.gitignore

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ result
 
 
 # Vale
-/styles/*
-!/styles/config/
+./styles/*
+!./styles/config/
 
-/styles/config/*
-!/styles/config/vocabularies/
+./styles/config/*
+!./styles/config/vocabularies/
 
-/styles/config/vocabularies/*
-!/styles/config/vocabularies/Base
+./styles/config/vocabularies/*
+!./styles/config/vocabularies/Base

.vale.ini

@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ MinAlertLevel = suggestion
 
 Packages = write-good, proselint
 
-Vocab = Base
-
 [*.{md}]
 # ^ This section applies to only Markdown files.
 #

content/blog/hikmicrothermal/index.md

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Hacking Hikmicro part 1
-description: Reverse engineering the Hikmicro Pocket C to understand the image format
----
-
-I recently picked up a Hikmicro Pocket C thermal imager, since
-my old Seek Thermal was becoming too annoying to use. The Pocket
-C is a standalone device with a much better sensor. It supports
-radiometric images as well as radiometric video and USB radio.

content/blog/yosys4gal/yosys4gal.md

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ date: 2024-06-14
 
 ## A history lesson
 
-During the semiconductor revolution, a dilemma appeared: Designing new integrated circuits
+During the semiconductor revolution, a dilemma appeared: Designing new ICs
 required a lot of time and effort to create the mask, and iteration
-expensive. Due to limited tooling, ICs could not be complex designs.
-Techniques and tools to do tasks like optimization or place-and-route did not exist or were primitive.
+expensive. Due to limited compute capability, ICs could not be complex designs.
+tools/compute to do tasks like optimization or place-and-route were limited.
 And what if you wanted a low-volume design? Programmable Logic Arrays (PLAs)
 were an early approach to these problems. The idea was simple: create a
 flexible logic architecture that could be modified later in the process to
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ electronically-erasable, 22-pin programmable logic block, which had up to 10
 outputs that are registered and used for feedback. These outputs can be tri-stated
 to give greater flexibility.
 
-![A figure shows the Output Logic Macro-cell, or OLMC. The OLMC consists of a D Flip-Flop, feedback routing, and 4-to-1 mux to select behavior](gal_olmc.png)
+![A figure shows the Output Logic Macrocell, or OLMC. The OLMC consists of a D Flip-Flop, feedback routing, and 4-to-1 mux to select behavior](gal_olmc.png)
 
 ## Back To Today: GALs in the 21st Century
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GALs operate at 5 volts is useful when interfacing with older systems and
 removes the need for a level shifter.
 
 
-In practice, this isn't all great. Programming GALs is an exercise in frustration.
+However, this isn't all great. Programming GALs is an exercise in frustration.
 Take a look at a basic combinatorial assembly file:
 
 ```PALASM
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ Not particularly.
 Well, there is a niche use case. These parts are 5-volt tolerant, and
 come in DIP packages. If you needed some basic glue logic when working on an
 older 5 volt system, you might want to have a few of these and a programmer
-instead of a collection of 74-series logic. These chips can
+instead of a collection of 74-series logic. At the very least, these chips can
 emulate any 74-series chip, and can reduce a multi-chip design to a single
 chip. The DIP form factor makes it much easier to breadboard, and the chips
 have zero start up delay.

content/decks/decks.11tydata.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export default {
 	tags: [
+		"posts"
 	],
 	"layout": "layouts/deck.njk",
 };

styles/config/vocabularies/Base/accept.txt

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Verilog
-FPGAs?
-Yosys
-ICs?
-PLAs?
-toolchains?
-testbench(es)?
-bitstream
-gateware
-mux
-
-# Terms for electronics
-GALs?
-BGA
-DIP
-SSOP
-QF[PN]
-