#robotics Logs

Nov 18 2019

11:39 AM katsumi: :(
07:46 PM rue_mohr: well
07:47 PM rue_mohr: build somehting and tell us about it!
07:48 PM Tom_L: ya
07:50 PM Tom_L: you get your server straightened out?
07:50 PM Tom_L: (i think it was a server)
07:50 PM rue_mohr: the asterisk one?
07:50 PM rue_mohr: I'm still setting it up
07:51 PM Tom_L: do you install a gui when you do?
07:51 PM rue_mohr: I redid a workstation, backed up the infor of the old drive
07:51 PM rue_mohr: I tell debian not to install anything
07:51 PM rue_mohr: then just give it the list of apps I want
07:51 PM rue_mohr: the gui follows, but without lots of the bloat
07:52 PM Tom_L: which one do you like?
10:09 PM rue_mohr: gnome
10:10 PM rue_mohr: so, I got some pcb's from osh
10:10 PM rue_mohr: they arrived today
10:10 PM rue_mohr: nothing fancy, just R-2R DAC boards
10:10 PM rue_mohr: a "nothing important" test
10:10 PM rue_mohr: $4
10:10 PM rue_mohr: 3 boards
10:11 PM rue_mohr: now if I could just figure out how to submit stuff to them
10:28 PM Tom_L: submit?
10:28 PM Tom_L: but you just did
10:29 PM Tom_L: send the board file _or_ send the gerber files (about 5-7 files)
10:30 PM Tom_L: top/bottom copper, top/bottom mask, top/bottom silk, drill
10:33 PM Tom_L: i usually put a txt file with them describing the other files just in case
10:34 PM Tom_L: oh and i also test them with gcpreview before sending
10:38 PM Tom_L: i remember when he started
10:39 PM rue_mohr: no I bought soemthing someone else has poste
10:39 PM rue_mohr: d
10:40 PM rue_mohr: yea, thats the thing, none of the board houses would ever accept my files
10:40 PM rue_mohr: they always had some kinda problem
10:40 PM rue_mohr: and none of them were ever sortable
10:40 PM Tom_L: what do you draw with?
10:40 PM Tom_L: i've probably still got the eagle templates i used
10:40 PM rue_mohr: I did one up in eagle, I followed all the instructions
10:41 PM Tom_L: what ver eagle?
10:41 PM Tom_L: i still use the old ver
10:41 PM rue_mohr: dont kow now
10:41 PM Tom_L: before they sold 2xs
10:41 PM Tom_L: haven't used it in ages
10:41 PM rue_mohr: I think they coudn't find the baord edges and nothing I could do made it work for them
10:41 PM Tom_L: outline is layer 20
10:42 PM rue_mohr: it was just "arg"
10:42 PM rue_mohr: I'm not trying NOW
10:42 PM Tom_L: it's all in knowing what layers to show with what file
10:42 PM rue_mohr: there was a billion steps to make it all right and it didn't work and I was annoyed
10:42 PM Tom_L: you never asked
10:43 PM rue_mohr: heh, I'll put it on the "snowed in" todo list
10:43 PM Tom_L: i used a couple special layers so i could format the silk the way i wanted it with the packages
10:43 PM rue_mohr: early Feb
10:43 PM Tom_L: few more months for me to forget even more
10:44 PM Tom_L: i ran a script that copied what i wanted to those layers 121 122 iirc
10:44 PM rue_mohr: I'm totally out of NRG, I sat down to copy some code between two projects and almost fell asleep
10:44 PM Tom_L: then i submitted them as the silk
10:44 PM Tom_L: well i was just off to bed. just checking in one last time
10:45 PM rue_mohr: :)
10:45 PM Tom_L: https://docs.oshpark.com/
10:45 PM rue_mohr: oh I dont want to go there now
10:45 PM Tom_L: the guy is ian iirc
10:45 PM Tom_L: i used to know his name
10:45 PM rue_mohr: I went to a lot of work last time and was really sad it didn't work
10:45 PM Tom_L: long since forgotten
10:46 PM Tom_L: making a good board is alot of work
10:46 PM rue_mohr: but as far as the other stuff, getting the baords made and shipped, A+
10:46 PM Tom_L: making sure the spacing is right, holes aren't too small for the parts etc
10:46 PM rue_mohr: so the stumbling block is completely in submitting a board
10:47 PM Tom_L: if you use eagle i can help with that
10:47 PM rue_mohr: I can try again later
10:47 PM rue_mohr: not sure what I'd even make just now
10:47 PM Tom_L: it will be a steep learning curve again for me
10:48 PM rue_mohr: eagle?
10:48 PM Tom_L: haven't used it in ages
10:48 PM Tom_L: yes
10:48 PM rue_mohr: pff
10:48 PM Tom_L: i used to know it inside and out
10:48 PM torque: probably won't be that much work to relearn it
10:48 PM torque: it's like riding a terrible bike
10:49 PM Tom_L: 4.16 iirc was what i was using
10:49 PM Tom_L: i've done several boards
10:49 PM Tom_L: with multiple board houses
10:50 PM justan0theruser is now known as justanotheruser
10:52 PM Tom_L: torque, i used to make avr programmers
10:52 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/boards/new_batch/USB_chips.jpg
10:53 PM torque: that's a lot of chips
10:53 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/boards/new_batch/DSC_0001.JPG
10:54 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/boards/reflow/cooking.JPG
10:54 PM Tom_L: http://tom-itx.no-ip.biz:81/~webpage/boards/reflow/cooling.jpg
11:34 PM zhanx_ is now known as zhanx
11:52 PM rue_mohr: I wonder where they all are now...
11:59 PM rue_mohr: --