Batang Yagit ranks 1 on class tardiness

Yeah, maybe not totally but I still consider it.

I missed my 8 o'clock quiz, the only quiz we have in the mid terms. Yes, I did. It was so stupid for me to forget that our teacher scheduled a special class today. It was so stupid that I did not check my calendar. It was so stupid that I forgot to set the alarm last night. Oh well, I can't do anything about that. The consequence was laid upon me this morning.

If not for Chai, I would have slept longer. I read an SMS from Chai around 9.30 a.m. That's 1.5 hours after thae quiz started and 30 minutes before it would end. It was then panic hit me. I had to cram my morning activities so I could get to school before 10am. When I arrived, I decided to ask our teacher if I could enter his 10a.m. CoE (Computer Engineering) class. I pleaded before he allowed me.

There I was, sitting at the back-most part of the computer laboratory. I was so careless in answering the first part of the test. Since it was a 'no erasure' exam, I did not have the chance to change my wrong answers. The only nice thing which happened this morning was that I was able to finish the hands-on programming task for the PIC Microcontroller. I was able to load the program to my chip on time. Most of the CoE people where not able to cause our teacher switched off the main power. I think there were only two who got the hands-on right. I'm so glad I was one of the two. (No one from the 8am class got the problem right or if they did, they did not make it on time)

So that's what happened this morning and here I am blogging late at night. I have a Kalasag activity tomorrow at 8a.m. (again???). Wake me up if you get the chance. Hehehehe.

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Pilipik

Nagstustudy? Oo naman. Pero nitong isang araw, sa klase namin sa isang major subject, tinanong kami ng prof namin kung bakit daw "pilipik" at hindi "b-g-t" ang ginagamit para sa design ng pre-emphasis network ng FM transmitter.

Huh? Ngayon ko pa lang narinig yun ah. Tinanong ko ang kaklase ko kung na-lesson ba namin sa electronics 2 ang sinasabi niyang "pilipik". Ngayon ko pa lang kasi narinig yun. Baka absent ako nung maglesson si Sir sa topic na yan. Hindi niya rin alam.

Sabi ng teacher namin sa Philo, to question is a form of rupture kasi babalik ka sa sarili mo kung hindi mo naiintindihan ang mga bagay-bagay. "Bubu ba aku (expression ni Cris at Andie) ??". Ewan ko nga, wala akong nalalaman sa mga "pilipik" na yan.

Nabulantana ang buong klase. Nagkagulo. Maingay. Maraming nagsasalita ng sabay-sabay. Hindi lang pala ako ang 'bubu'. Hindi rin nila alam kung ano ang "pilipik". Buti na lang at hindi ako nag-iisa. Mwahahaha!

"Sir, ano ho ba talaga yang pilipik na sinasabi niyo?"

"Pilipik ba, pild epik transistor. Kanang peet."

"Ahhh... Field Effect. Oooookkkk... (sarcasm ends here)"

Yun naman pala eh. FET lang naman pala eh.



P.S. Baka magalit si Sir. Tinulugan ko lang ang first meeting namin kasi mainit pa ang room namin nun at hindi rin ako interisado sa mga pinagsasabi niya. Kung ano yung pinagsasabi niya, di ko muna ikekwento kasi mahirap na. Malayo pa ang Marso.

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Project PIC Loader, now WORKING!

At long last, my PIC Loader is now working. I went to school this afternoon to continue working on my unfinished project. I am still expecting that the first circuit I worked on would go to junk. I started working on my second circuit (a new one) but I stopped when I realized that several solpads were not drilled. Since I don't own a hand drill and nobody in the laboratory had the initiative to bring one, it would be a waste of time to stop working. The only option I have is to continue working on the first circuit I made. I fixed some lines which was disconnected due to my careless handling. After placing all the lines in place, I went inside the stock room to check if it works.

Whoala! It works!

Yes! It does. I don't get that stupid "Verification failed at address 0x0000h" error anymore.

Below are the images of my finished project.

Circuit II PCB

The finished project.

The unfinished Circuit II

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Project PIC Loader

I have no class yet I'm here at home doing my school project. I still have lots of school work on queue. Help me please!! T___T

I'm working on my PIC Loader now. It's a device used to load programs (or to program) into the Microchip PIC16F84A Microcontroller. The circuit is simple but troubleshooting it is ...(i dunno). I always get this "Program Verification Failed at address 0x0000h". T____T. Most of us actually get this error. Anyway, the deadliest deadline is on Tuesday. I can still work on it on Saturday and Monday. I was hoping I could work on it today but I don't have the 'equipments' needed.

Eto nga pala ang design for those "I'm a Microcontroller Programmer" Wannabe's.

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