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Ten LSM6DSV cheesecake SlimeVR trackers assembled! Tomorrow is firmware and software time--hopefully all goes well.

Key thing I've learned so far: never select economy assembly from JLCPCB. Of 5 charging boards, I've got 2 that are good.

I wish I could tell you that this box contained something more exciting than a storage rack, but it's just a storage rack.

When visiting my in-laws during holidays, there's typically some sort of project going on that people get roped into.

Today's project: Miata convertible top replacement

Spotted while taking a walk with my wife: a Mossda 3
Apparently, it also fingerprints like a Bosch dishwasher.
I'm hearing that the stainless steel skin of #Tesla's #Cybertruck is ferromagnetic... If true, there's an opportunity here for shenanigans.

Did someone seriously jump the parking stop and crash into this huge steel solar canopy support pole at the Kettleman City #Tesla #Supercharger ? 🤦‍♂️

This, and other things I've seen over the years, makes me wonder what Tesla spends annually to repair damage to their charging sites.

Have you ever seen a printed #Tesla #Model3 manual before?

My in-laws took delivery of a Model 3 and, since they're not big on electronic manuals, they printed (double sided, full color) and spiral bound the whole ~300 page manual. It's over 2cm thick.

Honestly, it's pretty cool and makes me miss the era of printed manuals for everything... but, printed manuals are wasteful when only a few actually want/need them and searchable PDFs are pretty handy.

There's a lot of new #EV #charging stations going in at Harris Ranch and, from the looks of it, solar canopies are coming soon!

They're #Tesla v3 #Superchargers, at least that's my guess based on the liquid cooled cables & the charge rates. Also nice to see my 5 year old Model 3 still crossing 250kW at 27% and 130kW at 58%. DC fast charging my old (2015) Model S got pretty slow by year 5.