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We've had a few cold days and my car wouldn't start anymore. It did a few 'wup wup wup-s' and that was it. Today I tracked down my radio to be the culprit. When I measured it today I determined it to have a standby consumption of 1.44W (120mA). And that sucks the battery dry in about 10 days. Something must have broken, as it didn't do that before. I couldn't find any obvious things like blown caps. The main amplifier gets a bit warm without any load attached and there is absolutely no signal reception anymore... DOH!

They don't make chips anymore. And Austria... I'm shocked.

I like these multi-function potentiometers. Maybe I will save them from getting recycled too soon.

"... chronic common LED jockey fragments ..." "... demo cipher ..." - NO NO NO - I do add meaningful comments to my code. Almost as good as "This provides top to which!". And that came from a human being - as far as I know. The source of that one is a secret.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.

The new RGB LED Ring v2 is powerful enough indeed. Using the Arduino 'ShiftPWM' library (slightly adjusted) gives super-smooth fading effects.