Robert Watson
@robertwatson.bsky.social
university academic and all-round engineering nerd. Something something. Bath, UK,
That was the old CAST simulator which had a bit too much power for its own good. We have a much fancier Spirent these day.
December 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
That was the old CAST simulator which had a bit too much power for its own good. We have a much fancier Spirent these day.
I mean, I don’t need one… but that’s never usually stopped buying anything before.
November 16, 2024 at 5:44 PM
I mean, I don’t need one… but that’s never usually stopped buying anything before.
I saw the X-rays 😱 Yeah, I’ve had better ideas!
January 13, 2024 at 5:17 PM
I saw the X-rays 😱 Yeah, I’ve had better ideas!
I was travelling back to UK from conf in Germany many year ago. I was getting short of luggage space, so I used my poster tube to pack the bottle of beer I’d been gifted, my aerosol shaving gel and my travel alarm, cushioned with a few pairs of socks in between…
January 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
I was travelling back to UK from conf in Germany many year ago. I was getting short of luggage space, so I used my poster tube to pack the bottle of beer I’d been gifted, my aerosol shaving gel and my travel alarm, cushioned with a few pairs of socks in between…
It’s only a bad idea when at 1am you decide to give it a go
October 19, 2023 at 8:15 PM
It’s only a bad idea when at 1am you decide to give it a go
Hopefully you can resurrect it!
October 4, 2023 at 6:49 PM
Hopefully you can resurrect it!
Haha! Sounds like it WAS a Metabo, it's now just crumbled up diecast/sintered metal 😆
October 4, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Haha! Sounds like it WAS a Metabo, it's now just crumbled up diecast/sintered metal 😆
Ah, would be super tricky otherwise. Is it a Dewalt?
October 3, 2023 at 8:34 PM
Ah, would be super tricky otherwise. Is it a Dewalt?
Yikes! Assuming chuck is not threaded so you need to get the screw out at bottom of inside the chuck?
October 2, 2023 at 8:00 PM
Yikes! Assuming chuck is not threaded so you need to get the screw out at bottom of inside the chuck?
Ours is definitely on another planet.
September 29, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Ours is definitely on another planet.
Ahhh.. Have played with one on its eval board - was about £1500 plus I had to sign a bunch of stuff. Almost as much paperwork as when I got some HMC8415s ;)
September 29, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Ahhh.. Have played with one on its eval board - was about £1500 plus I had to sign a bunch of stuff. Almost as much paperwork as when I got some HMC8415s ;)
Hello, Computer? Transparent what?
September 29, 2023 at 8:31 AM
Hello, Computer? Transparent what?
RFbeam make some nice modules, TI and Infineon make some usable board level things that aren’t crazy expensive
September 28, 2023 at 9:48 PM
RFbeam make some nice modules, TI and Infineon make some usable board level things that aren’t crazy expensive
It’s becoming crazy, I don’t want to be giving my DoB and inside leg measurement to be able to see some cool people building oscillators and fixing old test equipment.
September 28, 2023 at 9:42 PM
It’s becoming crazy, I don’t want to be giving my DoB and inside leg measurement to be able to see some cool people building oscillators and fixing old test equipment.
Hopefully the like minded ones eventually make it here.
September 28, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Hopefully the like minded ones eventually make it here.
Yeah, hope so… the other place is getting crazy.
September 27, 2023 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, hope so… the other place is getting crazy.
I’m here for the circuits and the test equipment fixes
September 22, 2023 at 9:00 PM
I’m here for the circuits and the test equipment fixes
Hah! Not quite that would get though the ethics panel 🤣
September 20, 2023 at 9:21 PM
Hah! Not quite that would get though the ethics panel 🤣
Also worked well If you ruined you allotted piece of tracing paper
September 13, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Also worked well If you ruined you allotted piece of tracing paper
Seen these things? Look quite interesting although quite spendy. TE830M1 www.te.com/usa-en/produ...
September 1, 2023 at 7:16 PM
Seen these things? Look quite interesting although quite spendy. TE830M1 www.te.com/usa-en/produ...
Argh! Machine learning with everything.
September 1, 2023 at 7:13 PM
Argh! Machine learning with everything.
Call me a cynic but its all very convenient, almost too convenient.
August 23, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Call me a cynic but its all very convenient, almost too convenient.
I sometimes wish Boltzmann's constant was a bit smaller so I had less noise to deal with ;) As an engineer I find you need to keep up with physics/materials in order to understand how to exploit them in the quest to make a better thing/widget.
August 22, 2023 at 10:27 AM
I sometimes wish Boltzmann's constant was a bit smaller so I had less noise to deal with ;) As an engineer I find you need to keep up with physics/materials in order to understand how to exploit them in the quest to make a better thing/widget.