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We've had a few batches of mostly assembled (minus through hole parts) prototype boards made with y'all recently, pretty stoked how quick it is. Plus no tarrifs vs the last PCBway order.

Curious, why are surface mount USB-C connectors not able to be done as part of the surface mount components (treated as a through hole I think)? Too fiddly?

Re:San Francisco Onion Futures Company on Saturday September 19, 2026 @07:58AM (#49765816)
I read that in his voice.
Re:20 years of serial mouse cloning fails in 58th generation on Thursday April 30, 2026 @12:39AM (#47958175)
I knew serial mice were difficult to work with, but didn't realize we were still trying to make them better in 2026.
Re:Chest Fridge (2009) on Sunday March 22, 2026 @12:06AM (#47474348)
Reminds me of Fly Away Home with the round fridge that would lift out of the counter. True story: "The refrigerator is round, rising from under the granite countertop with the touch of the button.

“The pneumatic fridge works with air compression,” she says. “You step on the button and it pops up and the racks spin like a lazy Susan. Cold air is heavy so it stays cold.”" https://www.thestar.com/life/home-and-garden/paula-lishman-a...

Re:We Put Bosch's Revolutionary Tiny PM Sensor Through Its Paces on Tuesday September 30, 2025 @02:35AM (#45422576)
With a powerful enough laser, the sensor could also improve air quality.
Wow, this works in chrome on Android as well
Re:BGP.Tools: Browse the Internet Ecosystem on Thursday July 24, 2025 @12:16AM (#44666870)
Lol, then what do we do with all the multicast traffic?
Well, AES67 isn't a great secret... It's just RTP with PTPv2, with some predefined codec, sample rate, and fpp options.
Re:Honeybee: Calling via XMPP on Tuesday October 15, 2024 @11:05AM (#41849373)
Wait, what happened to freenode?
Re:Ultrasonic Investigations in Shopping Centres on Sunday June 09, 2024 @02:32PM (#40626461)
I work for a manufacturer of PA systems, our amplifiers only do a periodic test every few minutes, one channel at a time. We measure the current the speaker circuit draws, and if that changes drastically we know something is wrong.