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back in the saddle

This is what's called convergence.

First, I went back to my gym-in-the-morning schedule. It makes me 1000% happier. Anyone who doesn't get up at 6a is a heathen.

Next (actually, I've known this since last week, but didn't blog about it), the Monitor ADC works. That was one of the first circuits to be in an known working state once we figured out that there was a PLL problem at powerup (and FIBbed some parts to fix it). It's also completely badass, because that fucker was complex as shit and I was worried that somewhere along the line I'd failed to specify some aspect of the digital controller properly with some catastrophic failure (think: powering the chip up causes a tsunami) as the result. Fortunately, no Pacific Islanders were harmed in the testing of revA silicon—as far as I know...

Third, it appears that as of last night we're confident that the other ADCs are doing their thing. I haven't gotten to testing them just yet (I want to run the piss out of the MADC first), but Ion reported that he was able to get it working in a mode that requires several blocks, the DC ADC included, to work. Hua.

Fourth, I'm spending all my time in the lab now. Damn does it make me happy. I'm an engineer again! I'm soldering shit, poking at stuff with meters and scopes, controlling the thing via USB... OK, scratch that last one (all real engineers—in the Roberge sense—despise USB instinctively).

...and finally, I think I'm becoming convinced that I can actually control the neon JUST FRIENDS sign that apparently floats overtop my head whenever women are around. Who'd'a thunk it?

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