#garfield Logs

May 12 2020

12:35 AM rue_bed: ok, the relay controller works for my resistor substitutor
12:59 AM rue_bed: Tom_L, when the pi is installed there is a setup menu you can run to change the config
12:59 AM rue_bed: I think some things can be added to it via apt-get
02:57 AM polprog: rue_bed: are you making the worlds most complicated resistor substitutor?
03:27 AM polprog: ^ this will allow me to place one of the computers back to front
08:28 AM rue_mohr: yes :(
08:29 AM rue_mohr: heh nice
08:31 AM rue_mohr: polprog, 100R to 15MR, 4 memory locations, "any", "E12", "E24"... stepping modes, usb controllable, dual brightness vfd display, Dual matched output
08:31 AM polprog: wow
08:31 AM rue_mohr: I know.. I'm just going with it now
08:31 AM polprog: at leats its not decade box as a service
08:32 AM rue_mohr: I might have just done the switches if I'd realized I had them before I came up with this
08:32 AM rue_mohr: heh
08:32 AM polprog: paperwork done
08:32 AM polprog: had to drive to uni, then to workplace
08:32 AM polprog: that made a nice bike trip
08:32 AM polprog: maybe ill install the bracket i made earlier
03:45 PM polprog: https://twitter.com/polprogpl/status/1260308493988495360?s=19
08:30 PM aandrew: hm, learning about CCFL inverters
08:31 PM aandrew: something stupid simple, found some interesting things here: https://ludens.cl/Electron/Fluolamp/fluolamp.html
08:37 PM aandrew: btw I don't know if you guys are aware of it or not but there's a pretty good Chrome extension called Archiverator - it will send a page to a few different online archival sites (archive.is, archive.org, perma.cc and webcitation.org) but more importantly, also lets you save the site to a local .MHTML file
08:41 PM rue_shop1: cool
08:41 PM rue_shop1: not that many are into magnetics like that
08:42 PM aandrew: your'e right. magnetics are still black magic to me
08:44 PM aandrew: got a few good books including McLyman's transformer and inductor design handbook
08:49 PM aandrew: watching shanghai knights, the library scene reminds of the OLD PC game Colonel's Bequest by (I think) sierra on-line
09:05 PM Tom_L: https://www.amazon.com/Support-Symbol-Button-Toggle-Switch/dp/B00ZR7MMXO/
09:06 PM aandrew: nice button
09:27 PM rue_mohr: heh
10:39 PM Tom_L: what are those dual row header plugs like hdd ribbon use called?
10:40 PM Tom_L: i wanna find one that had pcb pins
10:40 PM Tom_L: female plug with pcb pins
10:49 PM Tom_L: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Amphenol-FCI/75869-131LF?qs=%2Fha2pyFadugvw6oazJW30HVO6iP2K6sf%2FrhRdIxS%2FYw%3D
10:49 PM Tom_L: only backwards
11:02 PM Tom_L: c-grid
11:02 PM Tom_L: but i need a pcb mount female
11:09 PM Tom_L: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2-in-1-SATA-to-IDE-HDD-IDE-to-SATA-Serial-ATA-100-133-Adapter-Converter-Cable/153435408824?hash=item23b97689b8:g:lVYAAOSw0AFcoQ4z
11:09 PM Tom_L: like that on the edge of the card
11:10 PM Tom_L: with the key in the middle
11:10 PM Tom_L: 40 and 26 pin dual row