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nine_k on Sept 15, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Trigger Crossbar

Pretty epic. A very impressive case of building one's own tools, or, rather, a one-off tool that seems to do a simple thing. The most impressive aspect is, of course, handling various issues that normally would require making a new PCB, but the author never retreated.

kragen on Sept 15, 2025 [–]

I imagine he'll post the files, so they won't be a one-off.

stephen_g on Sept 15, 2025 | [–]

They’re already linked from the article - https://github.com/azonenberg/triggercrossbar/

azonenberg on Sept 16, 2025 | | | [–]

Yep. Although given all of the bugs, I don't recommend anyone try to build one without forking and making substantial design changes :)

kragen on Sept 15, 2025 | | | [–]

Thanks! I had missed that!

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