the Hearth @Felthry@awoo.space

Reminder that the bat-eared fox's scientific name literally means "eardog bigears"

while we're at it, the brown bear's scientific name translates to "bear bear bear"

oh I forgot I posted this, we got the car problem taken care of; it was a dead battery. The CD player apparently ejects its disc when it unexpectedly loses power to prevent the disc getting stuck inside

Signs Your Car Has A Problem: when you turn the key, instead of turning on, the CD player ejects its disc

gender: incomprehensible

Sappho of Lesbos must have been quite a person; she was so gay she got two entire words for the very concept of being gay named after here!

also I am sad that Fairchild got bought by ON

I have Strong Opinions on strange things that most people don't even know exists

like whenever TO-247 is an option I'll use that over TO-220 any day

I would rather use a Microchip, Linear Technology, or Analog Devices device than a TI or Maxim one

solderless breadboards are a necessary evil but an evil nonetheless

30 mil trace width minimum when I can get away with it

SOT-23 is good, SOT-23-6 is bad

I am not a fan of TO-263s or TO-253s. (an unpopular opinion but they're hard to solder)

so is phosphor bronze

copper alloys in general have good colors

beryllium copper is a nice color

oh wow @VoxSomniator your icon is super cute

idea: fediverse bot that posts "Gender of the day:" and then a randomly selected part from digi-key, with picture

everyone else is doing it so why not

for some reason there aren't that many wire-to-board connectors that can handle high currents

molex makes a connector that can do 30A per contact, so I guess we can use their four-position one of those for this, just all four in parallel (they also have another series that a) looks fancier and b) has much higher current capacity but it costs like two or three times as much)

I don't really know when to call someone a friend, but... I'm happy I have as many friends as I do, both on here and elsewhere. <3

fun fact: if you put your cell phone in a microwave and close the door, it will be unable to receive any calls until you open the door again

bonus fact: if you do this and then turn on the microwave, it will be unable to receive any calls ever again

on a slightly related note why does this wire distributor have a dedicated section for specifically and only AWG #6 wire, when everything else is sorted by type of wire, not by size https://www.wireandcableyourway.com/6-gauge-wire/

where do you even buy flat-braid litz wire anyway

or any type of litz wire

our usual sources don't offer it

finally, we've found some they actually have in stock that will work for it

turns out using welding cable to wind it is probably a bad idea though so now we need to find out where to buy litz wire or something

or just make our own by braiding magnet wire or something? _that_ sure sounds like a pain

Magnets.
https://www.mag-inc.com/Media/Magnetics/Datasheets/0079342A7.pdf