James

@AddOhms on YouTube. aka KN6FGY, on bsky, and [email protected].

[James @baldengineer]

@LnghrnEngineer Well, that's interesting.

[Robin Reiter @robin7331]

What’s the best strat to remove such hard and glossy conformal coating ?

[Greg Steiert @fpgahelper]

It is hard to believe @crowd_supply Teardown 2026 is less than two months away.

They just posted the schedule. In addition to all the great talks planned, you will also have the opportunity to hear me bloviate about how to coerce an RP2350 into loading an FPGA by draging-n-dropping a UF2 file, and proper abuse of the QSPI port.

I look forward to reconnecting with all the regulars and meeting new enthusiasts. Should be another great year.

[Adam Taylor @ATaylorFPGA]

GIVEAWAY!

Over the course of the next year, we are giving away one AMD Spartan™ UltraScale+™ FPGA SCU35 Evaluation Kit to 12 winners.

Every month we will randomly select one person from our mailing list to win a board.

To be in with a chance of winning, simply sign up to the mailing list at the bottom of the page here https://t.co/w1kJZA1yfP. If you are already a member, you will be in entered in to the draw.

T&Cs https://t.co/1eTauaoY46

[James @baldengineer]

@MakeAugusta AAAAh

[Greg Steiert @fpgahelper]

What are your favorite FPGA boards with free Linux tools?
Here are a few of mine. I'm particularly looking forward to the Agilex 5 SoC based Falcon board from Arrow/Trenz

[James @baldengineer]

@hamvention It was a beautiful weekend for Hamvention.

Not so great on my wallet, tho.

[Greg @GregDavill]

Want to design and work on RISCV silicon?

We're hiring! https://t.co/n3k4uRU3KE

[Vintage Computer Federation @vcfederation]

VCF WEST 2026 CALL FOR EXHIBITS!
We have a new exhibit registration system: https://t.co/yo16aK8saV

DATES: Aug 1st and 2nd at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.
INFO:https://t.co/X1u4kFOoVC

[PCI-SIG @pci_sig]

The #PCIe 8.0 specification, draft 0.5 is now available for member review. This marks the official first draft of the specification, and it remains on track for full release to #PCISIG members by 2028.

To learn more about the latest PCIe specification release and the feature objectives, read the blog > https://t.co/U4y5KWwcMy

[James @baldengineer]

@JeremySCook @bscholl They are popular in Australia and New Zealand.

[Dilshan R Jayakody @jayakody2000lk]

I finally finished the TD4 CPU - a 4-bit processor built entirely from 74-series TTL logic. No microcode, no hidden layers, just pure hardware.

For more details check the blog post in here: https://t.co/T3ht1INoVw

[James @baldengineer]

@rodrigonh2 @zackslab My point back then was that the tantalum (MnO2 style) was not properly voltage derated.

Ta capacitor manufacturers publish derating guidelines, but they get overlooked (or are misunderstood)

[Greg @GregDavill]

First samples on the first run from https://t.co/dfBOQSs5ZD!

There is a disclaimer with these parts, that only ~80% are fully bonded successfully.

This could be marketed as a feature, an air gapped solution using state of the art wireless bond wires. 😜

[Sam Zeloof @szeloof]

I’m thankful for 4 years in California .
But, the Next Phase is in Texas.

We shift our hiring focus to build huge operations in Austin, Texas.

Join us ! The team is really great. @fab2

New 120,000 square feet HQ for R&D and production:

[Vintage Computer Federation @vcfederation]

VCF West 2026 is August 1st and 2nd at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

We have opened registration for exhibits, vendors, speakers, and volunteers at https://t.co/b4uDZ1Boic to register. This software is new. Please report any issues to [email protected].

[Greg Steiert @fpgahelper]

NXP is giving away 10,000 Zephyr supported development boards to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Zephyr RTOS.
There is a code to get one in the notes for this video.
https://t.co/Dh0quEAd6W

[James @baldengineer]

@MakeAugusta I want to reference this anytime someone asks on r/AskElectronics: "What is this part?" and it's just a picture of a SOT-23.

[Bradán Lane @bradanlane]

"Family Portrait"

In case you were worried the eChallengeCoin journey was coming to an end, there are still slots to fill 😎

[Lime Micro @LimeMicro]

We are delighted to announce that the LimeSDR Micro campaign is now live and the first manufacturing run will ship on September 30, 2026!

https://t.co/D7IlQDsIeO

#softwareDefinedRadio #SDR #LA9310 #LMS7002M #openSource #FOSS #OSHW