Orbita DIY's new boards arrived! Time for a PCB bring-up: Power circuits and touch buttons work perfectly. LED indication through the empty FR4 circles with 0603 side LEDs looks nice, isn't it?

Orbita 50 - a large mechanical drum machine is almost ready. In reality, it looks much better than in CAD. Making a complex device always goes a long way from the initial design to the final embodiment, sometimes changing beyond recognition.

PiTest, or the Raspberry Pi Test Companion, is slowly taking shape. While not everything worked out perfectly the first time or as planned, it has already been launched on a real test jig in the production line.

Having considered all the options of cheap or expensive and all types of innovative methods of heating and saving heating of a private house, I want to say that there is nothing cheaper than an additional “optional” layer of insulation and a good membrane during construction.

The best way to get my brain into a productive state is a quality drum-n-bass mix. Here's a great one from Andrew Kulakov youtube.com/watch?v=J_UiLA…

How about reusing tuna cans as an enclosure for your electronic projects? They are stackable, sealed, reliable enough and the equipment is simple. Elon Musk how about a new CubeSat form-factor? grabcad.com/library/tuna-c…

Cooking something special

god bless state machines

Lost in reflections of crimped RF links

Hopefully this works, here are some high res pics of my cheatsheet for tonight, with some space to spare for some last minute notes... as of writing I have less than 4 hours left.

straightforward ≠ simple

C is not a programming language, but a low level vibe coding tool from 70s. If you don’t believe - check your C command sequence and compiler generated byte code

Making the board - 40 minutes Choosing the connector - 4 hours

Our beloved Orbita DIY is at #superbooth25 youtube.com/watch?v=c66iMQ…. Thank you bonedo for the video!

Bye #superbooth25! It was so cool and inspirational, hope to meet again next year!

Finally, USB-C tweezers. I was waiting for someone to do it on TSP80p or TS100 base. Still hope this happens

Modern LLMs works like "The Mirror of Erised" from Harry Potter books - they show you what you most want and keep you in the labyrinth of reflections forever. Use it wisely.