#garfield Logs

Apr 05 2019

12:04 AM zhanx: Tom_L, you on?
12:09 AM zhanx: or rue_mohr ?
01:07 AM rue_shop1: y
01:07 AM rue_shop1: I slept for a few hours after work
01:07 AM rue_shop1: cant stay awake
01:07 AM rue_shop1: couldn't
08:42 PM RonoldoMoon: rue_bed: boink
08:43 PM rue_shop1: hey
08:43 PM rue_shop1: hes gone
08:43 PM rue_shop1: --
08:44 PM RonoldoMoon: rue_shop1: ok
08:47 PM RonoldoMoon: :P now im seing scope ADS
08:53 PM rue_shop1: ?
08:53 PM Tom_L: ok fixed the strain relief on the wire inside the pendant
08:53 PM rue_shop1: yea, ebay does that to you
08:53 PM Tom_L: broken 5v inside causes all sorts of havvoc with the mill
08:53 PM rue_shop1: its not disconnectable?
08:53 PM Tom_L: it is
08:54 PM Tom_L: but not at the pendant
08:54 PM Tom_L: all fixed now
08:54 PM rue_shop1: I'v heard that wireless ones hare horrid latency
08:54 PM Tom_L: somehow i screwed up the config file too
08:54 PM Tom_L: had to find my backup
08:55 PM Tom_L: i wouldn't use a wireless anything on a mill
08:57 PM Tom_L: at first i thought one of the buttons may have crapped out cause they're kinda cheap but they're all good
08:58 PM Tom_L: so now i got 20 buttons comin i don't need
08:58 PM Tom_L: sad day here
08:58 PM zhanx: Tom_L, do what i am doing and shipping all my extra stuff to rue
08:58 PM Tom_L: my local guy finally closed his shop
08:59 PM Tom_L: zhanx too far to go if i ever do need one
08:59 PM zhanx: i am picking up some cheap tackle boxes to hold stuff this weekend, i need to get organized
09:00 PM Tom_L: i got a bunch of em
09:39 PM rue_shop1: Tom_L, local electronics?
09:45 PM Tom_L: yeah
09:45 PM Tom_L: mom n pop business
09:46 PM Tom_L: the daughter had been keeping it going but it's now closed
09:52 PM zhanx: i can go to the hardware store, it was next to the old radio shack that closed back when radio shack was good
09:53 PM zhanx: and they bought all the stock from it
11:38 PM zhanx: ok
11:38 PM zhanx: rue_shop1, you up?
11:39 PM zhanx: i need a circuit i can toggle with 5v gpio that will latch on till the pin toggles it again
11:40 PM zhanx: what i am thinking of doing is toggling the power to the blue pill, arduino and hub
11:40 PM zhanx: the blue pill and arduino will talk to the pi via serial etc
11:41 PM zhanx: but the hub i want off till i need it