a.antsipkin

Hardware enthusiast with electronics engineering background.Rn I build a rapid prototyping system for electronics to fit on anyones tabletop

[a.antsipkin @a_antsipkin]

Made a board. Building up some Rockchip expertise.

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@QVHenkel Thanks Lukas! Assembly in SZ

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Made a board. Building up some Rockchip expertise.

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@clayhaight Thank you very much sir

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@r0b0t_sp1der There is a stereo MIPI connection on the back side! Yes

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@seveibar Only a few parts on the other side, works first try, next stop RV1126

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@oldestasian For a moment, I thought you were being monitored.

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Following someone on X should mean I see their posts.

Instead, the algorithm buries people I explicitly chose to follow and fills my feed with garbage I never asked for.

Then I rediscover accounts months later and realize I missed everything.

Let me prioritize who I follow.

[a.antsipkin @a_antsipkin]

I spent 5 weeks in Shenzhen.

Factories packed with PCB manufacturing equipment and people still hand-stenciling and manually placing 10+ boards.

This industry is built for scale.

There is a real need for tabletop PCB fabrication.

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I’m watching founders outsource thinking to LLMs and then hire me to validate it.

When reality disagrees with the document, they trust the document.

Makes me reflect on how I use LLMs and how big the gap is between generated confidence and physical reality.

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This month I advised 4 founders designing HW with LLMs.

When confronted with real SCH or PCB mistakes, they defend the output instead of fixing it.

They argue with model answers against years of experience.

I imagine this is how SW engineers felt when vibe coding took off.

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Having an inconsistent sleep cycle and chronic sleep deprivation has benefits.
Jet lag doesn’t exist.

[sysls @systematicls]

https://t.co/FQe5bCBqW1

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You need nearly 10 meters of throw away tape to store about 2000 and more SMD parts, parts that would easily fit into a small 30 mm box.

[萩原幸也 ®️ @onipro]

ヘリウム風船と関節のある脚で構成された浮遊する二足歩行ロボット。カリフォルニア大学ロサンゼルス校のロボット工学・機構研究所(RoMeLa)デニス・ホン氏、タナカ・ユウスケ氏の作品。

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Getting back to wiring everything together soon

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@YohanHadji Basically I was looking for a hearing aid type of power management, but you requirements are still tough

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@YohanHadji Difficult. I would be experimenting with a battery like MS518SE or SR421SW or SR416SW and a tiny 0.88mm*1.4mm MAX17220 boost converter, it boosts from down to 400mV. I am still not sure the battery voltage will stay above that with this load. These batteries are all around 100mg.

[a.antsipkin @a_antsipkin]

Hackathon: rejected because of my passport.
Visa: rejected because of my passport.
I can’t pick a birthplace.

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@sincethestudy @raghavaupp