Mark Finkle

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software engineering curmudgeon
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I finally updated my Apple Watch from a Series 1 to a Series 10.

Other than short battery life, the Series 1 was working fine. I am looking forward to the extra features of the Series 10.

When in Rome...
After playing around with ATTiny85 and getting I2C working, I made some simple PCBs to make prototypes easier.
I also got an Adafruit LED I2C backpack working with the same setup

I got I2C working with ATTinyCore, Tiny4kOLED, and a SSD1306 display.

I was trying to prototype from the programmer and that was causing errors. Once I separated things it started working.

At least I got some NeoPixels (WS2812) LEDs to work with an ATTiny85
I was playing around with 3d printing "suspended" objects using "strings", and it was trickier than I expected. Thankfully I found a short Tinkercad tutorial.
I've seen ads for these little "hologram" gadgets made with a small LCD screen and a cube beam splitter, so I tried putting one together:
That's better
Didn't anybody tell Wall Street that the Fed cut interest rates?