Looks like he learns, pretty much the same way I do. It seems to be common.
One of the nice things about being retired, is that I don’t have to retire. I just direct my own work, instead of having knuckleheads trying to steer the boat. Since I like learning, I look to do stuff I don’t already know how to do[0].
I don’t think he’s retired, but he seems to be in a place, where he’s free to follow his own muse.
I just learned how to do an inline "Note" in markdown (noticed this in his README.md) which I had either never seen before or just never noticed. I made a gist so I wouldn't forget how to do this.
Linus recommends SMD parts kits that are quite expensive, and relatively bulky, I prefer the books of SMD components, they're more compact and ~$15 each and you can buy refills for ~$5.
For things you use a lot of (1k/10k resistors, 1uF/0.1uF caps etc) buy reels, they're surprisingly cheap <$10 from Digikey (if you visit Shenzhen you can pick them up for $2, I bought a complete set years ago for under $100).
I've largely standardised on 0603 parts for hand assembly, I'm older and have older vision, I need a binocular microscope to work - they're worth the investment if you're doing more than a tiny amount of SMD work.
Anyone have some recommended resources for learning this stuff? I know there are commonly recommended electronics books like "The Art of Electronics" and "Practical Electronics for Inventors" but are there any resources that are focused specifically around guitar pedals? Ideally some sort of progression that introduces analog circuit basics through a set of increasingly involved projects and results in something that actually sounds good and that I would use as a musician.
> BespokeSynth is an open source "software modular synth" DAW that can host LV2 and VST3 plugins like Guitarix, which can also add signal transforms like guitar effects pedals. Tried searching for an apparently exotic 1A universal power supply. Apparently also exotic: A board of guitar pedals with IDK one USB-A and a USB-C adapter with OSC and MIDI support; USB MIDI trololo pedals
electronics.stackexchange has CircuitLab built-in; TinkerCAD has circuit assembly and Python on Arduino in a free WebUI, but it's not open source. Wokwi and Pybricks (MicroPython on LEGO smart hubs over web bluetooth) are open core.
LPub3D is an open source LDraw editor for LEGO style digital building instructions. LeoCAD works with the LDraw parts library.
FWIU Fuzix and picoRTOS will actually run on a RP2040/2350W. 2350W have both ARM-Cortex and RISC cores, but something like an STM can work for months on a few batteries.
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One of the nice things about being retired, is that I don’t have to retire. I just direct my own work, instead of having knuckleheads trying to steer the boat. Since I like learning, I look to do stuff I don’t already know how to do[0].
I don’t think he’s retired, but he seems to be in a place, where he’s free to follow his own muse.
[0] https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/thats-not-what-ships...
https://gist.github.com/jftuga/2e4cf463dc0cdd9640c5f3da06b69...
For things you use a lot of (1k/10k resistors, 1uF/0.1uF caps etc) buy reels, they're surprisingly cheap <$10 from Digikey (if you visit Shenzhen you can pick them up for $2, I bought a complete set years ago for under $100).
I've largely standardised on 0603 parts for hand assembly, I'm older and have older vision, I need a binocular microscope to work - they're worth the investment if you're doing more than a tiny amount of SMD work.
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-0608-capacitor-kit.ht...
From https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44120903 :
> BespokeSynth is an open source "software modular synth" DAW that can host LV2 and VST3 plugins like Guitarix, which can also add signal transforms like guitar effects pedals. Tried searching for an apparently exotic 1A universal power supply. Apparently also exotic: A board of guitar pedals with IDK one USB-A and a USB-C adapter with OSC and MIDI support; USB MIDI trololo pedals
From "Python notebooks for fundamentals of music processing" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40555387
> Additional Open Source Music and Sound Production tools:
Brandon's Semiconductor Simulator lists what all is not yet modeled. "Basic equations of semiconductor device physics [pdf]" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44723304 :
> Notes re: "Brandon's circuit simulator", which doesn't claim to model vortices in superconductors or the Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect, for example; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43942279#43948096
electronics.stackexchange has CircuitLab built-in; TinkerCAD has circuit assembly and Python on Arduino in a free WebUI, but it's not open source. Wokwi and Pybricks (MicroPython on LEGO smart hubs over web bluetooth) are open core.
LPub3D is an open source LDraw editor for LEGO style digital building instructions. LeoCAD works with the LDraw parts library.
"WebUSB Support for RP2040" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38007967 :
> USB 2x20 pin (IDE cable) GPIO
FWIU Fuzix and picoRTOS will actually run on a RP2040/2350W. 2350W have both ARM-Cortex and RISC cores, but something like an STM can work for months on a few batteries.