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Re-Learning How To Run
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (69+ words) It's not a race. Until you realise we are one disaster away from a great filter. What about reusing some of the hardware left on the moon by the "old" missions in the future moon base missions ? E.g. may be the…...
Porting A Fortran Flight Simulator To Unity3D
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (247+ words) The problem: the book doesn't include code for the flight controller. [Valgriz], of course, wrote his own. He uses some PID controllers along with limiters for G-force and angle of attack. Interestingly, to do this, the simulator actually runs its…...
Do You Need A Bench Meter?
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (224+ words) Some of the advantage of a bench meter is just convenience. They stay in one place and often have a bigger display than a handheld. Of course, these days, the bench meter isn't much better than a handheld anyway. In…...
The Most Satisfying Way To Commit
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (302+ words) Have you ever finished up a bit of code and thought that typing "git push" in a terminal is just not a satisfying finish? So did [penumbriel], so he built "read more Have you ever finished up a bit of…...
Semiconductor Simulator Lets You Play IC Designer
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (327+ words) For circuit simulation, we have always been enthralled with the Falstad simulator which is a simple, Spice-like simulator that runs in the browser. [Brandon] has a simulator, too, but it "read more For circuit simulation, we have always been enthralled…...
Semiconductor Simulator Lets Your Play IC Designer
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (296+ words) For circuit simulation, we have always been enthralled with the Falstad simulator which is a simple, Spice-like simulator that runs in the browser. [Brandon] has a simulator, too, but it "read more For circuit simulation, we have always been enthralled…...