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remember the layout of the x0xb0x? the analog components were on curvy traces while all the digital ones at 90°
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@nsfmc yeah — pretty cute
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@starsandrobots currently in the middle of designing a thin donut PCB covered in QFNs, release me from this hell - End of conversation
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@starsandrobots I think what makes visually jarring for me is that it’s not even 45° offset. The QFNs above are placed at multiples of 45° -
@jetdillo exactly. it is SO UNUSUAL to see things placed outside of the 8 angle options. that sense of awkwardness is a sign of how boxed in
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@JeremyGrosser how much http://boldport.com have you taken in? https://twitter.com/boldport/status/647432073851076608 … (eg) — Gorgeous precise stuff, but it's free from
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@starsandrobots@JeremyGrosser Tomorrow I'll take a picture of the complete structure... it's grown ;)
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@starsandrobots Only jarring thing is the inconsistent layout on the jacks. I'm totally ok with unusual geometry if it is consistent. -
@1lenore@starsandrobots "the styles that emerge are homogeneous because the software is universal." http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/27/science/a-conversation-with-john-maeda-when-mit-artist-shouts-his-painting-listens.html?pagewanted=all …@johnmaeda -
@pmg@1lenore@johnmaeda and EDA is dead http://www.boldport.com/blog/2015/2/5/a-farewell-to-eda … (a powerful piece — incidentally also authored by that board's creator) -
@starsandrobots@1lenore@johnmaeda There must be a word for "being so moved one wants to start a revolution".
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@starsandrobots We improved detector performance for Keck Array when we remembered that we could route microstrip on a diagonal.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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I tried to do that on some things, it failed aesthetically because the curves weren't easy to keep proportional
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it's kind of awesome how easy it was to do with the pre-eda striping tape
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@starsandrobots but then I get seriously perverse satisfaction out of hand routing and aligning components just right sooooThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots for me this is like those pictures of sidewalks where one brick is slightly out of place.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@starsandrobots it's like a geographically accurate subway map.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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