Desk of Ladyada - Busy week, lots of revisions & some interesting new chips

This week was massive in the fabrication dept at adafruit with a lots of revisions that we started a few months ago. Check out https://www.adafruit.com/new/ to see check them out. While this week was busy managing those revs, we're checking out some other sensors that caught our eye for turning into STEMMA QT boards: VL53L4CX (6m range ToF!), ENS160 (AQI sensor), DRV8231 (3.7A H-bridge), and LPS28 (4000 hPa barometer). Mr ladyada also picked up a nifty old book on computers. The Great Search - Miniature Ferrite Core Ring (Toroid) https://www.digikey.com/short/3md320f9 We were flipping through a cool old book on how computers were made and there was a section on 'core memory'. This is how data was stored dynamically on computers before capacitive-based RAM. Instead of storing a charge on a transistor's gate, the flip of a ferromagnetic core in a grid could store a single bit. Some folks make core memory for fun now - you just need some enameled wire and miniature ferrite cores! while the ultra-tiny rings of yore are no longer made, you can still get some pretty small toroids. Let's see what's available at Digi-Key! Computers: Their History and how They Work by Richard B. Rusch (1969) https://awfullibrarybooks.net/ye-olde-computer-book/ #deskofladyada #thegreatsearch #adafruit Visit the Adafruit shop online - http://www.adafruit.com ----------------------------------------- LIVE CHAT IS HERE! http://adafru.it/discord Adafruit on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adafruit Subscribe to Adafruit on YouTube: http://adafru.it/subscribe New tutorials on the Adafruit Learning System: http://learn.adafruit.com/ -----------------------------------------