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I have this amber TTL monitor that seems to be defective-not working, has no burn in at all so must be low hour
I only get power LED when turning ona nd heaters but nothing else, now at first I thought uit was just waiting for signal but after trying multiple 8bit Hercules video-cards I am starting to suspect the monitor might have a fault in it.
I have no other monitor to verify that indeed it could be the monitor but am very sure it is
The monitor has 3 IC a TDA2593,TDA1170N and a 74LS136W which I suspect might be the problem, but how can I verify that indeed...
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anyone
>>1013297
It's a slow board, be patient
This is a slow board. Bump in 24 hrs. Have you got a schematic?
Instructions on how to clean your oven:
Remove the oven racks from the oven and any other obstacles that might bother you while you’re cleaning the oven.
Heat up your oven to a moderately high temperature so that the sticky grease turns into ash. After a couple of minutes, turn off your oven.
Sprinkle the baking soda on the different over spilled areas of the oven, afterward, spray water on the sprinkled baking soda and get it nicely moist and get it to a level where it’s converted into a paste.
Let it sit overnight in order to let the baking soda eat through the sticky grimes.clean your oven
On the next day grab a cleaning cloth and start wiping the baking soda from the oven (Hint: to know that you’re on the right track, check the cleaning cloth and its color should be brownish, which are the dirty, sticky grease you just cleaned off from the oven)
Use a little amount of vinegar (about two tablespoons) mixed with water to eliminate the dried off pasty baking soda remaining since vinegar reacts with baking soda and foams up which can be easily wiped off with a cloth!
Do a final wipe with a dry cloth and replace the racks back and the remaining tools back into the oven, and there you have! A nice clean oven!
see more here: http://maxglobal-appliancerepair.com/clean-your-oven-with-backing-soda
>>1013277
those sodium hydroxide based cleaners are way quicker
What's so "natural" in baking soda?
can I solder a new 3.5mm female into my phone?
the speakers work alright, but whenever I use headphones the audio is crackled and distorted.
I have tried multiple phone roms and headphones.
any advice?
Thank you for your time.
You can, ifixit and instructables have guides but it usually takes some fine solder work
Having the same thoughts about my nexus 5 after a Chinese cable raped the jack tree point flive is Chinese for 3.7 I guess
>>1013263
Look on ebay for your phone with a broken screen, they are cheap, transplant the entire pcb the jack is connected to. If you use apple your fucked.
The headphone jack is usually a seperate detachable piece from the phone that you can buy for like 4 bucks from any vendor.
Even if it isnt detachable its worth having a look for the same phone models jack piece so it fits snug with the rest of the phone.
![washing-machine-99241_960_720[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/n6n4I4g.png "washing-machine-99241_960_720[1].png")
Hey guys. I want to put a clothes washer (and dryer) in my kitchen. The house currently has none. Supplying water is no big deal as the supply lines are run in the attic space. The drain is my problem. The house is on a slab and has no basement or crawl space. The nearest drain is on the other side of the kitchen where the kitchen sink is. Since its a galley style kitchen their are doors on either end of the kitchen, isolating the only side I have space for the washer from the only side with the drain. How would I drain the washer?
I'd like to do this without resorting to a portable washer or busting up the flood and slab. Is this possible?
>>1013214
Directly behind through the wall Gumby
>>1013240
Theres a living room on the other side of the wall so that is not possible.
>>1013320
Then you can't put it there. You need to drain either directly outside, or into a nearby drain. Run a hose, run PVC. Who cares, we can't do it for you, and the water wont disappear.
Hi /diy/
I am wondering if an electronic part like this exists. I tried Google but I have no idea what it may be called, I tried "electronic that moves up and down", "pumping electronic component" etc.
Pic related. It's simply a part that can be programmed to move up and down.
"Linear actuator" is the search term you are looking for.
>>1013037
Yes this is it. Thank you so much.
>>1013047
Also try "solenoid"
I am interested in the programming and mechatronical (servo motion control etc) of robotics and much less in soldering.
Are there any robotics kits that lets me hookup a FPGA or ARM board? I want to experiment with computer vision and motion control (differential equations etc).
i got this: http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Hexapod-Six-Feet-Robot-Spider-Arduino-DIY-Robot-KIT-18DOF-NO-SERVOS-/281834708588?hash=item419ea85e6c:g:OkoAAOSweW5VPTL7
this: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-5PCS-LOT-SG90-9g-Mini-Micro-Servo-for-RC-for-RC-250-450-Helicopter/2036064605.html?spm=2114.01010208.3.2.0wgnBP&ws_ab_test=searchweb201556_0,searchweb201602_5_10037_10017_405_404_507_10032,searchweb201603_2&btsid=3e93c786-715e-410f-840e-08088077e63a
a pca9685, and a bunch of 18650, 18650 holders, and a voltage regulator. You can mount the control board with M3 size supports.
There is also a fuckton of books out there for using a raspberry pi for robotics. I've built a small one, now I am working on one that will be about the size of a powerwheels. There's a ton of shit on ebay and amazon that is basically plug and play too. I'm more into the building side myself, so I am approaching it from the other direction. All my programming is cut and paste shit.
>>1012903
>I am interested in the programming and mechatronical (servo motion control etc) of robotics and much less in soldering.
There is not much soldering involved in building robots, if you want it that way.
Method #1: you use a rasberry pi as the brains, and it has one camera port on it. you slave a arduino mega to that to act as an input/output interface through USB, to operate motor controllers, to run stepper motor drivers, to make stepper motors turn
Method #2: just like...
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How can i turn a Led, with the push of a button?
Sorry, i'm not good with electronics.
>>1012646
use this
>>1012646
Search 'latching circuit'
>>1012646
Power source, switch rated for voltage of power source(amps shouldn't matter with an led), resistor if necessary, led, power source.
Use a calculator online to determine if a resistor is needed, all you need to know is voltage, led color, and how many leds. It'll give you a resistor value, and some even tell you where to put it and how to wire leds in parallel or series to fit them all.
I'm in an apartment and I don't want to screw with the wall studs or ceiling joists. There isn't enough space for a turtledog stand or whatever else. My only option is to build a frame that spans the width of the room and stabilize it.
I've narrowed two that look like the best.
Option 1 is a horizontal 2x2 ontop of 2 2x1 nailed together and have the hammock eyebolted to the vertical 2x1.
Option 2 is a horizontal 2x2 betwen 2 2x1 with gussets at each end and the hammock eyebolted to the horizontal.
Reason I'm using 2 2x1...
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option 2 in doubling up the material holding you up, but mounting in option one with cripples under the top piece, and make sure the top piece is mounted in such a way that the load going into it is though it's thickest plane
and good luck having this hold you up i wouldn't build this with anything smaller than 2x4 pieces, though i'd probably double them up and make a frame
or i'd stop being a bitch and use steel 2x2 square tubing and weld it quick and dirty, and never have to worry about it shaking apart
>>1012262
Other than the fact that 2x2 and 2x1(?) trying to hold up the weight of a person, and my understanding that you are only building one of these "frames" I really dont think this will work for anything useful.
What keeps the frame from just falling over from its own weight, two legs of lumber won't do that. Plus I dont think I've ever seen a place actually sell a "2x1" board.
>>1012623
Yeah.. I fucked that up
1) you're right. 2x4s, not 2x1s
2) and this is to hang a hammock for my fat ass
so option 1 is 2x4s nailed together in vertical and horizontal supports
option 2 will likely have eyebolts on the side
sup /diy/ i'm a guitarfag on a first foray into making my own gear. i'm not worried about sound quality, just producing something of my own. i'm making an overdrive/distortion switch. i'm going to wire a 3-way switch in later.
i've bread-boarded pic related and the distortion works well although i found that switching the diodes out made for a better sound
only problem is that although on oscilloscope the signal seems to be boosted when through this circuit compared with just going acros the breadboard, in practicality the signal is attenuated...
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>>1012191
you have no recovery after the diodeclipping.
the diodes clip the signal down to their forward voltage.
regular diodes clip around 0.4-0.5 volts, germanium and shottkys can go as low as 0.15v
the simplest fix would be to use 4 diodes instead of two, to in series each way.
I'll see if i cant throw up a simulation to illustrate my point.
>>1012330
i made you a simple illustration.
as you can see, the stage with one diode each way clamps the signal down to +-580mv.
while the stage with four diodes clip at over a volt.
usually, clipping based pedals have a second gain stage to bring the signal up again after the diodes, but I've made a couple of single stage ones like this using diodes in series to get a higher signal.
you can also experiment with different diodes and having one in one direction and two in the other to get asymmetrical...
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>>1012335
thanks i'll try this out!
Hopefully this will be a quick thread(not even sure if I'm in the right place). So I have been having internet troubles lately, and I'm on comcast of all things which has been most distressing. After all the trouble the hellbent ISP has been, it turns out that we have old cabling; early 1980s. I know how to put cable in, I'm a journeyman CET, but as far as coaxial cables are concerned I'm a little under informed(Most companies I've worked for just hand me wire and say go from here to their). So, in order for me to keep getting 75mbs/10mbs down/up respectively,...
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>>1012034
Shielding isn't really a problem as long as you stay away from electrical lines. If you have to cross them do it at 90 degrees.
RG59 is probably what you have, just run some RG6 to your modem and you'll be fine.
>>1012038
It comes in right at the main electrical box. Plus it needs to run 8 ft on an external wall. It wont get much sun, but it will get pounded by storms regardless, so a good shield is paramount in everything. Again, this is old wiring so nothing is properly shielded, thus new shielding.
I feel your pain, was looking at the quad shielded. Not sure if anything will improve since the wire outside to the house is old as whats inside (not to mention the hobby box crappy cable I ran 15 years ago). Have a booster and their cable their connectors bla, bla. Now I'm going to move the modem to the front of the line in an attempt to stabilize the internet. Paying a megaasston for some BS HD package full of junk and have to kick the damn modem 1x a week and I'll be damned if I let the hacks into my house to butcher things.
I want to make a wood chopping block like I see in Asia, but I have absolutely zero knowledge or experience. I didnt see a woodworking general, so I'll ask a few basic quick questions.
What wood would be best for this? Do I need to use a finisher to make it food safe? I assume I just get a slab of treetrunk, sand it till its nice and smooth, oil it and then maybe seal it?
I have one of those.
Our wooden chopping board isn't even oiled or anything.
It's just a single big cutout from a log.
No-nothing is the safest way to make sure there's no contamination. If you're worried about bacteria buildup after a few years, you sand it back down again. No big deal because it's already a huge chunk of wood.
>>1011730
>I assume I just get a slab of treetrunk, sand it till its nice and smooth, oil it and then maybe seal it?
pretty much
I would just use some food safe oil
My trusty Intellimouse - the most comfortable mouse I've ever held - no longer scrolls up/down when I rotate the scroller. How can this be fixed?
I've previously fixed its double-click issue by manually adjusting the copper springs, but this time I just can't find any info (articles, videos) on the subject, and can't figure out how it even works. Is it mechanical? optical? Someone please give me a nudge in the right direction, thanks /diy/.
Sounds like the encoders went out. Find them, hook up an oscope and see if theyre working when you scroll.
this thing is probably shot. i've take one out of a old bus mouse and stuck it into a usb mouse and it worked okay (luckily the holes matched up).
>>1011670
Is this what autism looks like?
I am a poorfag graduate student. Pulling off the nasty fence posts, and replacing them with open ropes is the best I can do. But the rope I could buy couldn't fit around my whole backyard, and the photo is the best solution I could come up with that fits the conditions. What ideas do you all have to make the rope break look alright?
>graduate student
>can't communicate
FML.
Okay. What the fuck are you trying to do?
Are you trying to fence in your yard with rope? What the fuck? Why?
Your fence in the background is fine.
Learn to tie a knot so it doesn't look like shit at least.
http://www.animatedknots.com/indextypehitches.php?LogoI#ScrollPoint
>>1011357
>can't communicate
Fair enough, I am a computer science graduate student, so that's definitely a possibility.
Anyway, I am trying to rid the original nasty fence (which was basically rotting) with something else. Digging is out of the question, because literally my entire yard is inundated with stones. So, instead of creating new posts, I went with the eyelet and rope look. I think it looks good, actually.
Anyway, the bundles of rope I bought basically end at the photo. There is an opportunity to do either 1) cut the rope; or 2) keep the rope as is and add something. My question is what does 4chan think I should do? The possibility for something else is also on the table.
>>1011363
If that is your 'rotting' fence in the background there... it is practically brand new. I can't really believe the posts are rotting already.
If they are, get galvanized fence posts and replace with them.
So i started my own mead 12 days ago.. it stopped making bubbles and in my anger i broke my air lock. So question is can i drink the shit now? It smells like straight alcohol but its my first time any one got advice?
>>1010843
Grow up and stop breaking your things when you have a tantrum?
You can drink it but it won't do much. You need at LEAST two weeks fermentation (like the Mr. Beer kits) and grain kits usually need longer. The air bubbles slow down big time/stop after a few days that's normal but it's still working. Then you need it to set for at least two weeks in the bottle to carbonate. When you bottle you add a little sugar and that jump starts the process again so it can make more alcohol. But this time the air can't escape so it's forced back into the drink as carbonation. So basically no, 12 day old fermentation isn't...
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>>1010843
>in my anger i broke my air lock
What is with people on here and breaking their shit when they get angry? Do all these people just go into an autistic rage whenever something doesn't go their way?
It's an old "Pinnacle system PCI Tv Tuner"
allows a desktop pc to receive signals from a TV.
You should get a huge TV screen, and then connect it to a wireless PC with a cable box as well as internet and video games and then you could have a media center.
http://lifehacker.com/five-best-tv-tuner-cards-1600439009
the one you have is a little old school... you should stick to using a USB. Sometimes they come with a remote.
Maybe you could take it apart or something?
Basically you could use it to record TV if you want to.
>>1009021
Isn't there a way to pirate tv with this?
>>1009029
Kek
Nope. You have to plug this TV card in to the TV coaxial cable that comes out of the ground. If your provider uses TV-over-IP(ethernet->settop box -> TV) or a normal decoder box between the coax and your normal TV, you're fucked.
And no, your PC can not decode it if it's scrambled.
All this card allows you to do is record programs like a DVR.
