Failures
It's early in the COVID-19 curve in Oregon, so I spent this whole vacation week at home. While most of what free time I have is spent on other projects these days, I did dismantle my brewing cabinet a few months ago, and this week I continued breaking
Failures
Even though I mainly brew beer to try to salvage what's left of my engineering mind, I also just like beer. I worked hard for the last batch I brewed, but I wasn't too hopeful it would turn out well. It's nice when things
Brewday
I've been neglectful. Only a few of my friends are into brewing, and fewer still are into coding and electronics, but this is all that's been discussed in this blog. Most of the people who know me are more appreciative of the ludicrous messes I get
Electronics
My guru told me long ago that I'd find myself cutting traces on printed circuit boards to problem solve. I thought I must have been lucky to go two-for-two without any hardware problems, but I found that the FTDI problem with my valve board was electronic, not software.