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Microchip to acquire Atmel For $3.56 billion
>>933262
PICduino?
>>933262
Both are Apple rip offs.
>>933262
god damn it
what the fuck atmel?
He was cooking and he burned the food, so he thinked that threw the burned food in the toilet was a good idea. How can I clean it? It is attached to the bottom of the toilet (underwater).
>>932000
stupid seems to be in the family.
>>932000
remove the toilet, dig it out.
>>932000
It should be on the embers to roast, often turn, if there is an open flame, it is necessary to extinguish the marinade. I have pork on the grill
I'm going to attempt to construct a self-powered desk fan using a v gate magnet motor.
Tell me why I'm an idiot before I waste my time pretty pls?
I know I could probably do better with solar power, but it's fucking magnets man.
>>931972
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics
>Have fun with that Nobel prize money
>>931972
>self powered
what is this bullshit?
>>931989
https://youtube.com/watch?v=bssBAb6EzM4
I know you guys are mostly into digital technology but anyway for anyone who knows plumbing pretty well, particularly steam radiators, I've got 4 in this apartment I'm in on the 3rd floor. It's a single return system meaning the radiators fill with steam and ideally have a shutoff valve which is steam/heat activated and shuts off after letting air out, then I believe after the radiator cools they open so that air can re-enter to let the condensed water (from the steam) return back down the pipe
Problem is two of my 4 radiators in here have this cap, rather...
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OP here..
I just realized that the "cap" is like a primitive sort of vent. Basically it's like a bolt, picture , with a top piece on it that screws into it as well, and presses this sort of rubber (or some old shit, it's all dirty cant tell) thing more or less against this hole which is in the main part of the bolt like piece. Sooo, that hole was actually blocked with paint, and the inside was dirty. So I got it to the point where I could blow into the hole on the inside end of the bolt, and get air through. just enough, then screwed it back on with the main part pretty firmly in, and the top adjustable piece a little bit out. This should let just enough steam out that it wont matter, but it wont let air come gushing out at 60mph like it was before in bursts....
Which tells me that that particular verical pipe isn't venting right.
Basically it's 4 floors and me and my 4th floor neighbor (3rd here) are the only ones occupying this "C" section of the apartment.
Anyhow, this should minimize but allow air exchange, just slow the rate down. Hope there is still a virtually complete loss of the noise, though...pray.
Pics? The knocking comes from the original pipes below the radiator, as the how's ages, the supply pipe moves and gets out of its optimum angle. Why would you take off the cap? Your system will not explode, those caps are there for a reason. You have 2 vents that vent the system for your apartment out...
I've worked with boiler over the last 7 years.
But I need pics.
Generally on steam rad not getting a heat call, we just pop on a new Hoffman vent. It's like $7.00 and teflon tape is fine to use being sure to use a little piece and not block the orifice.
Sometimes there's a Gland in the valve that's worn out. But checking that is probably beyond a DIY experience since you could accidentally break the valve and those a not cheap.
Don't jerry-rig a steam rad, it won't explode, but the steam can hurt you, cause a sulfur smell...
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Okay guys, im trying to reconnect my old old old seagate hard drive to my computer again.
i connected the 2 big connectors, but the 4-pin connector is missing. so im tihnking this ons is needed since windows cant find the hard drive.
any ideas?
my seagate is simular to the upper hard drive on the picture
feel free to post your own tech issues too.
the 4 pins on the 2.5" drive and the 8 pins on the 3.5" drive are designed to be used with jumpers.
They activate settings on the drive and are also used by the OEM for debugging purposes.
If both SATA connectors are attached and Windows is not finding the drive, the logical conclusion is that the drive isn't working.
If you can hear it spin up, then that means the drive is getting enough power. If you hear continuous clicking, then the drive isn't getting enough power and you're probably also getting blue screens in Windows.
>>928443
You connect the sata power cable on the right and the sata data cable next to it.
If it doesn't show up then either you are retarded or it's fucked.
The bottom drive on your picture has an 8 pin connector on the right, you don't need to worry about that. If the 2.5" has a similar 4 pin connector ignore that too.
In the olden days you used to have to tell a hard drive how to behave on the channel but now computers are a little bit smarter they work it out themselves, often incorrectly meaning...
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>>928443
>4-pin connector is missing
MUH MASTER/SLAVE JUMPER
Robot Wars is coming back!
In honour of it, what would you make if you had to make a fighting robot?
>remote control that works with light instead of radio waves
>a jammer
>>929569
You can't have anything that interferes with electronics, if I remember correctly. No flamethrowers either.
>>929581
How about rocket launchers?
So, what is the official, unequivocal, best way to prototype circuitry; pcb, vero, prefab boards, or breadboard only?
>Hint: you're wrong
>>926188
> not enough flaming on this board
And that's how we like it faggot. If you weren't such a faggot you would understand that each proto method has its own specialty and purpose, and there is no one "right" way to prototype a circuit. It depends on the circuit type, voltages involved, all sorts of shit. Go be a faggot somewhere else.
> Hint: >>>/b/
>>926188
>breadboard
I don't like these. Its really easy to make bad connections so circuits with more than a few components never work right, tripad board every time.
>>926290
> Its really easy to make bad connections
> circuits with more than a few components never work right
> never
So you don't know how to solder, and that's the boards fault?
Hello /diy/ I'm looking to put together a balloons of a word like Banksy's throw up in NY. I can't locate any material other than mylar to make em, and would prefer something that isn't shiny. What do?
>>933753
Contact cement, scissors, a sheet of any rubber you can get your hands on? Stencils?
How do I go about making a tiny, discrete speaker set to go off randomly? I need to be able to make it play specific audio.
I want to convince a friend his house is haunted.
>>933556
https://youtu.be/84Aafu61RhU
This might be a good place to start.
>>933560
Was just going to post that.
AvE truly is the king of /diy/
I know intact skins can clog. But will pulverized pulp be an issue? Don't know if it's better to post here or >>>/ck/7291317.
>>933398
No issues. In fact it is good that the rats in the sewers get nutrition as much as possible. After all, without pushing as much edible as possible in the swage system the rats and other disgusting vermin might even die! Thank Bob that isn't going to happen anytime soon.
>>933398
Throw it out in the vegetable garden for dat dere nitrogen supplementation.
>what garden?
Juicing and you don't have a garden?
I've seen enough failed drain lines and drainage issues in houses to know you should put as little as possible down your kitchen drain. Its a garbage disposal, but over the years it WILL slowly get clogged and could be avoided if you didn't use it as a trash can.
If its wet organic material like pulp and you're doing it regularly, make a compost bucket and use it on your flowers or garden.
If you're in an apartment and give no fucks, then yeah use it as a receptacle for anything that will fit and drain.
hello /diy/ i got a problem of creativity so i come to you.
i need to make a poster with 80-100 cool images like memes and much more... I've started already and i got 40 files, but now i need you anon to get more!
>>933037
go to pol or /a/
>>933037
> "memes"
> what is an image macro
> posting this shit tier on /diy/
> literally the slowest board on 4chan
I made my own borax traps, but the little fuckers just laugh at them. I even bought traps from the store which do the exact same shit as borax traps, but that just makes them take a vacation and doesn't eradicate the colony.
I'm on the second floor and I have a cat, so I have no way to find their hive or use anything super toxic. I'm literally throwing my spice rack at them, working my way up the alphabet until I find something they hate.
>>930618
have you tried... wait for it... bug spray?
also clean your kitchen better if you have a source of food they will keep coming back. clean your house good then spray around areas you seen them before... they wont return to that area
also, train your cat to kill ants.
>>930618
Terro works really well. Have never had it not work.
Post your current projects and what they are.
>Pic related.
I'm designing a simple desk for my new PC build. Body will be celery top pine and top will be Australian Hardwood.
>>914380
Clothes stand made from an inverted Ikea Frosta stool.
The wood is slightly bent in the middle unfortunately as I used a scrap piece I found in the garage.
I was originally looking for shelf brackets to use for the feet when I came across this idea http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/diy-shelf-brackets-made-from-i-63635 . The stool obviously came with a seat which I ended up using as a base. This helps keeps the stand bottom heavy and also levels out any unevenness in the right angle feet/struts.
Fiddling around in changing the pahse of aluminium. So far I have produced lots of slag. If work permits I'll continue tomorrow.
Uses waste oil as fuel. Diesel was too rough! I ran out of waste oil though. The diesel was meant for my flamethrower-to-be.... Used just a bit.
I want to convert my wardrobe to a computer desk. I still don't know what material I will use for the top. Maybe buy a custom cut glass, I don't know
Hi I'm looking for any advice or ideas on how to finish this window. In other rooms they're flush with the wall so I just have a plastic trim to cover the wall/ window boundary however due to the tiles this one is set back from the wall and the frame partially hidden by the adjacent wall on the left. Please help me finish the bathroom?
http://www.premiumplastics.co.uk/white-pvc-trim-20mm-1573-p.asp
If the profile isn't deep enough you might be able to use conventional upvc quadrant.
So I'm having best buy install a radio and the led monitor for my car because it also tells me gas mileage and oil life and all that stuff. I'm also going to replace the car speakers but the installation bay said it would be an additional 190$ to the 70$ for the radio and its frame (190 is for parts and labor) for a total of 260$. Would I be better off installing just the speakers myself? Is it difficult or should I just pay best buy
>>933267
If your car is less than 2 years old, have it done.
If it's more than that, you're giving money away.
>>933269
It's a 2006 G6
>>933270
>2006
sheeeeiiitttt.. you might as well be driving a 1986 yugo
