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Post by Venomeye on Apr 24, 2007 21:56:27 GMT -5
I love working with them, and "modding" stuff to death. You won't believe how fun it is! Though I still do not understand how they work, and how to program electronics, I still have lots to go. Now how to make NES games and install programs on their chips....... it's been done before.
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Post by Poofiemus on Apr 24, 2007 22:27:53 GMT -5
Ah, so you did that to a 5" screen? Mine's 20". ^^; From what you said, my poor compy would be out of commission for quite a while if I tried that! *hugs the compy* I'd never do that to you, darling....
You are a modding guru if you've added LEDs to things. *is impressed*
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Post by Pipe Organ Wolf on Apr 24, 2007 22:47:32 GMT -5
I built a witch's wand with a little switch on it and an LED on the end, but it was really low-tech. I ripped a battery case off something, duck-taped it to the stick, ran wire and a switch, to a yellow LED at the end. It was pretty cool, even if it was low-tech.
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Post by Venomeye on Apr 24, 2007 22:55:21 GMT -5
Was it a DTDP switch? Or a STDP? With the former you can switch to two different things, but one at a time. So if you wanted you could switch between lights. Then flip back and forth between them real fast. I need to build an 8-series battery connector, because the battery in my device is a whole packaged one that connects via positive and negative through a single plug, and there is a crack in the plug and it loses power for split seconds at random times.
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Post by Pipe Organ Wolf on Apr 24, 2007 23:43:35 GMT -5
Umm, I'm bad on my acronyms, but it was single pole on/off.
The connection can't be reinforced with solder or anything?
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Post by Poofiemus on Apr 25, 2007 2:37:17 GMT -5
I'm not sure WHAT in the heck he's talking about, since he seems to have stopped speaking English, but I'm guessing that it was a haphazard job to begin with and he wants to go back and do it right.
Venom, if I'm wrong, feel free to fwap me.
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Post by Venomeye on Apr 25, 2007 8:52:47 GMT -5
Well that's possible, but then I'd have to find out where the crack is first beneath all of that plastic shielding (the ones that cover wires), and then do it. I'm just going to buy a new plug and open up the battery, and install a new one, problem solved! They sell spare plugs at Radioshack too, where I also need to buy a new coil.
The job wasn't as much haphazard as it was just unlucky. See the battery would get "snagged" once in a while, when it fell, but stayed hooked in. It just broke the wires inside eventually, but with the 8 series connection (like those battery inserts to almost all electronic devices, spring to flat metal) the connection would never break, but then I'd have to recharge all the batteries seperately (but four at a time). It's cheaper to build your own battery pack then buy one from the store. Just get some 2500 mAh Nickel-Metal Hydride Energizers (8 for 20 dollars), and you could build yourself a nice pack for a phone, multiple phones, or something similar. The 2500 mAh of extra juice would outweigh the cost of a similar priced battery pack containing something less powerful (probaby around 1500 mAh, or if it's a Nickel Cadium, something like 700 mAh... TERRIBLE).
Just make sure the batteries have equal charge in them before you start making a pack, either fully drained or charged. If you have different batteries at different levels, one could go into reverse polarity. It's when you start to force energy out of a battery that no longer has it, and then it's negative flips with it's positve. So the + end is technically at the - end now, and if it's in a pack, that might start alot of smoke or even a *gasp* fire. It's nothing to worry about if they're all at the same level (even a little margin would be okay), but as long as it's not too much of a difference between the batteries.
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Post by Pipe Organ Wolf on Apr 25, 2007 10:07:43 GMT -5
It sounds like it would be easier to make sure they're all charged. Most chargers have little indicator lights to let you know that they're charged.
Man, I'll have to keep this in mind. My cordless phone's rather old. I'm not sure how much life the battery has anymore.
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Post by Poofiemus on Apr 25, 2007 12:16:26 GMT -5
So THAT'S what you were doing. I didn't even know that was possible! It's too bad my mom's camera battery is so thin; I don't think your custom pack would fit it.
Though that reminds me, I should start using rechargable batteries in mine. It eats batteries like nobody's busniness!
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Post by Venomeye on Apr 25, 2007 12:24:34 GMT -5
Just remember the batteries have to connect a certain, for a "series" connection (which is what you want), you would connect the batteries as if it were a stiring. The first positive goes to the negative then to the postive on that battery go to the other nega- and uhh umm
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Post by Pipe Organ Wolf on Apr 25, 2007 12:35:23 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Like putting batteries in the remote wrong just to make it smoke. I get it !
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Post by Poofiemus on Apr 25, 2007 17:24:16 GMT -5
O.o Do we have a pyro on our hands? Venom, I'm adding you to my "electronics emergency" contact list.
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Post by Pipe Organ Wolf on Apr 25, 2007 19:51:43 GMT -5
*shrugs* Just a bit. *sticks finger in candle flame*
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Post by Venomeye on Apr 25, 2007 21:31:11 GMT -5
Aww I feel needed now. Next time your computer explodes and gets pieces everywhere, call me and I'll tell you to buy a new one.
Ahhh why would you do that? You'll... burn your finger!
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Post by Pipe Organ Wolf on Apr 25, 2007 21:35:27 GMT -5
Not if I take it out real quick! *examines finger, then drops hand by side. Dog immediately comes up and licks the soot off my finger*
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