Justin Sung on Metacognition

Posted on 2026-04-09 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

Thinking about thinking…

PCI Express over Fiber

Posted on 2026-04-09 [Thursday] by Jay Jay

This project is awesome! It’s what it says on the tin. The video also demos the use of ngscopeclient.

Cardputer-Adv: Compact Programmable Platform for Embedded Prototyping & IoT Development

Posted on 2026-03-30 [Monday] by Jay Jay

I was reading the latest version of Make: Magazine, Make: Magazine, Volume 96, and I discovered this cool hardware based on the ESP32-S3: M5Stack Cardputer Adv Version. They are out of stock at the moment but I will have to check back later because I think I would love to have one of these!

John Teel explains microcontrollers to avoid

Posted on 2026-03-29 [Sunday] by Jay Jay

The microcontrollers to avoid and what to consider instead:

ESP8266 → ESP32-C3
PIC16 → ARM Cortex-M0+, STM32C0, TI’s MSPM0
Ultra-Cheap No-Name MCUs → something with better doco and support, such as STM32C0 or TI’s MSPM0
STM8 → STM32C0
MSP430 → TI’s MSPM0
ATmega328P → newer MCUs in AVR family
Overpriced High-End MCUs → consider microprocessor instead

Interlude #19: Making Power Cables for FNIRSI SG-002 Current Source | In The Lab With Jay Jay

Posted on 2026-03-25 [Wednesday] by Jay Jay

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Silly Job Title: Note Taker. I am the Note Taker!

In this video we make some power cables for use with my FNIRSI SG-002 Signal Generator. I use these as a current source in my experiments. The power cables I required are DC barrel female sockets into banana jacks.

I am getting ready to build some circuits to test Thevenin equivalent circuits which I am learning more about over here: Thevenin & Norton practice problems.

We use the METCAL PS-900 Soldering Station for soldering.

We use the AiXun H314 Hot Air Gun to shrink the heat shrink.

We use the EEVblog BM2257 Digital Multimeter to test the cables.

We use the Multicomp Pro MP701033 Resistor Decade Box to explain how I plan to use these new cables.

We use the Plato Model 170 Wire Cutter to cut the cables.

We use the Kaisi S-160 45x30cm Repair Mat as my workspace.

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Homework

Posted on 2026-03-24 [Tuesday] by Jay Jay

This is a part of the homework feature of my blog, which is an ongoing conversation with my mate S.F.

Hey mate. Lovely to see you again, as always. Can’t wait to do it all again soon!

A film to check out is Materialists, it’s a bit of fun. Another interesting film is Conclave. And also The Green Knight.

The video where I explain my maths homework is here: Channel News #10: Happy New Year! | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay.

This song by the Sex Pistols from back in 1978 is Friggin’ in the Riggin’. Everyone should know this one!

You mentioned Blue Velvet by David Lynch.

I thought it was Cars that was by The Wachowskis but the film I was thinking of was Speed Racer.

You explained lens speed to me.

You mentioned about the film Pirates of Silicon Valley.

I created a bunch of applets to help me practice my arithmetic:

I mentioned about Chase Hughes. He has a bunch of interesting videos. I particularly enjoyed this one: How to WIN the Game of Earth. If you have more time this one is also good: How They Broke us All.

I mentioned I am reading the “classics”. In this case classic open source software, the details are here: Classics.

I mentioned about Ryan Bush who is the person behind Designing the Mind.

The word superordinate means both “of higher rank, status, or value” and “of or being the relation of a broader category to a narrower category that it encompasses, such as metal in relation to iron.”

I mentioned this comic about David Hume: David Hume on Creativity. The idea is that all ideas are combinations and relations of antecedent ideas and there isn’t any genuine “creativity”. Of course that would imply some type of axiomatic ideas or else you could never break into the system…