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My Battles With Asciidoc

I write most of my documents in asciidoc as it advertises, and mostly does, that almost any publish ready output can be produced from the same source. All was fine until I wanted to include formulae in a doc. It took a while but I got there in the end. This is what I did.

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Mantis GIT Integration

I'd read many web tutorials about integrating MantisBT SVN with and I  wanted to do the same for GIT.  My git server and MantisBT server are  the same machine which greatly simplified the process.

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Stripboard Layout Using KiCAD

I recently completed a project that required a small number of PCBs with an AtTiny85 microcontroller. It was not worth getting boards made and time was short so I used  the old tried and tested stripboard. In the past I've never bothered to  layout the board on paper I just did it in my head. Invariably I made a lot of errors and also this board was a little more complicated.

 

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KiCad Screen Print

KiCad's footprints, by default, deosn't put the resistor values on the  screen print layer for some reason. I understand this for SMDs but for  resistors with leads it makes no sense at all. Why this is so I've no idea.

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