have to get up early tomorrow, I should go to bed.

If there's one thing I can thank the navy for, it was putting me through 10 months of electronic technician training. I'm thankful to actually understand what you're saying. Being a garage engineer and figuring things out for yourself is far more rewarding than looking up the best way to do things. That is, unless you're on a deadline.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I'm installing Ubuntu via Crouton on my Chromebook 2 right now. I'm almost at two hours. I assume the default download source is loaded because it has an SSD and downloading over WIFI is 85+Mbps.

 

[sdifox]

Woah, just realized I haven't came to this thread in forever. It feels like an old childhood friend.

It feels that way because I never had a friend and it's pretty fucking lonely here

Ni

 

[sdifox]

Depressing and fake rant aside, what kind of computers do you guys use to post here?

Phone mostly.

 

[sdifox]

Really this is just to test out the keyboard. It seems to work very well. Free Geek in Portland had a stack of them for $15 a piece.

No Model M?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Holy crap what is up with the traffic this morning.

I don't know how people in big cities manage to stay sane. It's bad enough here at times.

Cat now brought to the vet, now I can sit back and sip my timmy's. Already hot and humid outside, so glad I got AC.