Re: Grounded grid VHF front-end

On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 14:33:41 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
wrote:

On a sunny day (Sun, 10 Nov 2024 13:38:31 +0000) it happened Cursitor Doom
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:19:14 GMT, Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid>
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We had nice electronic magazines too, 'Radio Electronica', 'Electuur' (Elector?)
and whatever I could get hands on in English.

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Elektor was one of the better hobby ones. I was also subscribed to
Wireless World which was a bit more heavy-duty.

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Yes I used to read that on occasion (if I did see it at the newsstand at the staion for example)
plus some German electronic related magazines,
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No idea if any of
these are still being published and can't be bothered to find out.
There was also Everyday Electronics and Practical Electronics, too.
I'm guessing they've all gone now since the kids just want to code it
seems.

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Na, there is still a lot around on hardware design / building stuff, several websites.
Just google works great too.
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Electronics is used in a very wide field...
Just got a new alu housing with fan for my raspi 4 8 GB (this one I use to post this)
It has an IR camera connected too (mlx90640_FLIR),
now to find a way to get the i2c and power lines to that IR camera module
out of that housing...
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What bothers me today (thought maybe use an extra Raspberry Pi) is that prices
are going up to insane lavels for a Raspi5 8 Gb + supply + housing + sdcard to above 120 USD:
https://www.sossolutions.nl/raspberry-pi-5-8gb-starter-kit-compleet
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For just a bit more you have a decent mini computer:
https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-mini-pc-x86.html
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Inflation?
Time to end raspi stuff and look for other solutions.
 

Arduinos are very cheap and don't have all the overhead the Pi has in
terms of video capabilities. Plus they're piss-easy to program.
A Pi 5 plus accessories for 120 bux doesn't sound bad at all, though.
Or if you're really that much of a skinflint, you could consider PIC
programming. :-)