This Week I Learned

In the previous TWIL, we’ve learned about Thermal printers, their components, communication interfaces & Command language. In this TWIL, we’ll try to communicate with one Label Printer using its command language which is TSPL. Talking to a thermal printer using TSPL #In the previous TWIL, I explored how thermal printers work internally, identified my printer, and successfully established a Bluetooth connection to it using Python.

Topic 1 : Thermal printers #My wife started a small business & got a thermal printer to print the labels for her orders. It’s a new device for me, I’ve never interacted with one, so I decided to investigate how it works & how I can communicate with it & print labels safely, especially since the driver that the seller advised me to use is very suspicious Chinese non-official software.

Neuroplasticity #Neuroplasticity is the brain’s lifelong capacity to reorganize itself by forming, strengthening, or pruning neural connections in response to experience, learning, and environment. It’s not a metaphor, it’s a literal physical restructuring of brain tissue. The three mechanisms are : Synaptogenesis : building new synaptic connections Pruning : eliminating pathways you don’t use Myelination : brain wraps the pathways you use most in a protective layer, making signals travel faster. The more you repeat something, the quicker and smoother that connection becomes. How to drive neuroplasticity