Abel Rodríguez

Electronics engineer - Firmware developer. I also make electronic boardgames at @HexenTronics.

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@realwillreil Mostly in binders. And I control the location and stock in a SQL database used by Altium to place components and generate BOM's

[Edmund Humenberger @ico_TC]

You push for open source FPGA tools to support the education of European Chip Designers, and you get ignored by the European Authorities...

and then you find out that the chinese government is making good use of your tools in their education programs.

Why is Europe so ignorant?

[i²cjak @i2cjak]

So you want to add USB-C to your design... What the FUCK do you do!?

Fret not. It's easy. Start with a receptacle. There are a few variants. Depending on your requirements, you can use a 6 pin (power), 14/16 pin (USB 2.0), or whole-hog 24 pin (USB 3+) receptacle. 1/x >>>

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@RueNahcMohr For me it was ua741, we used it in everything. Maybe it's older or used more in education.

[Barrett @BarrettYouTube]

This is absolutely wild. The Dutch government has just seized control of a major Chinese semiconductor company — and I’m not talking metaphorically. They’ve literally suspended the Chinese CEO, handed voting power to a non-Chinese director, and placed the company’s shares under the control of a third-party trustee. All justified under a wartime emergency law meant for things like bread and fuel rationing. Last I checked, the Netherlands wasn’t being invaded.

And this didn’t happen in a vacuum — it coincides perfectly with Trump’s new “50% rule,” which drags every subsidiary of a Chinese parent company onto America’s Entity List. It looks a lot like Europe is just following Washington’s lead yet again.

This move is disastrous on so many levels: it wrecks investor confidence in Europe (who’d risk billions knowing their assets could be seized overnight?), invites retaliation from China, and destabilizes one of Europe’s few successful chipmakers — Nexperia — a Dutch-based company with 14,000 employees.

Instead of standing up and saying “European companies operate under European law,” Europe folded. Once again proving it lacks strategic autonomy. A smarter move would’ve been to protect its own industries and show that Europe can make decisions for Europe.

But no — the message they’ve sent the world is crystal clear:
If Washington doesn’t like your nationality, your business in Europe is fair game.

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@MakerIO Consultancy

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@MakerIO C, and moving a little to C++

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@AST_SpaceMobile One step more, nobody said it was easy. Space is hard! And more with these sizes. I hope to see them working soon, that will be a game changer.

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@blind_via Also now the uarts could change Rx and Tx by software. It's a mistake so common that someone thought to solve it in the peripheral configuration

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@thembeddevguy @fishPointer Voltage reference, temperature sensor, eeprom...

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@MAstronomers Trantor

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@robin7331 Fantastic setup, I'm sure it took a lot of effort to get it done. I'm on my way to have something similar, but having your own place to work in an European city is very difficult.

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@ProductHunt An online boardgame

[alessio💭 @Alevetto07]

Startup idea: Tinder but for guys to find other guys to do cool projects with

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@Alevetto07 With categories of hardware,software, embedded, robotics, apps..

[Tom Stokes @tomstokes]

The new translucent flex PCB substrate from @JLCPCB looks amazing.

I need to find an excuse to make a translucent PCB now.

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@PhysInHistory Medical pod from Elysium, free for everybody.

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

@estrellagalicia Otro Juicero, tiene wifi?

[Abel Rodríguez @microhenrio]

I've designed a speaker to refurbish an old Logitech X300 Bluetooth speaker. Check it at @thingiverse!
https://t.co/8CzrWH0vO1

[Printables.com @printablescom]

Check out the Solder Scroll from Vicotrdesigns: ✨ an ergonomic, pen-shaped solder tool with a scroll mechanism to feed wire. Its adjustable knob fits diameters from 0.3 to 1.5mm, and built-in storage makes refills easy. 🦾
https://t.co/loJ9MDtDQS