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Id support this absolutely

Im not calling for war by any means, just saying theyre not allies. China/Russia arent allies, but that doesnt mean i want war with them. But I also dont want us to align ourselves with fascists, they have nothing good to offer, and it feels disgusting being associated with them in aby way, and hoping to regain our friendship with them.

The cancelling of the email account is not the reason. Its a very small part of the reason. The reason is that the US has for decades been fascist (as I have been saying in other threads, it didn't turn fascist overnight with the election of one man), imperialist, and generally a bully. As the UK was before it (and still is, apparent from their aid to the genociders), and as all empires have been and will be. It's always been fascist just been very good at biding it's time before "going public" with it, while working from the shadows to further its own agenda.

Its time we in Europe stop pretending that the US is capable of being anything other than an enemy. Its not just trump. If they do it once, theyll do it again. Whether its 1, 2, or several administrations down the line. We need to start distancing ourselves from them ASAP

Thanks for the clarification! As I said, this is my thesis project for my BSc in Computer Science, but I'm definitely considering a more electronics focused masters, especially given the fact I'm already searching for a job in the field of embedded systems/low level stuff. Might be a good piece of paper to have in the future :)

Thanks, I just submitted a new order for a kit of assorted ceramic capacitors. The comments in this post have been really helpful with regards to the capacitor question, I feel I understand it more now. You people are lovely :)

Thanks it actually was quite helpful to understand why I need to use such a capacitor for my chips! (Until towards the end he started getting really deep into it and my eyes glazed over)

Am I correct in assuming that my project and the chips I use do not really require me to put 3 or 4 different value capacitors in parallel instead of just one? Also, he mentions that its a good idea to use this technique on all chips, so would there be a downside to me placing a (or more) capacitor on the Vcc pin of all 3 of my chips (RTC, LCD display, Bluetooth) even though their datasheets might not specifically mention requiring them? Basically, if I have the capacitors, is there a reason to not put a decoupling capacitor on the Vcc pin of any chip in your circuit?

As for the RTC's 32kHz clock as you can see from my diagram I didn't connect it to anything. I was under the impression that it was unnecessary for my purpose after looking at the datasheet. Am I wrong?

I see. A new question arose from reading your reply. Theoretically, if I were to put e.g. 2x1uF electrolytic (or any type) capacitors basically in series next to the power source of a chip, does that increase reliability or is there little reward for it?

Yes, I'll probably just be doing this on breadboards, but there is a chance I might eventually move it to a PCB (assuming I learn that part of KiCAD soon enough and have enough time to order PCBs before I need to submit). In either case, the power source of the entire system will probably be some holder/rack (not sure what they are actually called) for several AA or AAA batteries. Basically it will need to be something that a theoretical consumer would be able to replace easily - the batteries that is.

Do the problems outlined in your and other's comments about these types of capacitors in this application also present from regular batteries, or are they usually not high voltage enough to cause problems?

I think I understood what you mean, but I'm not entirely sure about the last part:

but reducing voltages spikes caused by high frequency electronics they don’t do much

In this situation, would the RTC module be the high frequency electronic, or would the arduino be it (capacitor to protect the RTC from arduino's power supply??)