Something Else

[Peter Truman]

I generally use Digikey - they are based in the US and ship everywhere (for free if the order is >$X (A$60 in Australia)) - reasonable price too. I've also used Microchip directly with no problem (I just have them use my DHL account - life is easier if you have your own courier account)

[John Lawton]

Hi Peter,

you don't say which country you live in?

(I just have them use my DHL account - life is easier if you have your own courier account)

How is life easier, are all suppliers able/willing use your account?

John

[Peter Truman]

Hey John - I live in Tasmania, Australia (Tassie is the 'little' island at the bottom - so I'm down under, down under as they say. In fact Tassie is about the same size as the island if Ireland!)

[John Lawton]

Hi Peter,

yes indeed, I've been to Tassie a few times, I was in Hobart in October time visiting friends, it was pretty windy and cold then. Even worse than Melbourne was

John

[John Drew]

Hi Peter,

yes indeed, I've been to Tassie a few times, I was in Hobart in October time visiting friends, it was pretty windy and cold then. Even worse than Melbourne was

John

Tassie is a beautiful State. My brother lives there and has for many years.  Time I visited again.
There are quite a few of us Aussies on the forum.
John

[Peter Truman]

Lol - yes, Tassie can be decidedly cold and miserable, especially in the North West (I'm in Wynyard). We catch the bottom of the Roaring 40's up here so it can be very windy. But I'm originally from Birmingham UK so I'm entirely used to miserable weather!

Having said that - the summer is generally very pleasant - rarely gets past 25 deg (which is still to hot for me) with bright sunny days.

Melbourne is a lovely city - but far too many people for my taste!

[Fanie]

Re the microchips.  Very poor no matter who messed it up.  Imagine it was for an order, what do you say to the customer ?

We had a little heatwave here, pushing the 40's and even at night my office was at 34 deg.  One sweat and cannot sleep.  Thabazimbi is said to have reached 53,6 deg.  C, not F.  Thabazimbi is in the North-Western Transvaal and is well known for large Warthog.  They are
like Kudu bulls, does not belong to anyone.  The Kudu bulls jump any fence after the females and the warthog simply digs a path under the fence, which may lead to other deer escaping.  You know, the grass is always greener on the other side.  In a watermelon or corn field these Warthogs feed like baboons, take one bite and move to the next.  In a night a drove of pigs can cause quite a bit of damage.

We had better weather since, and some rain for a change too.  I sent a whatsapp message to a few friends - heavy rains here, we may rinse away, but don't worry, if you want to drop in, I will send you the pin.

https://youtube.com/shorts/XuJgqxX6mcA
I tried choosing home but....

I think he's a Zulu,  Quite a character, changing gears on his bee em trouble u scooter.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhwxZGsXKNQ
Some explanation before I drop the weekend video  of S1000RR K46

[Fanie]

I finally received the pics.
I ordered the 14 pin version, got a 20 pin instead.
They were supposed to be in a narrow package, got the wider one instead.
These are made in Taiwan, then apparently shipped to the US, and then shipped to England and then here ?
Will be a lot easier if one can order them directly from the Chinese ie Temu or one of their other buying houses.  At least you will get what you ordered and quicker too.

Some of you must have preyed (though half hearted it seems  ) because since my last post on the heatwave, it has been cloudy with (almost) rain.  I call this useless weather, at least it is not that scorching heat, but doesn't do anything else.  Just enough moisture on the road to keep the diesel spills nice and snotty for the bike eh 

[Fanie]

For those who want to create other than pic applications "Lazarus is a Delphi compatible cross-platform IDE for Rapid Application Development".
https://www.lazarus-ide.org  And it's FREE.

Windows file explorer is pathetic.  I often search for something I know I have but cannot find it.
Try Everything, and it's fast too.

Asked a friend what he was doing.  He said he was busy with hydro thermal processing of ceramic, glass, aluminum and steel under heavy overhead pressure.
Turns out he was doing the dishes under supervision of his wife.

[keytapper]

To build GUI I think that Qt Designer is also a good a RAD, with or without python.

[Fanie]

We have the weirdest weather here in Sick Africa. 
Usually we have rain and it clears up to be repeated, but lots of sun and warm days in between.  Since the heat wave some time ago, it has been mostly cloudy ever since with very little sun here and there, and some rain.  Now the roads are littered with potholes and we see someone is filling the holes up with bricks in an attempt to prevent damage to vehicles. 
And the power went off a few hours ago.  It is questionable if it will come back on again, we'll see. Maybe it's part of Trump's sanctions against Sick Africa, who knows. It's raining now and nobody will fix the power in the rain driving on potholed roads to get there. 
The wife and I visited my mother (187 years old) riding the B-King and the retarded GPS had me ride god knows where to get there.  We went through a cloudburst where some places you couldn't see the road, you eye the left and right and the road is somewhere in the middle, but you could see where the potholes are, that's where the surface water made the swirls.