assembling a few more OtterCam-s3‘s today.

[atna@eldritch.cafe]

@janamarie does it make alignment easier?

[palmandneedle@norden.social]

@janamarie ...is clearance, Clarence! If #BlondiHacks taught me anything

And dont call me Shirley

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

it boots!!! Soldering the BGA was much more trivial than anticipated, the QFN in the lower left corner was certainly worse…

next up: I think I will do at least a second board and uh, the sensor board, which contains the 'spicy BGA', the image sensor. It’s in theory as easy to solder, but it’s also a rather fragile part, one entire face must not be touched too much

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

speaking of…

this is how the image sensors were delivered. How does that make you feel?

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

@atna very! a press fit always is easier

[lasse@social.tchncs.de]

@janamarie

[nota@chaos.social]

@janamarie antistatic bubble foam

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

@nota hyperstatic foam!

[nota@chaos.social]

@janamarie yesss

[swift@merveilles.town]

@janamarie >.o

[erinrose@chaos.social]

@janamarie .. hungry?

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

@ErinRose

[erinrose@chaos.social]

@janamarie do you like that RJ45 socket? I’ve been looking for an SMD vertical one recently, but was put off by the all plastic ones (solely based on vibes)

(eventually settled for a mostly SMD metal option)

[slyka@pawb.fun]

@janamarie

[uint8_t@chaos.social]

@janamarie [screams internally]

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

@ErinRose no, not really, but I also don't dislike it. I wouldn't reuse it

[slyka@pawb.fun]

@janamarie did… did you use capacitive coupling for ethernet?!

[janamarie@mystical.garden]

@slyka mayb

[slyka@pawb.fun]

@janamarie you deserve to get your sensors delivered to you like that <.<

[lasse@social.tchncs.de]

@slyka @janamarie it certainly does work ‍️