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1. Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:36 JST Tube🌞Time

   I'm doing a more thorough reverse engineering of the power PCB from the Thinkpad 700 series. lots of work so far and there are still more parts to remove on the other side of the board!

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:34 JST Tube🌞Time

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     and here we are in Kicad 7 using the image overlay feature. it was pretty easy to get it going but the program slows down quite a bit for large images. you'll want to scale them down.

     pro tip: add a scale factor in GIMP before exporting so Kicad gets the dimensions right.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:34 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     @tubetime ooh, nifty!

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:35 JST Tube🌞Time

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     funny story, I've got two XYZ stages running at the same time in this house.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:35 JST Tube🌞Time

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     i'm using Fiji/ImageJ to do the stitching. basically you go plugins->stitching->grid/collection stitching. then you pick "Filename defined by position" and then use c{xxx}_r{yyy}.jpg" for the file names parameter.

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:35 JST Tube🌞Time

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     hmm, that turned out pretty good!

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:36 JST Tube🌞Time

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     that's both sides. phew, lots of work! the next step is to photograph the top and bottom sides of the PCB. I really ought to get a scanner. 😅

   • Tube🌞Time (tubetime@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Oct-2023 10:07:36 JST Tube🌞Time

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     I could just use a regular scanner, but this is a good excuse to try out this prototype Labsmore.com microscope that they loaned to me for free. (thanks guys!)