#robotics Logs

May 01 2022

11:52 AM josuah: flyback: w00t w00t!
12:02 PM josuah: it's good to have these kind of experiments
12:02 PM josuah: it drives the cost down
12:02 PM josuah: the first TV meant for general public was done by building it
12:02 PM josuah: and then
12:02 PM josuah: removing components one by one, and look if it still works
12:02 PM josuah: when it stops working, you know this was something essential, the rest is therefore not
12:02 PM josuah: so here we are again :D
03:28 PM Nokaji: if we took that approach with humans, there are some seven organs that could be removed, several teeth, hair, a lung a kidney, a spare arm and leg
03:50 PM mrdata: evolution should remove those if they were truly not essential; so, then, redundancy is essential sometimes
04:14 PM calle: Also evolution is contextual, and in a way a product of its history.
04:20 PM Nokaji: if the parts were never needed in the tv, why were they designed in?
04:43 PM calle: ask the designer?
04:46 PM Nokaji: he says they are all needed however it is possible to redesign the circuit using other parts
05:30 PM mrdata: standardized, interchangeable parts and interfaces, makes sense for complex designs
05:30 PM mrdata: usb, jtag, ...
05:30 PM mrdata: optional circuits on the same board
05:31 PM mrdata: 50 v 60 Hz power supply
05:31 PM mrdata: these lead to unused parts, often
05:32 PM mrdata: extra slots on a PC
05:47 PM Malvolio is now known as Guest578