Random Tech Stuff

@DanielsRandomTechStuff@mastodon.world
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Aspiring electrical/electronics engineer, LEGO fan, and IB student. I like to make and fix stuff, mostly electronics.

I also make YouTube videos.

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Random Tech Stuff1d ago
Ok, so I've managed to make some progress on making the web interface more size-responsive. I've gotten the panels to rearrange at 900px instead of 864px and altered how the panels rearrange to make it more aesthetically pleasing and space-efficient.
I've also added dummy values to the page so that I can mess with the formatting of the weather panels in order to hopefully figure out how to make the page respond better when the size changes.
More info in the alt text
Stay tuned!
#webdevelopment
Show threadRandom Tech Stuff3d ago
I should have some time to work on this tomorrow, so maybe I'll post some more. I do need to get in the habit of posting more often. I don't really have that capability yet to just quickly write a post immediately any time something interesting happens.
Show threadRandom Tech Stuff3d ago

Yeah I could probably use Figma or whatever alternative, but I've already made a lot of progress and frankly I would like to learn how to code this stuff in basic form before using frameworks or other fancy dev tools.

Although I did recently switch from writing the webpage in Notepad to VS Code, which can I say is SO MUCH better for readability.

Random Tech Stuff3d ago

FINALLY got the weather panels on my #esp32 alarm clock prototype web server page to stack when the width is less than 864px (there's also been a lot of other improvements since I last posted)!

Getting web pages to be responsive with raw CSS as a noob is such a pain I swear, but it's satisfying when it works out. As is with a lot of things. #webdevelopment

Random Tech Stuff5d ago
Mishaal Rahman6d ago

I'm glad Google decided to heavily blur the background with Android's Material 3 Expressive redesign.

Had they decided to make things more transparent, it would've looked worse! iOS 26 suffers from having too much transparency, IMO.

There are also some contrast issues in Google's M3E design, but these should be addessed in future Android 16 betas. Hopefully Apple does the same with their future iOS 26 betas.

Random Tech Stuff5d ago
M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™5d ago
The Aluminuminati envisioned recycling.
Show threadRandom Tech StuffMay 25
Also, I recently received the display for the clock. Hopefully I can start testing this soon.
#electronics
Show threadRandom Tech StuffMay 25
Here's a picture of the web control interface. It's very minimal and this is just a proof of concept, but hopefully I can start adding more functionality and polishing it up over the next few weeks.
Random Tech StuffMay 25

I basically spent at least 1.5 hours over the past few days trying to figure out why my #esp32 alarm clock project code kept getting errors until I realised that I treated WiFi.localIP() like a string when outputting the web server's IP address in the terminal, which it is definitely not.

It's a learning experience, I guess. Just a very, very inconvenient and time-consuming one.

At least I know the web server works now.
1/3
#embedded

Random Tech StuffMay 25
amdMay 19

Electronics folks, I’m looking for an easy to use connector that I can use for installing a filtration unit under the bed of my voron 2.4 printer.

It’s going to be in an airspace between a 110C heater and an ACM deck plate so it will likely be quite warm but not oven hot.

Something like a barrel jack would be great but the ones I see on DigiKey and McMaster are only rated at 80C.

What’s a better option? Just a JST?

#electronics #3DPrinting #Voron @3dprinting