Recent content by rkbates

But it can take a lot of abuse before it fails to operate at all, especially at low baud rate. Still no excuse for lazy design.

I found this pretty interesting - not an audio application but the principle is the same. Measurements are on a CAN control bus in an grid connected inverter. Heaps of noise on the signal lines (that's another problem - still being investigated). Sorry about the measurement quality, a 10 MHz 8...

I would not be adverse to optional vehicle monitoring that gave me reduced premiums for sensible driving. That way I could opt in for the car and opt out for the motorbike :)

Never seen a Pinion gearbox before - nice

Two (of many) entirely plausible paths: 1) Given the disturbingly high number of suicides caused by online bullying, AI could be deployed on all social media to remove the bullies. Maybe even the trolls from ASR as well. 2) Given that most of us have many sheep like characteristics, AI could be...

Nice! You have to look twice to pick an e-bike these days

Birthday present from my darling - 12 speed Ultegra light weight climbing weapon

Macha Gharibian - Joy Ascension. This is why I love music

Is the 5 km (mile?) rule international? Breakdown within 5km of the coffee shop and you're on your own!

10 speed electronic for training and racing, 10 speed cable Campag for a spare (most agricultural mechanism ever designed, but super smooth, unbreakable and fully user serviceable), 7 speed cable steely just because, and hopefully a single speed belt drive when I can find the right one. I'm...

Cool bike! The one thing missing is a rear tail light with built in radar linked to a Garmin. Far too technological and many components to fail, but seriously one of the best safety additions you can have. Detects cars approaching and blinks at an changing rate to try and attract their...

I swore I'd never go electronic shifters - I've seen too much dead electronics in my day job. After 8 years of Shimano 10 speed Di2 (wire to the levers, not wireless like the latest 12 speed) I swear I'll never go back. Perfect shifting front and rear, but the icing on the cake is no manual...

I'm a bit left leaning, so may not reflect the views of the majority. There is only one source of funding at the end of the day ie the punter. This is either direct (as a paying user) or indirect (as a taxpayer). I'd rather my subsidies go to sustainable society benefitting stuff (ie zero...

I'm not sure why there is the expectation that EVs will suit everyone and be 100% useful for all applications. They are one piece of the solution. Things are still developing, but the writing is on the wall https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/08/business/eu-climate-vote-energy-intl/index.html. As...

The real trick is to get your EV into the electricity market. Yesterday the price was slightly -ve for a period, so theoretically I get paid to charge the EV. 3 hours ago it was $15,100 per MWh, so I could have sold 50 kWh for $755. Net profit for the day $756. Unfortunately there's a few...