That'll be me I guess :) An ancient, experienced FDE. Started programming the ZX81, went through mainframe, microcontrollers, mobile, desktop, web, client server all the way through to AI. Knowing so many different technologies, software languages and infrastructures helps.
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(For the people from many countries who follow me, here is the English version of the post below.)
WHILE EVERYONE IS CHASING SPACEX STOCK, SMART MONEY IS ACCUMULATING THE ROCKET FUELERS!
While Elon Musk conquers the skies and orbits, there is a hidden space empire in the stock market experiencing hyper-growth under the radar. SpaceX does not fly alone. The massive supply chain behind it is fueling the growth engines of publicly traded companies. (Just look at their 1-year returns)
Here are the hidden giants multiplying their revenues as Musk cranks up the gears:
Linde Plc ($LIN): One of the most critical background players in the SpaceX ecosystem. It is the primary supplier of industrial gases like liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen used in rocket launches. According to Morningstar analysis, Linde directly supports roughly 70% of SpaceX launches and has established dedicated facilities near launch sites for Starship operations.
Moog Inc. ($MOG.A): Producing precision control systems for the aerospace and defense industries, Moog provides critical electromechanical components for satellites and spacecraft. It is among the suppliers benefiting directly from SpaceX's increasing launch volume.
Intel ($INTC): Acts as a technology partner in Elon Musk’s ecosystem (Tesla and SpaceX), collaborating on advanced semiconductor architectures and co-production initiatives like Terafab.
Alphabet Inc. ($GOOGL): Google’s parent company, Alphabet, not only provides cloud data infrastructure to SpaceX but also made an early-stage investment of $900 million in the company back in 2015.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions ($KTOS): Providing satellite ground systems architecture (OpenSpace) both directly and indirectly, this company is one of the background actors benefiting the most from the commercial growth of Starlink and similar massive satellite constellations.
Carpenter Technology Corp. ($CRS): This 135-year-old metal company is one of SpaceX's most vital suppliers. It supplies the specialized aerospace alloys and stainless steel derivatives used in Starship rockets and Raptor engines to withstand extreme temperatures and pressure.
Materion Corp. ($MTRN): Produces beryllium alloys, advanced coating materials, and optical components that are critical for the space industry. These high-performance materials are heavily utilized in SpaceX's satellite systems and launch vehicles.
Hexcel Corporation ($HXL): Supplies carbon fiber and advanced composite materials to aerospace giants, which are essential for making rockets lightweight yet durable.
STMicroelectronics ($STM): This Geneva-based semiconductor giant has been working with SpaceX for nearly a decade. The radio frequency (RF) antenna chips, microcontrollers, and security elements inside the millions of Starlink terminals (satellite dishes) on rooftops are largely manufactured by STM.
Broadcom Inc. ($AVGO): Supplies specialized networking chips and switching hardware that enable high-speed data communication for Starlink satellites' ground stations and global network infrastructure.
Trimble Inc. ($TRMB): Offers advanced positioning technologies and software for millimeter-precision positioning of SpaceX vehicles, autonomous rocket landings, and orbit tracking of Starlink satellites.
Garmin Ltd. ($GRMN): Manufacturing aviation-grade navigation systems, sensors, and flight deck components, the company plays a key role in commercial spaceflights and capsule integrations.
EchoStar / Dish Network ($SATS): A highly critical partner for the realization of Starlink's direct-to-cell satellite internet project. SpaceX signed a multi-billion-dollar frequency band agreement with EchoStar and provided SpaceX shares in return.
HERKES SPACEX HİSSESİ PEŞİNDE KOŞARKEN AKILLI PARA ROKETE YAKIT TAŞIYANLARI TOPLUYOR! 🚀🔥
Elon Musk gökyüzünü ve yörüngeyi fethederken borsada sessiz sedasız hiper büyüme yaşayan gizli bir uzay imparatorluğu var. SpaceX tek başına uçmuyor. Arkasındaki devasa tedarik zinciri borsadaki şirketlerin büyüme motorlarını alevliyor. (1 yıllık getirilerine bakın)
Musk vites artırdıkça cirosunu katlayan gizli devler⬇️
🔵Linde Plc $LIN : SpaceX ekosistemindeki en kritik arka plan oyuncularından biridir. Şirketin roket fırlatmalarda kullandığı sıvı oksijen ve sıvı azot gibi endüstriyel gazların ana tedarikçisidir. Morningstar analizlerine göre Linde SpaceX fırlatmalarının yaklaşık p'ini doğrudan desteklemektedir ve Starship operasyonları için fırlatma alanlarının yakınında özel tesisler kurmuştur.
🔵Moog Inc. $MOG.A : Havacılık ve savunma sanayisine hassas kontrol sistemleri üreten Moog uydular ve uzay araçları için kritik elektromekanik bileşenler sağlamaktadır. SpaceX'in artan fırlatma hacminden doğrudan olumlu etkilenen tedarikçiler arasındadır.
🔵Intel $INTC : Elon Musk ekosisteminde (Tesla ve SpaceX) Terafab gibi ortak üretim ve gelişmiş yarı iletken mimarilerinde teknoloji ortağı olarak rol oynamaktadır.
🔵Alphabet Inc. $GOOG : Google'ın çatı şirketi Alphabet SpaceX'e sadece bulut-veri altyapısı sağlamakla kalmıyor aynı zamanda şirkete 2015 yılında 900 milyon dolarlık erken aşama bir yatırım yapmıştı.
🔵Kratos Defense & Security Solutions $KTOS : Doğrudan veya dolaylı olarak uydu yer sistemleri (OpenSpace) mimarisi sunan şirket Starlink ve benzeri devasa uydu takımyıldızlarının ticari olarak büyümesinden en çok fayda sağlayan arka plan aktörlerindendir.
🔵Carpenter Technology Corp. $CRS : 135 yıllık bu metal şirketi SpaceX'in en önemli tedarikçilerinden biridir. Starship roketlerinde ve Raptor motorlarında kullanılan aşırı sıcaklığa ve basınca dayanıklı özel havacılık alaşımlarını ve paslanmaz çelik türevlerini tedarik etmektedir.
🔵Materion Corp. $MTRN : Uzay endüstrisi için kritik öneme sahip olan berilyum alaşımları gelişmiş kaplama malzemeleri ve optik bileşenler üretir. SpaceX'in uydu sistemlerinde ve fırlatma araçlarında bu yüksek performanslı malzemeler yoğun olarak kullanılmaktadır.
🔵Hexcel Corporation $HXL : Roketlerin hafif ama dayanıklı olması için gereken karbon fiber ve gelişmiş kompozit malzemeleri havacılık devlerine sağlar.
🔵STMicroelectronics $STM : Cenevre merkezli bu yarı iletken devi yaklaşık on yıldır SpaceX ile çalışmaktadır. Milyonlarca evin çatısında bulunan Starlink terminallerinin (çanak antenlerin) içindeki radyo frekansı (RF) anten çipleri mikrodenetleyiciler ve güvenlik elemanları büyük oranda STM tarafından üretilmektedir.
🔵Broadcom Inc. $AVGO : Starlink uydularının yer istasyonları ve küresel ağ altyapısı için yüksek hızlı veri iletişimi sağlayan özel ağ yongaları ve anahtarlama donanımları tedarik eder.
🔵Trimble Inc. $TRMB : SpaceX araçlarının milimetrik hassasiyetle konumlandırılması, otonom roket inişleri ve Starlink uydularının yörünge takibi için gelişmiş konumlandırma teknolojileri ve yazılımları sunar.
🔵Garmin Ltd. $GRMN : Havacılık standartlarında navigasyon sistemleri, sensörler ve uçuş kontrol paneli bileşenleri üreten şirket ticari uzay uçuşları ve kapsül entegrasyonlarında rol oynamaktadır.
🔵EchoStar / Dish Network $SATS : Starlink'in uydudan doğrudan cep telefonuna internet projesinin hayata geçebilmesi için çok kritik bir ortaktır. SpaceX, EchoStar ile milyarlarca dolar değerinde bir frekans bandı anlaşması yapmış ve karşılığında bu şirkete SpaceX hissesi vermiştir.
(Görsel Midas'tan alınmıştır)
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Ever found some microcontrollers and I2C display you don't remember inside a gamestop bag in a drawer you forgot about? me either 😅
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"Measurement/Observation: Use an oscilloscope to watch induced voltages or standing waves. (check have an oscilloscope).
Place magnets/crystals in the center for "vortex" tests (spin or observe fields).
For cybernetics/event mapping (per the post): Hook to sensors/microcontrollers; use coil output as feedback in a system."
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Marvin Liao🇺🇸🇨🇦🇯🇵🇹🇼🇺🇦🇮🇹🇸🇦🇦🇺🇦🇱 retweeted
Silicon is the intersection of hardware and software. We need more microcontrollers in more places. Gathering better information from more machines is how we move on to the next level of efficient operations. Factories are long overdue for upgrades. Old machines are begging to be learned from.
We are long overdue for something purely American!
Arduino doesn't stand a chance.
Raspberry Pis are from the UK
Ti couldnt care less
The esp32 is purely Chinese
We need secure, American controlled, American built, affordable microcontrollers built on more recent architecture.
I will change this
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While I agree, AI can accelerate hardware rapidly at the intersection called microcontrollers. It's amazing what I achieved in one day of Fable usage. Vs two weeks of opus.
Then again it's amazing what I achieved last year with opus vs 2020 by hand coding.
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Trying to figure out what’s next for RiiDraw. Supply issues on the microcontrollers has been frustrating. Wondering if we need a better pcb that can handle the headerless pico boards. Or is the next step a full custom adapter with mcu on-board? (1/3)
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Advanced Ghidra processor module for flawlessly reverse-engineering, disassembling, and decompiling AVR microcontrollers. #Embedded #ReverseEngineering github.com/mytechnotalent/G-…
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Embedded Software Engineers who work with microcontrollers with limited bits, like the PIC16 series. (still being used in coin slots)
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Assembly language exists in one context, low level language addressing microcontrollers. Not sure how that would work in native langauges.
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you outclassed everyone. fuck the capitalist microcontrollers and their programmers.
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Learnt of so many methods. Oh, well, it's been a day!
Looks like I found a project for microcontrollers.
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Bridging the gap between college learning and industry skills starts with the right guidance. 🚀Gain practical exposure to Embedded Systems, Microcontrollers, LabVIEW, and more to build a strong foundation for your core engineering career. 💡💻#FITA #FITAAcademy #EmbeddedSystems
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It's frustrating that although when I was younger everyone told me I was smart, I don't feel all that smart. I have to constantly study, exercise my brain, try to stay on top of everything just to be slightly less retarded than the average person.
Part of it of course is age. In my twenties I had a pretty good grasp of reasonably advanced mathematics, calculus, diffiQs , matrix algebra, abstract algebra. I have memories at worked well, I didn't need to constantly take notes, I could remember things.
I was a fairly competent coder, and could actually build stuff out of computers, microcontrollers, write the software and burn it into ROMs to make them work together. That's all gone now.
At least I'm smart enough not to vote for bread and circuses.
I fantasized that perhaps @Devon_Eriksen_ doesn't think that I'm too retarded to be allowed to vote.
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The problem with universal suffrage is that the more technologically advanced a civilization becomes, the smaller the fraction of people there are in it with the native intelligence to understand how it works.
When the majority of humanity was employed in whacking at the dirt with a pointed stick, and the height of technology was a slightly better pointed stick, anyone with a triple digit IQ could understand what was going on.
Now, we have things like stock markets, the internet, transportation infrastructure, and the Linux kernel, but most people who vote are unable to conceive of these as anything but large piles of chocolate coins, or something else they can put their mouths.
Because that's how the average monkey interacts with money. They stack the blocks, the research assistant gives them a token, they exchange the token for a banana.
It's no good trying to explain to the monkeys what supply chain is, or how a trillion dollars worth of rockets can't magically be converted into a trillion dollars worth of bananas just because they're both measured in dollars, as if a six-foot man and a six-foot plank of wood were interchangeable.
Finding a slightly different explanation, or getting the monkeys to sit still and really listen, doesn't really help.
Because the problem isn't just that the monkeys aren't paying attention. The problem is that the monkeys are monkeys.
Their brains simply don't have the developmental capacity to grow the neural connections they would need in order to grasp and manipulate the concept.
In the long term, this is why universal democracy is doomed. Because societies that let retards vote will fail, and be replaced by those that don't.
You may think that we, as a society, face a great variety of problems. We do not. We have only one. Retards. Every other problem we have is downstream from their inability to understand the consequences of their political opinions.
But to fully grasp the implications of this, you have to understand that the definition of "retard" changes over time, as technology advances, because the IQ level required to grasp what's really going on gets steadily higher and higher.
Eventually, the category "retard" grows until it includes the average person.
This has already happened.
Nick Knudsen isn't dumber than the average guy. But the average guy, the 100 IQ salt of the earth guy that's sitting on the next bar stool over, can no longer understand the modern economy. And this isn't correctable, because the problem isn't ignorance, it's complexity.
You can't make Nick Knudsen smarter by telling him things. You can't even make him less ignorant, because the bare facts aren't believable to someone who doesn't have the framework to understand how they fit together.
The people who understand what's going on are so much smarter than him that he doesn't even think they sound smart.
He thinks they sound crazy.
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How do standard AC dimmers keep their switching symmetrical?
While the humble DIAC (Diode for Alternating Current) might seem like a legacy component in an era dominated by microcontrollers, it remains an incredibly elegant, low-cost solution for AC power control.
Because standard TRIACs are notoriously asymmetrical when switching across different halves of the AC cycle, they need a reliable trigger.
That is where the DIAC shines. With a sharply defined breakover voltage (typically between 25V and 48V, like the classic DB3), it acts as the perfect symmetrical trigger diode to ensure smooth, even firing.
In my video, I explain:
✅ How DIACs work and their bidirectional breakover characteristics.
✅ The 3-layer vs. 5-layer internal structures.
✅ Real-world applications, including a teardown of a classic domestic light dimmer.
✅ Ingenious alternative uses, like pulse generation and voltage-to-frequency converters.
If you are designing power control circuits, or just enjoy diving into the mechanics of fundamental "jellybean" electronic components, you can watch the full explanation here:
👉 youtu.be/hCl4WqgFFGE
What’s your favourite "simple but clever" component that still holds its ground in modern designs? Let's discuss in the comments!
#ElectronicsEngineering #PowerElectronics #CircuitDesign #ElectricalEngineering #DIAC #TRIAC #techhistory
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Okay thanks!! Luckily the wires are absolutely easy to get, it was just the correct microcontrollers needed to be imported lol. But once they arrive I am gonna have a great time adding my cat as a pet >:)
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