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Notes from the workbench: what was built, what was tested and what had to change.
On the bench now: the second stand
A smaller board, a zero button with an LED, a printed enclosure, and the tests that are still open.
What the first tests changed
A scale that lied, a task that could starve the web server, a price with six decimals and a few other fixes from the first week on real hardware.
The first test stand
An ESP32 board, an MFRC522 reader, an HX711 and a load cell on the desk: what worked on the first days and what did not.
Why SpoolTag Manager
Spoolman knows every spool, but only if someone keeps it up to date. The idea behind a station that does the weighing and the typing for you.