DitroniX | Electronic Engineering IoT R&D

DitroniX | Dave Williams UK | G8PUO | My lifelong passion and profession is in Electronic Engineering, Software, RF, R&D, STEM, IoT and Smart Energy Projects.

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@IDV_FPV But you still have traces on it...

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.. The clock is ticking a countdown to the potential demise of EAGLE and no, this is not the Year 2000 hype but one that Autodesk have forced upon EAGLE users worldwide.

* Backup all projects to V7 - DONE
*Install V7 - DONE
*Install VMWARE with various Eagle versions - DONE
*Test installation - DONE
*Snapshot of everything - DONE

In a troubled World that we live, Autodesk have only contributed to try and force an unwanted change on everyday engineers that try keep things ticking over  - this will ultimately backfire.

Long live EAGLE!  Thank you for the past 35 years+ of service!   

Let us see what the new day brings.

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@Swole_Medic Agree. PCB ideas is pencil, pen, printer, digital calipers and scissors.

Much better to get hands on sometimes, to help the thought process and mechanical options.

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@blind_via Do not forget the mandatory pondering time, where you may wake up in the night with a grandure thought

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@Elektor Thi museum in Ramsgate, Kent, is well worth a visit. Lots to see and most is touchy feely.

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https://t.co/0VvedrL0Hy

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Do you use scissors when drafting and visualising your PCB?

Wonder what this will turn into by the end of the week?

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Looking for a Raspberry Pi - Accurate Mains Energy Monitor for Home Automation?

** IPEM PiHat and IPEM PiHat Lite - in Stock **
Optionally Stackable for Multiple CT Clamps

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The New IPEM Plus - Lora/WiFi Remote Mains Energy Monitor Board being tested on the latest FLIX Lite for IPEM Plus firmware.

Ideal for remote location mains energy monitoring.

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Looked at using the SHT40I-AD1B-R2 on a new board, simply due to its package size - as opposed to the BME/BMP280 for example. It is also cheaper.

All my boards have a TMP102 as standard, so will interested to evaluate this maybe as an alternative even.

Interesting in the comments, so thanks for posting.

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@manuelnotearri @CorneliusWrites @ElectronicsbyJH Thought the TMP1119 is temperature only?

[maker.io @MakerIO]

An introduction to AND, OR, and NOT gates, the fundamental building blocks of all digital decision-making in electronics with the Byte Sized engineer! 🧑‍🏫

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Home Assistant 2026.6 Beta: What’s New and What’s Broken?

https://t.co/i6oTUz6TEz

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@KemiBadenoch Seems not only the whitehouse is corrupt?

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Used to do this and have a couple of ovens but they do not get used anymore, together with thousands of SMD components which sit in dry store. Maybe I should stick on eBay and make room.

It was an enjoyable number of years and amounted stacks of stencils. However, time moves on.

Use @JLCPCB for all the boards now as it is more cost effective, even for prototypes and as all now use 0201, then I can guarantee the quality and consistency.

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@PJSmith Bit like roulette.. However, take the win and tomorrow is a new day.

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@JLCPCB However, always good to see a happy end to the story. Keep up the good work.

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@PJSmith What if, you simply do not run the system 247 or in unprofitable sun?

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Which ever route is take, it is not a short term investment.

Putting aside the Solar Panels, with enough LFP4 storage, overnight Octopus charging and controlled Inverters, it could be made to work.

The UK is fortunate to have sun but generally cool weather. So reducing the threshold on cooling needs.

Using the predicted next day sun, which is not always right but mostly, dynamic overnight charging can easily be included. I do this with Home Assistant and it works great. PS. I am not data farming but same back-end concept.

Panels are generally cheap and short return, so having more than needed but angled differently, extends the capture and reducing charging time.

At the end of the day, it is a balance and having controlled expectations.

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@MrJamesMay They keep the clock running in my ESPKnack https://t.co/YXB0CeMEbX