#garfield Logs

May 25 2012

00:21 katsmeow-afk http://xkcd.com/1060/
00:21 katsmeow-afk There's no such word as "manufacterers", i don't care that Google returned 33,100 its for that collection of letters!
00:21 katsmeow-afk Kat
00:22 katsmeow-afk i had it in email client addressbook, i had found an error a couple yrs ago
00:29 katsmeow-afk one of the google hits: manufacterers to choose from does not appear! Why doesn't. Windows XP display the list of manufacterers to choose from? How can I obtain ...
00:30 katsmeow-afk i hope like hell there is not a list in winxp titled "manufacterers"
00:45 katsmeow-afk i need to see humans talking to each other
08:51 rue_mohr not a lot of that going around
18:26 katsmeow-afk wow, i almost forgot about the Chi-lites and the Irish Rovers
19:15 katsmeow-afk how would you make 5vdc be 12vdc at 100ma? or 1amp?
19:16 katsmeow-afk capacitor switching gets to 10.8v , which is ok too , but how would *you* make it happen?
19:21 Tom_itx boost mode reg
19:21 Tom_itx i got a chip that'll do 12v from 5 but low ma
19:26 tsmeow-afk
19:30 katsmeow-afk i ask because of getting spdt relays for 15 cents, but they are 12v, which isn't usually a problem, but might be
19:41 Tom_itx it's for flash programming voltage applications
19:42 tsmeow-afk
19:42 Tom_itx most charge pumps only give you 10v
19:43 katsmeow-afk unless it's a tripple boost
19:43 Tom_itx http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/MAX662ACSA%2B/MAX662ACSA%2B-ND/948142
19:44 Tom_itx 30ma
19:45 katsmeow-afk that is not enough power to pull in *1* relay
19:46 Tom_itx i know
19:46 Tom_itx it's not for that app
19:46 tsmeow-afk
19:46 Tom_itx but it's 12v from 5
19:46 Tom_itx http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/ST662ACD-TR/497-6542-1-ND/1865353
19:46 Tom_itx different vendor better price
19:46 katsmeow-afk i think i want to goto the lake, but i am not sure what the human traffic will be like, since this is one of their partyday weekends
19:46 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/commerce/12v_TPI_Prog_top.jpg
19:47 Tom_itx all ready to go on that board too
19:47 Tom_itx i think most are probably there already
19:47 Tom_itx news said 90% of americans will travel this weekend
19:47 katsmeow-afk http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/commerce/12v_TPI_Prog_top.jpg <<== a 5v to 12v booster pcb with on-off switch?
19:47 Tom_itx i fall in the 10%
19:48 Tom_itx it has a different purpose
19:48 Tom_itx but yes
19:48 katsmeow-afk what is it's purpose?
19:48 Tom_itx it lets you leave the target board plugged in and run your code
19:48 Tom_itx for a tiny10
19:49 Tom_itx if you fuse the reset to be an gpio
19:49 Tom_itx little add on board for my programmer
19:49 katsmeow-afk oh
19:50 katsmeow-afk did you silkscreen that pcb?
19:50 Tom_itx no, china did
19:51 katsmeow-afk the whole thing looks nice
19:51 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/boards/USBTiny_Mkii/12v_TPI_Prog_connect.jpg
19:52 Tom_itx the switch lets you switch back to 5v so you can run the code
19:52 Tom_itx otherwise the reset line is held at 12v
19:53 katsmeow-afk imo, you need a page for each pcb you sell, where you can give the reason the pcb exists and how it's used, and ow to buy it
19:54 Tom_itx http://tom-itx.dyndns.org:81/~webpage/boards/USBTiny_Mkii/USBTiny_Mkii_index.php
19:54 Tom_itx the how to buy it part is in that commerce directory
19:56 Tom_itx i should update that as the programmer also works in studio 5 and 6
19:56 Tom_itx and on osx
19:57 tsmeow-afk
20:00 katsmeow-afk i should prolly get more into the low powered avr stuff to get things done around here, like detecting those wood boring bees and sandblasting them, outside smoke detectors to close windows and doors before the smoke gets inside, mouse detectors around the car and truck engine ignition wires, all those little things that need doing every day
20:01 Tom_itx a vacant house nearby caught fire today. you could see the flames way above the house from the road
20:03 katsmeow-afk 14 or so went up in a town near Bham this month, and the month isn't over
20:04 katsmeow-afk they are saying there's over 100 houses not being lived in atm, and lots of homeless people, and i am guessing the owners would rather let vagrants stay in them than rent them for money
20:05 katsmeow-afk humans are so illogical
20:05 Tom_itx not abandon from a hurricane?
20:05 Tom_itx or are you too far inland...
20:05 katsmeow-afk correct
20:05 Tom_itx which?
20:05 katsmeow-afk both
20:06 katsmeow-afk a cat5 hurricane hitting the cost is a 50mph breeze when it gets here
20:06 katsmeow-afk worst ever hurricane here in the 20yrs i have bee here was 55 wind with 75 gusts
20:06 Tom_itx 9 days shipping to poland
20:07 katsmeow-afk which isn't a hurricane
20:07 Tom_itx we get 70mph straight line winds
20:07 Tom_itx one came couple years ago and knocked over those big green turnpike signs
20:08 katsmeow-afk you have flat lands for the wind to gather speed down low
20:08 Tom_itx with the triangulation for strength
20:10 Tom_itx been sending quite a few to germany lately
20:10 katsmeow-afk i once had to drive to a huge Nissan wrecker business north of Witchita, and while there i visited someone up north of Witchita, and while there saw the wind on the interstate pushing a 18-wheeler, so the truck was in one lane, and the trailer's tail was in the other lane
20:10 Tom_itx they must talk amongst themselves
20:11 katsmeow-afk smart humans in Germany, they haveto be to learn German
20:12 katsmeow-afk high school graduation rate in Bham this yr was 55%, some schools hit 35%
20:14 Tom_itx inlaw moved to Ga recently and the kids hate their schools
20:15 Tom_itx so do they for that matter
20:15 Tom_itx none of them are very good anymore
20:16 katsmeow-afk from ebay : 427 results found for cheep
20:16 Tom_itx i want to work on stuff but i'm just too tired
20:21 katsmeow-afk if i don't goto the lake, i'll need to be working on stuff too
20:31 katsmeow-afk just called, there's one family at the end of the penninsula apparently going to spend the weekend camping there
20:31 katsmeow-afk small brats, possibly well behaved, but loud and whiney just the same
20:33 katsmeow-afk "water is too cold, can i go swimming, why didn't we bring laundry detergent to snack on, i need to go potty, there's a snake over here"