Elecrow PCB Review
PCB design art is something I have been experimenting with. Recently, I used Elecrow PCB who offers yellow soldermask with black silkscreen without additional cost.

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Fixing CP2102 with custom VID/PID
I bought some cheap CP2012 serial IC chips from AliExpress. Maybe it was too cheap at only SGD3.86 for 5 pieces with free shipping. Of course, I should have expected some issues to pop up when I started using it.

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Chinese Altera Max II CPLDs - Hello World in Ubuntu
About a year ago, I bought some cheap Altera MAX II CPLD boards from eBay. I remember it was pretty cheap, about USD10 with free shipping for both the board and programmer. However, I never really got to it because of my busy schedule last year. Now with stay home measures in place due to the pandemic, I finally have time to start learning about CPLDs.
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