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I was tracking down the weirdest bug in a circuit I'm building. It was waking up my little MCU seemingly randomly and I couldn't figure it out. It was supposed to wake on button press.
After awhile I realized it would wake up every time I moved, which was weird.
I forgot a pulldown resistor on my button's output line! I was changing the ambient electrical properties of the environment around the wire whenever I moved, which was kind of cool.
It's due to the fact that there's a touch sensor attached to the MCU's input pin I was using for the button. That's fine, but you need a pulldown resistor!
I guess I could use this "bug" to make a digital theramin. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Woooo-oooo-wah!
Do you recognize that tune? I don't. Theremins must be one of the hardest musical instruments to play.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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The theme music from the original The Day The Earth Stood Still, composed by John Herrmann, included a theremin.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Only if she documents it! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Welcome in the club! 
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Cool! 
Only on CP would this have reported in such an interesting way.
One can learn something new everyday.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Can this be extended to track suspicious movements in the neighbourhood? In essence a new type of security device.
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Too long a range. The way this works it's only very close proximity.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I guess I could use this "bug" to make a digital theramin.
I didn't know what the ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) was that, so I searched and it does sound pretty cool. i.e. Amazing Theremin Music Compilation 🎵 - YouTube[^] (second song from Ennio Morricone is pretty cool too)
Addition... Jean Michelle Jarre... damn it. So long I know that song and I didn't know it was done like that. 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Large snake by a road hesitates, pays rent (7)
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Boarder
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Yay! YAUT! 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Was it
Large Snake - Boa
by a road - rd
hesitates - er
?
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Yes, it was
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Well done you are definitely getting the hang of setting them 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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pkfox wrote: Well done you are definitely getting the hang of setting them
Thank you!
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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They don't have to be difficult but they do have to be solvable
if one of mine isn't solved I've either written an incredibly good clue (highly unlikely) or I've written it badly
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
modified 16-May-23 4:59am.
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I completely agree - especially (for me) the "highly unlikely" part. 
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Well done - on both our counts (I even solved it too)!
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@ChandraRam
Where's the CCC? (I thought I'd be preemptive today!)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Is it that time already? OK - will post shortly.
OT:
After a solo recital, the artiste was so happy and proud when a member of the audience asked for an encore. The encores went on for a while and the confused artiste asks "Do you like that piece so much, sir? The reply is "No sir, I am going to do this till you get it right!"
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Btw, I have been using the Randon Word Generator you pointed me to, thanks! Used that the last two days.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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My wife arranged to go to the markets, then the state art gallery with 2 other families. The went well, a patch of rain at the markets, kids being kids at the art gallery. We stopped in the domain (park) opposite the art gallery to let the kids burn off the remaining energy.
So we sat down in park bench seating, eating and talking. somehow, I managed to choke on a small piece of apple. Got lodged 20cm / 7.8" down my throat. Tried a lump of bread to dislodge it with no luck. I could still breathe, so asked to go to the nearest hospital. They were fussing over who would drive me. Meanwhile, I'm involuntary dry-reaching, drooling, nose running, eyes watering, can't see anything. Then one of the mothers finally called the ambulance. 2min later, I was loaded into the ambulance and off to the hospital. All that I could think was, dam, I'm going to miss the boss events in the Diablo 4 server slam.
TL;DR: After drooling approx 1.5L / 50 ounces of saliva, they took me to surgery, knock me out, then used camera and forceps to remove a 1.7cm / 0.67" piece of apple.
Here is the best part. When I went to surgery, they bagged my clothes and my wife took my wallet home. We live over an hour from the hospital. It turns out that I had the house keys in my jacket pocket, and my wife did not take hers, so she was locked out and did not have the car keys, so ended up sleeping over a friends place. I could not get home as she had my wallet. Hospitals are slow. I saw the doctor at 10am and was ready to be discharged. I could not get out until 4pm due to "paperwork". A friend had to drive her to the hospital to collect me. So our poor pets had to wait until dinner time the following day before they could be fed.
Not just another mother's day...
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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