/ deafboy is on Nostr

Hardware hackers of the world, give me thy wisdom, and teach me how to talk to this bullshit PWM solar charger, based on STM8S005C6T6.
According to the docs, it has I2C, but I was unable to detect anything on the bus. It doesn't help that most of the IO pins are multi purpose.
I've even tried to scrape the signals going to the LCD, but it turns out, it uses some higher level protocol.
None of the 20 pins seems to be going to the ground, and they all have 3.2V or 3.6V flowing through them at all times.
I want to read the current battery voltage.
https://akkoma-test.hiwaga.tech/media/59df83af-4179-4478-8eb9-3173bbb56115/8SH4cp5YQEqyVd1YGJIcwA.jpg
https://akkoma-test.hiwaga.tech/media/ca861259-64a0-4a2b-8ed0-222eb5bc7629/NAUX7n8rRfqbwajl3jV4ww.jpg
https://akkoma-test.hiwaga.tech/media/f03c6f3b-abde-4718-b539-10b67dbaf255/stm8s005c6.pdf

2023-06-08 11:40:47

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Pro tip: Don't let anyone tell you how to spend your time. If you enjoy thinking about possible dystopian future, please do! Personally, nothing makes me more inspired, than a good postapo.

2023-04-05 13:34:27

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HAM radio and bitcoin seems to be an ideal match. Untill you realize the barriers.
1) You need to get licensed. In person visit of a HAM club, or testing event is required
2) No commecrial activity on the HAM spectrum allowed
3) No encryption allowed. (How the digital modes work around that rule is a mystery to me)
3) You need to dox yourself with every transmission.
4) Although the infrastructure IS THERE (repeaters, igates...), it's usually provided by pretty conservative crowd that addhered to all the written and unwritten rules their entire life.
It's a shame though. We could learn a lot from them. They master the physical layer. It looks like magic to people primarily working with software.

2023-03-01 10:35:22

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The explanation on the website does not really explain the sudden shutdown. There are ways to gracefuly sunset an instance. It was not done. That points to the possibility of a some kind of technical problem. However, I've managed to notice Luke's toot about searching for a new instance ASAP, so he somehow knew it was going to happen.