Tom Verbeure

@tom_verbeure
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I love playing with FPGAs. There can never be enough LEDs. Hardware engineer at Nvidia, but my views here are my own. Also @tom_verbeure you know where but I don’t post there anymore.
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VENTING IS NORMAL!

Luckily, @joshua talked me out of it. You can buy this for $139 at Harbor Freight…

(The rack is still more expensive than most of the items on it!)

I was running out of floor space to vertically place my toys, so last weekend I spent some time in FreeCAD to design a test equipment storage rack, built out of 2x4s.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116585703014507494

Dang, I was not prepared for the drama. 😂

I was looking forward to a weekend plan of repairing the HP 3325A. Put it on the bench, took the top cover off, turned it around, maybe a bit of involuntary percussive maintenance along the way?, removed the bottom cover.

Just powered it on and it just works…

https://youtu.be/PPasArG3i6I?si=tQUG2X9t8uRul4oA

Incredibly disappointing. I want my $20 back.

It's a technical video, but even if you know it already or aren't particularly interested in analog TV, just watch the beginning for a cute story about an lonely CRT TV that can't find a companion that communicates at the same wavelength.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyrgNlwIQRA

Analog TV Equipment: R&S SFM test transmitter and CCVS video generator.

YouTube

Have you upgraded your @yosyshq yosys recently? #FPGA

0.49 (Jan 2025): TRELLIS_COMB: 4357
0.64 (May 2026): TRELLIS_COMB: 3682

15% LUT saving with no change in my Verilog design. 👏

IT WORKS AGAIN!!!
Anchor Electronics to the rescue. This evening will be one of happiness or tears. 🤞
This is why I love this dictionary. The meanings of some words have changed so much since when it was printed in 1930.