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c't Magazinheise+ | USB4-Adapter für 10-Gigabit-Ethernet im TestFür PCs mit USB4 oder Thunderbolt 3 gibt es jetzt LAN-Adapter, die Daten mit 10 Gbit/s transportieren. Wir haben die neuen Modelle gründlich ausprobiert.<a href="https://www.heise.de/tests/USB4-Adapter-fuer-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-im-Test-10316221.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/tests/USB4-Adapter-fuer-10-Gigabit-Ethernet-im-Test-10316221.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon</a><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

Embedded PodcastThis week, Elecia( <a href="https://mastodon.online/@logicalelegance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@logicalelegance</a> ) and Chris( <a href="https://stoney.monster/@stoneymonster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stoneymonster</a> ) host Kwabena Agyeman, CEO of OpenMV LLC for a chat about more powerful and tiny programmable cameras.Join them here ( <a href="https://embedded.fm/episodes/497" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://embedded.fm/episodes/497</a> ) on the latest episode of Embedded.Here's Kwabena on an upcoming MicroPython feature:<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#embedded</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#camera</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iot</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/openmv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openmv</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ml</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a>

Embedded PodcastThis week, Elecia( <a href="https://mastodon.online/@logicalelegance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@logicalelegance</a> ) and Chris( <a href="https://stoney.monster/@stoneymonster" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stoneymonster</a> ) host Kwabena Agyeman, CEO of OpenMV. They chat about more powerful (and smaller!) programmable cameras.The transcript( <a href="https://embedded.fm/transcripts/497" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://embedded.fm/transcripts/497</a>) from the show is available now!You're invited to share your favorite quotes.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineering</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#embedded</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#camera</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iot</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/openmv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openmv</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ml" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ml</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a>

heise onlineMindfactory bestätigt Insolvenz in EigenverwaltungBereits Ende Februar hat Mindfactory ein Eigenverwaltungsverfahren eingeleitet. Jetzt soll es wieder rund laufen beim Hardware-Händler.<a href="https://www.heise.de/news/Mindfactory-bestaetigt-Insolvenz-in-Eigenverwaltung-10326060.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.heise.de/news/Mindfactory-bestaetigt-Insolvenz-in-Eigenverwaltung-10326060.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon</a><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Grafikkarten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grafikkarten</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Handel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Handel</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Prozessoren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prozessoren</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/Wirtschaft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wirtschaft</a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

ⓣⓄⓣⓔⓃⓣⒶⓃⓩJemand Bedarf an 64 GB G.Skill Aegis DDR4-3200 (4-kit)? Lief ne Weile in einem Homeserver, ist aber zu klein geworden. Gerne retröt. <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/ddr4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ddr4</a>

Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️My latest blog post: Low Tech Prototyping<a href="https://mikecoats.com/low-tech-prototyping/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mikecoats.com/low-tech-prototyping/</a>My existing prototypes are too big to fit on the bike, so I turn to one of my favourite low tech prototyping methods; 1:1 scale models in card and fibreboard!<a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eBike</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/prototyping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prototyping</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/vanMoof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vanMoof</a>

J. Steven York RESISTSUS hardware standards are INSANE. Working on a prop for my action-figure photo comic, "Minions at Work," and I want to attach some decorative lamp finials upside down as legs for a piece of furniture. Go to store, get some screws. Easy, right? A standard 1/4" screw is 20 pitch thread. But a lamp finial is 1/4" 27 pitch, for reasons that probably made sense to Tommy Edison. Can't find screws like I want, even online. (cont.) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metric</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SAE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SAE</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#screws</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bolts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bolts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maker</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modelbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modelbuilding</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/makers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makers</a>

M SchommerUnd wieder eine <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a>-Frage: Kann ich eine <a href="https://hostux.social/tags/PCIe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PCIe</a> 4.0 x4 SSD in einem etwas älteren Mainboard mit PCIe 3.0 x4 Slot betreiben? Oder kauf' ich besser eine 3.0 x4 SSD?

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:This is the Sharp PC-2000, or “Ratecaputer,” from 1979. Only 200 were ever made.The name is a portmanteau:Ra for radio Te for television Ca for cassette Puter for computerMore: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1979-ratecaputer-sharp-wxfef" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1979-ratecaputer-sharp-wxfef</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Electronics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computer</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Sharp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sharp</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ratecaputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ratecaputer</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Devices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Devices</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Design</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a>

Tom's HardwareRaspberry Pi Pico powers $75 PicoCalc portable programming handheldClockworkPi has released a cool Raspberry Pi Pico kit that lets you create a calculator suitable for handling your math homework or playing games. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico-powers-usd75-picocalc-portable-programming-handheld" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-pico-powers-usd75-picocalc-portable-programming-handheld</a>

Radio AzureusThis is the Mini PC before I had unpacked it a while back gigaBYTE deceives clients with improper cooling on mini PCs <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigabyte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gigabyte</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#failure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperature</a>

Radio AzureusThis machine crashes everytime I use a browser The Massive fans that I have installed, fans that are **bigger** than the Mini PC, which push and pull the hot ear way from the APU can not do it in an efficient manner because the Heat Sink is not even good enough for a GPU of 30 years ago!Inspection has told me, that this heatsink can only cool down a device which has a TDP of less than 10!The APU is a magnitude bigger! Design failure! design failure!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigabyte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gigabyte</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#failure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperature</a>

Radio AzureusIn order to be able to use the machine {in a very disabled fashion} I had to resort to extreme very extreme tactics to cool it down. As you can see in this composition I had to hack open the case destroying whatever beautiful thing it had. It doesn't do much because the heat sink itself is about 80% too small. Whenever I run something that uses a lot of GPU and CPU there's 80 to 20% chance that the APU will lock upTwo massive fans run on the whole<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigabyte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gigabyte</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#failure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperature</a>

Radio AzureusYou know that guy who does that failure mean from the tubes right?I'm now going to show you a supreme failure brought by gigaByte This machine is supposed to work in an area where the ambient temperature is 35° Celsius something they never ever told us on the website. Over here we can reach 40° Celsius Ambient temperatureEen top of that this machine can only work properly in 28° AreaThe following scene is one I see many times a day <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gigabyte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gigabyte</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#failure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/temperature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#temperature</a>

Blake PattersonThis Atari ST RAM upgrade looks like it just ... grew into the system on its own! (Link to private Facebook Atari ST group post) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/133161394213/permalink/10162608519994214/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/133161394213/permalink/10162608519994214/</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtariST</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/520ST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#520ST</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrotech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrotech</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RAM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RAM</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/circuitboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#circuitboard</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/motherboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#motherboards</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maker</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/solder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solder</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photo</a>

Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:Checkout this badass gift from <a href="https://tenforward.social/@nonehitwonder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@nonehitwonder</a>. It’s a friggin’ USB flash drive that’s concealed in a slim replica of a blank cassette tape. Cool and retro af.Thank you, Vincent! I can’t wait to listen to your mixtape. 🫶🏻Y’all can buy them here: <a href="https://mixcard.spiffyco.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mixcard.spiffyco.com</a><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Retro</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Product</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mixtape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mixtape</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Design</a>

Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️My latest blog post: VanSpoof – A-Muntzing We Will Go<a href="https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-muntzing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-muntzing/</a>With my first few VanSpoof prototypes assembled, I had noticed that the L78L05 was sometimes getting a little hot. Instead of knuckling down and calculating more suitable component values, I turned to the tried and tested method of Muntzing to get my power draw down.<a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/eBike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eBike</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/muntzing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#muntzing</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSource</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/vanMoof" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vanMoof</a>

Marcus "MajorLinux" SummersAMD's actually locking a feature to a card?!In this economy?!AMD’s FSR 4 upscaling is exclusive to 90-series Radeon GPUs, won’t work on other cards <a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/amds-fsr-4-upscaling-is-exclusive-to-90-series-radeon-gpus-wont-work-on-other-cards/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/amds-fsr-4-upscaling-is-exclusive-to-90-series-radeon-gpus-wont-work-on-other-cards/</a><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/AMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AMD</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/FSR4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSR4</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Upscaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Upscaling</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Radeon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radeon</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPU</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hardware</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaming</a>

Mike Coats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺🌍♻️My latest blog post: Simplify VCD<a href="https://mikecoats.com/simplify-vcd/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mikecoats.com/simplify-vcd/</a>Simplify VCD is a tool designed to make working with Value Change Dump (VCD) files more efficient and faster. This tool enables users to clip sections of VCD files, trim irrelevant data, and reduce the resolution to a more manageable timescale, significantly improving processing speed and usability.<a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#code</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#embedded</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/openSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSource</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#python</a> <a href="https://mikecoats.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a>

BokMy brother's <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#laptop</a> wouldn't turn on today, despite working perfectly yesterday, so he dropped it off with me. Dunno why: I might have a shot at figuring out software, but <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hardware</a> either works or doesn't, and mere mortals have no say in the matter.First up: it's a 17-inch Acer Nitro 5, and the label on the bottom explicitly says “MODEL NO.: N22C2”. Few websites use that model number. I even managed to find a PDF manual for the Nitro 5, and it says⎡Nitro 5 Covers: AN515-46 / AN515-47 / AN515-58 / AN517-42 / AN517-43 / AN517-55 This revision: January 2023⎦Lovely. A different label on the bottom says “AN517-55” so at least that's okay, and this is the manual. Online forums talk about doing a battery reset by pushing a paperclip into the appropriate pinhole on the bottom of the laptop. There's a huge air vent, but the only other holes are screw holes. No pinholes on any other side of the laptop.Some help sites suggest removing the battery and putting it back. Took off the bottom of the laptop, and… No. Not a cartridge battery like the laptop I had many years ago. This one has multiple screws and a connector with hair-thin wires screaming to be broken. I can swap M.2s in my NUC because those use a study connection. I'm not touching this.So looks like my brother will take it to a shop, be told it'll be $100 in labor just to look at it, and odds are it's the motherboard, and replacing that would be over half the cost of a new laptop, and voilà, more <a href="https://lor.sh/tags/EWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EWaste</a>.

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