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Month: July 2019

2019-07-30

I have been playing with the latest revision of the VPSB (Vic’s Power and Serial Board).  I was hoping that this would be the last revision, unfortunately the fact that I crewed up the power supply footprint will prevent that from happening.  I got the pin order backwards. This is the worst kind of failure since I can’t blame anyone else.  Anyways, here’s the potato-cam picture:   You can see the power supplies in the Read more…


2019-07-13

I had a touch of panic when I received a text from DHL that my PCB order from Elecrow would be delivered Tuesday, July 16th.  Tuesday July 16th, you see, is when I’m scheduled to be flooded. The following is the river gauge closest to where I live.  Tuesday July 16th is when we’re scheduled for a flood event thanks to tropical storm Barry. The even more disconcerting prediction is for the Comite river.  They’re Read more…