<p>i once killed a TM4C129x devboard by merely connecting a ground probe of a logic analyzer to a ground pin header on the board, while both of them were connected (via USB cables) to the same floated laptop</p><p>completely dead instantly, internal short</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> So good they said it twice</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> This CPU is a menace to society, isn&#39;t it?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> <br />Thanks, this has cured my imposter syndrome about CPU design</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> wasn&#39;t around for anything pre-TI, I take it that they were a separate company?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> There should be a wiki that just does errata reviews of parts and gives you a &quot;how fucked is this part (revision)&quot; rating. Kinda like the iFixit repair-ability score.<br />This would help so much with part selection.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@aleksorsist" class="u-url mention">@<span>aleksorsist</span></a></span> this is Stellaris, not TI</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> &quot;make it colder&quot; as a workaround is glorious</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> certified TI moment. I swear their analog stuff is worth it tho</p>