Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Phil Hobbs Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: An actual circuit Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 17:21:08 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <1cv15jdls60tjfcndqe9qm7bgjdtchv9u9@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 19:21:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="63cb3121e9682b3fd701fc3f270d94fc"; logging-data="3128982"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18lt98R6T5fCIAvxdw/FBmR" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ehr2f2rgjjb9wLAUssz2EZelTBQ= sha1:EHvmJnc9ZNqsjdFBnYEHSPRB2xw= Bytes: 2873 john larkin wrote: > On Sat, 25 May 2024 03:36:06 -0000 (UTC), Phil Hobbs > wrote: > >> Mike Monett VE3BTI wrote: >>> Phil Hobbs wrote: >>> >>>>> Insect cruelty. Plus you have to count their tiny feets backwards. >>>> >>>> The only good bugs is dead bugs. ;) >>>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Phil Hobbs >>> >>> The major flaw with dead bugs is you lose the identification of the ic. >> >>> Six months later, you will have no idea what the circuit is, where the >>> important signals are, or how the circuit works. >> >> Nah. I build them inside the lid of a cast aluminum stomp box, and put a >> paper schematic inside. No worries. > > Where do you document the results? > > Depends. If it’s a small test instrument, usually in my lab book. If it’s for a product or an experiment, I mostly use Markdown files in the corresponding git repository. We keep private repos on github and gitlab, as well as bare repos on various computers and NAS boxes in different locations. Cheers Phil Hobbs -- Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics