# xan's cool space

hi, i'm xan! i have pronouns and i'm frenemies with computers. i like analog
stuff. sometimes i make electronics/[oshw][oshw] designs and share them!

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this website is really new so there's not much here yet (ed: no it's not new
anymore it's just not updated often)

just keep in mind i'm just a messy boy with adhd and a professional job
too. i like sharing stuff but i do this for fun. if something isn't finished yet
there's always a chance it never will be. not sorry 🙃

[oshw]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware

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## electronics projects

i'll linkify these as i get their locations cleaned up. some of them are
under the wrong name n shit and they're all pretty scattered

### free instruments project

the name for my more polished stuff.

- [pd2530](fip/pd2530.html)/pdp1 — a commercial quality bench power supply with
  full open design documentation! this project is my baby rn. think 80s
  tektronix documentation but with public domain cad files! it'll have its own
  section eventually.

### miscellaneous

random crap i mostly publish under my name.

- tek 7k flextender — i made a flexible plugin extender for tektronix 7000
  series oscilloscopes, so you can debug and calibrate them without expensive
  old equipment (or that one extender board the dude on ebay wants $80 for some
  milled traces lol lmao)

- tek 7k pulser — a plugin delivering a fast high quality square wave directly
  into the backplane for frequency response calibration

## a bit more about me
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- i'm a genderqueer trans lesbian
- my pronouns are it/its. sometimes i use xe/xem for myself too
- i live somewhere in usa/pnw
- legend has it i get paid to be an engineer too
- i have autism and adhd and never get anything done and that's ok because i
  have a good time
- i really like analog electronics and i think the 90s computer aesthetic
  was cool. but. nostalgia's bad for you and i'm really glad to be
  in <noscript>2023</noscript><script type="text/javascript"><!--
    document.write((new Date()).getFullYear()); // muahahaha --> </script>
- ip is fake, steal my stuff!
  - (so is physical property)
- electronics is kinda my special interest and i spend most of my time on it,
  but i also like gardening, cooking, boozemaking, and whatever other random
  hobby i've decided is my new bullshit this month
- if you want to ask me something use my fedi link

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- <a href="https://www.flaticon.com/authors/surang" title="Free icons designed by surang">Icons created by surang - Flaticon</a> (pcb, disk, noodles)
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