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>Arduino announces Arduino/Genuino 101, which is positioned at the same demographic as Arduino Uno
>Arduino 101 uses Intel Curie instead of Atmel AVR
>more advanced version that allows on-chip step debugging introduced (Arduino Zero)
>uses Atmel ARM chip
AVR is being flushed from Arduino product line-up.
>>940336
They aren't dropping AVR at all from what I can see. There is only one through hole design left, but there are plenty of 8bit AVRs there. Got a link to some article showing our claiming they're ditching AVR?
>>940336
>bga
into the trash it goes
>>940497
This. Part of the appeal for me has always been how quickly and easily I can use AVR's attiny, 328p, mega, etc.
I'm doing great with my box of 328p's and quick & easy single sided photoresist PCBs.
Fuck BGA, too unfriendly to hobbyists.
Hey 4chan i was wondering about filling in a cavity at home. Is there a way to fill it in safely and if there is how would i do it? Would using that filling replacement from walgreens work? and how would i clean it out so that i dont create a cavity under what i filled in?
Also pic not me, but is similar to what i have.
No.
But since you want to do something wrong and cheaply, you might as well rub some white epoxy in there for shits n giggles. Then have it removed at the dentist like you should.
>>940005
I remember someone died from giving themselves a root cannal with proper equipment.
Was not in a clean environment.
Died fron a severe infection.
Your options are:
If the cavity is small, heal it.
If the cavity is large, pull it.
OR
Go to the dentist.
hi diy, i'm considering building my own arcade stick both for a school project and for myself to use since i play mostly fighting games and i don't wanna buy a stick for 100+ dollars since those pieces of shits are overpriced.
I'm wondering where i could find cheap parts to use to build it since i have zero knowledge about where to buy and wherever i check parts go for a lot, but it really wouldn't surprise me if you could build your own stick for a lot less than almost 100 $.
Any suggestions would be appreciated whether sarcastic or sincere :)
shameless self bump
>>943461
>100+ dollars
Here ya go OP, great stick that will last forever for under one hundred USD.
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Fighting-Stick-EX-2/dp/B000V02P6Q
>>943465
ha, i actually laughed at that
But again, i'd rather build my own :)
How would make a chess board that had squares that would light up with your potential moves every time you picked up a piece?
Well, I can tell you there would be a computer involved.
>>941592
I don't usually like bringing arduino and raspberry Pi into projects but I think it will be necessary for this
It would be cool to use nfc tags for this
Hello /diy
So here is an idea of mine.
i was wondering if anybody has tried this before, or if its possible at all.
joining two chargers into one.
It would be ideal to somehow splice for example the 10.8 v charger socket somewhere on the 18v charger!
preferably on the side of it. So that its possible to charge both batteries at the same time.
has anyone ever tried this?
and do anyone have any good idea on where and how to place/fasten the socket?
>inb4 duc-tape or glue.
the intention is to end up with one charger, preferably not much bigger. with one cable and both sockets
im not really sure why they dont make em like this in the first place, no reason that i can think of.
the 10.8 V has a 7.2 output so why not just make an all in one charger
for the very obvious reason that some doofus is gonna plug a low-voltage battery into a high-voltage circuit and it's gonna make a big ka-boom.
Would a small 12 volt solar charge controller be the thing to put between my panel and my 12 volt deep cycle battery?
Because right now I've just been using a 7 watt trickle charge panel and want to up the ante.
Any ideas on how I can better the distortion levels on this Crate GXT dual triode 100 watt amp.
>>943667
distortion pedal
Actual mods if possible. I use an overdrive pedal to boost distortion but it seems that the amp crunch and od clash and sounds horrible.
>>943667
an idea ist to lower the negative feedback in the preamp stage. also you may try switchable diode - clipping between first and second stage; worth trying.
hi. i wan to make my own table. something like the pic. but i have no arc welder machine, but i have a lot of rivets. the problem is i just dont know how to do it. the are some tecnic to do this or is just a waste of time. also things made with rivets look better
>>943445
Use angle brackets and rivets.
>>943450
oh i see. i need to use it in al the faces of the joint?
Hvac techs what type of gauges do you have/perfer. Thinking of buying yellow jacket titan 4 way valve, digicool ak900 or testo 550.
>>943091
Yellow Jacket. I don't recommend digital at all if you can help it.
>>943091
The green jacket is better if you have the cash, but analog will always be more reliable.
Hi /diy/,
I want to build a very specific thing for my sound setup.
I'm pretty good with soldering stuff and following instructions as well as doing conversion things - but I never really built anything "from the ground up", so I have a lot of questions but really look forward to do this.
Basically I want to put a soundcard and headphone-amp into one unit, but also want a few special things:
-has to have mic-in
-headphones and (balanced) pre-out have to be usable at the same time
-completely passive but regulatable rca-in to balanced/unbalanced pre-out
(I'm planing to use that with my active speakers that accept balanced in: M-Audio BX8 D2)
of course I could buy a few different devices and chain them together to get all of this working, but why not simply diy my own solution to only have one device and no cable clutter ... also, I want to build it for fun
my plan is to order a bunch of connectors and potentiometers for the front/back panels and some off-the-shelf hardware for the three internal components (which I'd rip apart to arrange their internals in my build, soldering everything together with some wires).
I need help with selecting the right components and especially what kind and resistance of potentiometers I'm going to need.
here's my plan so far:
-audio interface: random decent USB soundcard stick with 3,5mm in and out (any recommendations for a cheap one that doesn't suck? has to be plug'n'play, no drivers)
-headphone amp: a stereo amp kit from ebay or something. the amp obviously needs some power (I haven't put that into the mockup-schematic yet)
-DI unit: likely the Behringer MicroHD HD400, because I have one and it works well
any recommendations for the usb sound card or some other things I haven't considered or should watch out for?
i think that you want a decent usb interface if im not mistaken, http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-302USB-Xenyx-Mixer/dp/B005EHILV4
this one seems to have all you need and even has phantom power and eq, all in's and out's and 2 inputs , what do you want this for anon ?
>>943380
my desk setup
but also simply to build it for fun
anyone having any idea what kind of potentiometers (resistance) I'd need to regulate one: line-level audio and two: "amped headphone"-level audio ?
Guys, I've been looking into building a smart mirror just to show weather, e-mails, maybe twitter for the news and some other basic stuff to read while I get ready to leave the house.
I know it's a double-sided mirror with a monitor and some other stuff. My question is: how do you make the monitor show what you want? Is it a web-page you assemble with a black background and keep updating the information as needed or is it something else?
Thanks!
I don't know a lot about this kind of thing. But I'd say you could either hook it up with a raspberry pi, or some kind of android phone. With like an OLED Screen
>>943839
there is an instructable and there was a reddit fag posting his builds all over the interwebs a week ago. Im too lazy to google this for you.
they are a shit idea anyway.
>>943896
Yeah, I found those. I just didn't understand how they set up their dashboards.
Why do you think it's a shit idea?
Now that the disposable camera is largely obsolete in the face of smartphones, where do people get their scrap electronics from in bulk?
Not just capacitors for hobbyist coilgun projects, but all the free LEDs, half-charged batteries, transistors and transformers, etc. What is the new age source of electronic trash?
>>943188
In the old days I'd spend hours collecting old computers and pulling transistors like this out of them because the only other source was radioshack where they were a couple dollars each. They cost pennies now so it doesn't make sense for anyone to salvage them. The electric bill from running my soldering iron would cost more than the component I used it do desolder.
Some things like large switches, stepper motors, and transformers are still worth salvaging, but not diodes, LEDs, resistors, capacitors, ICs etc.
>>943226
I find desoldering as relaxing as soldering, so not only do I get shitty 10-year old capacitors that are 10% of their rated capacitance, I also have a chance to relax.
>>943226
>They cost pennies now
Plus $15 shipping and handling.
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I need advice on buying a tool. A tool that no one likes to use. I need a new vacuum cleaner.
I live in a house with a Labrador Retriever, low pile carpeting, wood floors and a lot of foot traffic. I need a vacuum cleaner that can pick up shit on bare floors and pull out dog hair that in embedded in carpet. This is the current vacuum I have and its brush is useless so it just rolls right over the dog hair. Any recommendations?
I picked up a shark navigator a year or two ago and I'm pretty impressed with it. I only have 3 rooms with carpet and it works amazingly on those but it's even better on my hardwood floors. I've recently used the attachments for the first time on my vehicles and they're pretty handy for tight spots.
Only bad thing I have to say about it is hair got caught in the roller once and I had to clean that out. But that happens with all vacuums that I've had and it took less than 5 minutes. I have a cat and a dog btw.
Uhh, instead of using a vaccuum, save money & go to Dollarama & but duct tape & use tape on ur carpet takes alot more out then a vaccuum & it doesnt wreck ur carpet nor does it leave messy patterns its a great diy lmao
I was going to take out this closet to put in a bigger vanity, I discovered the post on the corner has been sistered. I wasn't expecting it as the wall the closet opens from seems to be structural too. Is there any other reason those studs would've been doubled?
>>943026
Seeing as how you can't even take a decent picture I doubt you can handle anything that requires skill. Hire a professional.
Sorry guys, didn't realise the picture sucked. Now it won't let me delete the post to add a different pic.
I've decided I'm tired of using chinkshit precision screwdrivers to tear apart chinkshit electronics and I want to spend some money on a gud set. The rest of the internet seems to think Wiha is the best but what does /diy/ use? Do you use multi-bits or traditional?
>>942339
I only use multibits for the random shit (read as torx). Wihas are good, but overkill if you're not working in high voltage environments. This is one of those deals where most all mid level does just as good as high level as long as you don't need the additional safety features of high level stuff...
>>942339
no point in using good stuff on cheap shit
wiha is good but for the price you can get 10 of the cheaper stuff so why?
>>942339
I'm with OP on this one. I got some Wera ones, they're pretty good. Never used Wiha.
