Activity for Olin Lathropâ€
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| Comment | Post #276294 |
@Lundin: The compiler can't make that assumption simply due to the variable being global. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276294 |
Nice writeup with lots of detail, +1. However, all hardware registers don't need to be declared volatile, only the ones the hardware can change. For example, a UART baud rate divider register would not need to be volatile, since you write the value and the hardware never changes it. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276263 |
@Andy: I changed the TIFF image to JPEG. Can you see it now? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276263 |
@Andy: See the main meta question https://meta.codidact.com/questions/276272 and let them know which images you see. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276263 |
@Andy: Strange. I see it in my browser. I'm using Edge on Win 10, and also just tested it with IE on Win 10. Both showed the image correctly. What browser and OS are you using? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276217 |
@Bruce: I don't know what to tell you. The URL is the one Codidact produced when I uploaded the image. I can see the image in both the Edge and IE browsers. If you are using a modern supported browser, then maybe you should report this as a bug on main meta. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276235 |
@mana: I'm going to wait a day or two to give others a chance to chime in. If nobody does, we'll go with the above. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276225 |
At these voltages, you really should consider a Schottky diode. Half the forward drop would make a difference here, and they are fast too. The higher reverse leakage is not much of an issue in this application. However, +1 anyway :-) (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276235 |
@mana: I hadn't thought of that alternate interpretation. I would like to mention the electronic part first, since that is the overwhelming majority of the questions. I could go with "... electronic systems, electric power systems, their theory …". Would that be acceptable? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276160 |
@manass: Markdown is simpler, but that simplicity comes at the cost of ambiguity and too many unintended markups. I also don't want to have to remember two syntaxes. Use markup if you like, but please make sure all the same formatting features continue to be available via some subset of HTML. Actu... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276166 |
@Andy: I was only saying that the issues you bring up are not unique to this EE site. They apply to the Codidact software in general. I didn't pass any judgement about what is a bug, what's not, and what is a feature. I was also trying to make it clear that this software is work in progress. Work... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276166 |
Most of these are system-wide issues, not specific to this EE site. There is a system-wide meta for that, but the people that would see that might also notice it here. The software is very much still in development, but far enough along to have at least basically working Q&A sites. I was really as... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276146 |
@Lundin: Some of what you ask for already existed. I also just added a few items. Repair questions are tricky to make on-topic. There should probably be a help page devoted to them, like there is for component ID questions. I'll work on that as I have time. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276146 |
@Monica: Thanks, but I think we'll wait a bit on that. Creating lots of categories early makes the site look even more empty than with the single category we have now. We may eventually get there. Time will also help us see where splits make the most sense. Frankly, I think it was a mistake of Ph... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #276106 |
@aCVn: Good point about AC versus DC. I added a section for that. (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #275960 |
@Monica: Yes, I plan on adding a few canonical questions. I've been busy with the help pages, and the day job gets in the way too. Do you think this is something we need to do before getting the word out about the site? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #275888 |
@Monica: Maybe a fourth posting tip that links to https://electrical.codidact.com/help/asking "for more detail" or something like that? (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #275888 |
Yes, I'm working on documentation about the site. Even though the site framework has been set up, I don't consider it ready yet. This is mostly about lacking documentation. You can see where I started this with "Intro to this site" under HELP. I don't want to advertise the site until all this is ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |