Niels Moseley

EE PhD, Audio/Synth/Wireless comms/DSP/Embedded/FPGA/ASIC/Retro enthusiast, PA1DSP, happy C++ user, he/him.
moseleyinstruments.com
asicsforthemasses.com

For more radio related things, follow my other account: pa1dsp@mastodon.radio

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Roberta FidoraRobertaFidora
2026-02-27

YES, IT’S FINALLY HERE. 😍

A red cover, highbrow art book entitled U.K. Crisp Packets 1970-2000.
Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-26

@klausman but you do have a point that these videos encourage newcomers to build stuff, and that is good.

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-26

@klausman This was on a monetized YouTube maker channel..

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-26

My bank sent a survey on how satisfied I am with their service. They have all my money and basically do with it as they please. Their services are keeping track of a number which will never be larger than an int32. I get a piece of plastic to access said int32. They charge about 50€ per year for this service in addition to whatever they make off fiddling with my money. Do you think I am satisfied?

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-26

Putting a ready-made switching PSU module in a box is DIY now??

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-24

@tnt let's hope it's something simple like the PSU :)

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-24

@tnt I hope it wasn't part of the essential infrastructure!

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-24

Today's major accomplishments were accepting a package and dropping off a package.

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Yves Jeanrenaudyjeanrenaud@tech.lgbt
2026-02-24

I made an app.
play.google.com/store/apps/det
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

The app is now open source (AGPL-3.0), the app is free and rather simple
github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_near

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making. F-Droid is an option, will have to look into that

A screenshot of an Android app. Text:
▲ Nearby Glasses

Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

Debug Log

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)
...
Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-24

@arstechnica knowing this, I can finally die peacefully

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:privTri: Volpeon :areon3NSmol:volpeon@icy.wyvern.rip
2026-02-24
Why is the cat screaming?

[illustration of a screaming cat]

1. Why wouldn't the cat scream
2. If you were smart, you'd be doing the same thing
Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-24

When they said they found the world’s oldest arsehole I fully expected it to be a politician. [Dutch] nu.nl/wetenschap/6387221/recor

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2026-02-24

Give man ZX Spectrum for his 5th birthday and he’ll be searching for it the rest of his life

Mechanical keyboard with ZX Spectrum keycaps
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Miranda KeelingMirandakeeling
2026-02-24

I earn a little from my books but not from my podcast or sharing my work online. People say my posts make them feel calm and that’s worth a lot to me. Surviving as a creative is increasingly hard. Non-AI writing takes time. (Only if you feel you can!) support me here: patreon.com/cw/MirandaKeeling

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2026-02-24

We've been on X/Twitter for many years, but it's time to reduce our activity there and instead promote Mastodon as our main social media channel now. So we've done just that: x.com/LibreOffice/status/20262 – Welcome to all our new followers here 😊

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-23

@janbeta Scheibe!

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Alex Hallalexhall
2026-02-23

I have to do a merge request review in Gitlab. Once more: Gitlab, not Github, and I have to review someone else's merge request. How do I do this, given that I use a screen reader? I have the MR page open, and there's a list of files, but I can't open a file. I can check out the MR in the project, but I don't know a way to easily view the changes the person made. I use VSCode, but I've never found it especially helpful for Git operations. Windows, NVDA, Cmd, VSCode. Thanks!

Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-23
Niels Moseleytrcwm
2026-02-23

The last couple of days I spent working on the e-ink display code and hardware. It took longer than expected as my STM32F103 seems to have broken GPIO and the display datasheet was not very helpful either. In the end it took a bit of detective work to find the correct configuration, but I now have temperature and pressure displayed as well as a pressure graph ..

E-ink display showing temperature and pressure in numbers and a graph of pressure data. White display background, black graphics. The contrast is very high.
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Steve DeGroof 📚🛸degroof
2026-02-23

BREAKING: Sam Altman points out that putting out fires in orphanages also uses a lot of water.

Foreground: Sam Altman 
Background: Blazing orphanage fire

Additional note for the humor impaired: This is not a real image of Sam Altman standing in front of a burning orphanage, and the accompanying headline is intended as satire.

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