{"id":2640,"date":"2015-04-23T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T23:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/soldersmoke-arduinwoes-and-brainwagonbastas\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:38:30","slug":"soldersmoke-arduinwoes-and-brainwagonbastas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/04\/23\/soldersmoke-arduinwoes-and-brainwagonbastas\/","title":{"rendered":"SolderSmoke, ArduinWoes, and BrainwagonBastas!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It might not be apparent, but I have it on good authority the guy with the blue face pulling the Brainwagon <\/a>was saying “BASTA!” when this drawing was made, probably after an evening spent with Arduinos and their fascinating I2C libraries. <\/strong>
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Mark, K6HX, kindly offered to help us with our ArduinWoes (painful details are available in SolderSmoke Podcast #175<\/a>). Mark went to the trouble of getting the display and I2C backpack that have been giving us trouble, and then went and did a lot of testing to find the origins of the problems. He has written this all up in two brilliant blog posts: <\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/brainwagon.org\/2015\/04\/21\/a-not-entirely-simple-lcd-display-for-the-arduino\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/brainwagon.org\/2015\/04\/22\/using-a-sainsmart-lcd-panel-with-the-arduino-1-6-3-ide\/<\/a>
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You will notice that Mark has made quite liberal use of the word “basta.” As Pete has noted, in order to get the full effect of this very therapeutic Italian word, you have to make use of the correct hand gesture. Veronika nails it at about 1:28 in this video (WARNING: VERONIKA CAN BE QUITE EXPLICIT): <\/strong>
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