qaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 6 months agoSuch a pain in the saslemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1507arrow-down111cross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1496arrow-down1external-linkSuch a pain in the saslemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square20fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
minus-squareAnarchoSnowPlowlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·6 months ago“the serial output from my test unit turns into garbage and it happens at completely random times!” “Did you make sure they were plugged in all the way?” “WHAT?!?! ARE YOU SUGGESTING I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING?!?!” Some time later “Yeah, it turned out to be the serial connection was loose.”
minus-squarebitfucker@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoIt is worse in HW prototyping where sometimes loose wire is all over the place
minus-squareAnarchoSnowPlowlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months ago“Where does this green wire go?” I appreciate HW engineers and techs. I’m not afraid of datasheets, circuit diagrams, or a mso and they’re always patient enough to explain things to me so I can make the rocks behave. Or at least tell me how to go from diagram to board lol.
“the serial output from my test unit turns into garbage and it happens at completely random times!”
“Did you make sure they were plugged in all the way?”
“WHAT?!?! ARE YOU SUGGESTING I DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M DOING?!?!”
Some time later
“Yeah, it turned out to be the serial connection was loose.”
It is worse in HW prototyping where sometimes loose wire is all over the place
“Where does this green wire go?”
I appreciate HW engineers and techs. I’m not afraid of datasheets, circuit diagrams, or a mso and they’re always patient enough to explain things to me so I can make the rocks behave. Or at least tell me how to go from diagram to board lol.