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foxbat
foxbat 20 days ago

Hello everyone!

I can’t believe I’ve only just stumbled across this community — where have you all been hiding? I’ve got a long (and somewhat dubious) history of building wildly overengineered solutions to the tiniest household problems — the kind of things that already have 95% perfectly good commercial fixes... but honestly, where’s the fun in that?

By day, I’m a software engineer. About 20 years ago, I was lucky enough to sit next to the office’s resident microcontroller wizard — a true electronics guru who patiently taught me everything I know during a million ten-minute notepad chats. After a questionable fling with a dodgy PIC evaluation kit, I discovered Arduino and never looked back… at least until I needed WiFi and heavier code, when the ESP32 swooped in to save the day.

That said, I’ll always have a soft spot for the good old 328p — I just can’t bring myself to love 3.3V logic (too much faff!).

Anyway, hello! Delighted to have found the e14 asylum — can’t wait to get stuck in.

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  • cstanton
    cstanton 19 days ago +3
    Welcome foxbat said: After a questionable fling with a dodgy PIC evaluation kit We might have a PIC related RoadTest coming up...
  • robogary
    robogary 20 days ago +2
    Welcome to the E14 zone ( typing with my Rod Serling gloves on). Besides electronics, many of us are experts with electrical tape, duct tape, and hot glue. We hide here from the masses and comfort ourselves…
  • dougw
    dougw 20 days ago +1
    Welcome foxbat to the forum. It sounds like you will fit right in.
  • dang74
    dang74 20 days ago

    Welcome foxbat.  I  like that you took a moment to acknowledge the microcontroller wizard.  Life is amazing like that.  Something, seemingly inconsequential like seating arrangements can often set us on life long journeys.  In light of your interests  and background I am sure you will be happy with the community.

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    robogary 20 days ago

    Welcome to the E14 zone ( typing with my Rod Serling gloves on). Besides electronics, many of us are experts with electrical tape, duct tape, and hot glue.

    We hide here from the masses and comfort ourselves with knowledge tidbits contained in quadrillions of manual bit manipulations.

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  • dougw
    dougw 20 days ago

    Welcome foxbat  to the forum. It sounds like you will fit right in.

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  • genebren
    genebren 20 days ago

    Welcome to the element14 community. Many of us stumble in, quite a few stay, even less will be active. I too wish I had found this community sooner.

    Enjoy your stay !

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    cstanton 19 days ago

    Welcome

    foxbat said:
    After a questionable fling with a dodgy PIC evaluation kit

    We might have a PIC related RoadTest coming up...

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  • DAB
    DAB 19 days ago

    Welcome to element14 Foxbat.

    It sounds like you have had some interesting experiences and I look forward to your participation and sharing here.

    We like to have fun and good conversations, so feel free to jump in and tell us what you think or what you are doing.

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    foxbat 19 days ago in reply to cstanton

    Thanks for the warm wlecome!  Sorry for making your life difficult with the account difficulties - I'd just found somewhere I fitted in and was worried I'd get automatically ejected by the electronic bouncer!! 

    I'll definitely keep my eyes open for the PIC RoadTest!  It took about 12 months to convince me to try ESP32's.... only when my wife intervened with 'can I water the garden via the Internet' did I give them a go, and now I think they're great!!

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    foxbat 19 days ago in reply to dang74

    Thank you!  I'd be really interested to see where my skills would've gone without his advice and guidance... probably homebrew, followed by blindness!! 

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  • foxbat
    foxbat 19 days ago in reply to robogary

    If you need hotglue and plywood then I'm your man!!

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  • foxbat
    foxbat 19 days ago in reply to dougw

    Thank you!  Looking through the forums, I think so too!!

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