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Thanks 🙂

In my opinion (!) you can't go wrong with a Meanwell (my default source for power supplies) or a Delta (seeing them a lot on professional equipment). Can't say anything about XP.

You're very welcome!

Yes, it's just "canned air". That is I believe there's CO2 in my can. If you "squeeze out" a bit of liquid CO2 (holding the can upside down) you can get as low as -78,46 °C (at least at sea level).

@@robertssmorgasbord thx i will try that, my apliaction is the oposite of yours, im triying to measure the interferences the metalic can cause so i can detect large metal bodies

@@TraceWarrior You're welcome! Your project sounds very interesting. Some sea mines are triggered by changes in the magnetic field, and I think it's also used to detect submarines. Let me know how your project goes.

Thanks for the info! And yes, you're right about the b-axis stuff. Though normally a b-axis is not just adjustable but can be rotated dynamically during the machining, can't it?

Proxxon refers to head tilt. I suppose we could call it rotation about the Y-axis, rotation in X-plane or B-axis positioning. Perhaps someone has explored making it into a controllable cnc 5th axis? I’ve been thinking about a 4-axis ballscrew cnc conversion.

@@blueytoo1538 I actually though about a contraption with a leadscrew for adjusting the "head tilt". Using some sort of hammer for the fine adjustment is a bit time consuming and tiresome.

Life writes the best jokes 😅 And you're very welcome!

Uh, that's exactly what I do in the video. If you're looking for the code: th-cam.com/video/a5pN_q2-PG0/w-d-xo.html

In principle yes. Have a look at the "The Details" videos (links in the description) were I developed my own library. It includes the following functions: boolean readTemperature(); int rawTemperature(); From the datasheet: "Temperature output, unsigned format. The range is -75~125°C, about 0.8°C/LSB, 00000000 stands for -75°C". Please note that the operating temperature range is -40°C to 105°C!

My best guess would be that the coroplast tape and/or the sealing tape you used changed it's thickness, respectively, it's dielectric constant quite dramatically with changing temperature.

@@robertssmorgasbord I appreciate your response. I hadn't put too much thought into why temperature was altering my readings. My solution to the problem, was a second smaller sensor that is positioned to always be completely submerged in the water. I could then program the system to use the reading from the smaller submerged sensor to calculate and apply a calibration constant for the level sensor.

@@85rocco Yup, that's a totally valid approach. I cover it in video 7 and 8 on the subject: th-cam.com/video/XDtQKoT6Zyo/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/pKZHFjDShpM/w-d-xo.html&

Thanks!

Unfortunately my humor is usually not appreciated by everybody 😅 So thank you very much 🙂

Thank you very much!

Unfortunately I can't remember the exact size (that teardown was about three years ago), but I was using small TX (Torx) bits (size T6 according to some comments below).

@@robertssmorgasbord Thanks. I confirm T6 worked :)

@@neddyf00 You're welcome! Always happy to help 🙂

Hi, so nice to hear from you! Well, let's see if I make it to brown, black, yellow before they put me six feet under 😂 But I guess I'll make another video at red, black orange - latest at green, black, orange!

@@robertssmorgasbord :)

@@andymouse 🙂

Thank you! Well, I'm always a bit unsure how my humor is perceived others. So I'm happy you liked it.

Thank you very much 🙂

Oh, I have to thank you!

Hallo Gabi, hat ja ne Weile gedauert, aber jetzt ich es tatsächlich geschaft 🙂

To be honest, I never tried to use something but the irons and tips from Weller for this soldering station. With todays company strategies what they are, I'd guess that other irons won't work with that station without some modification.

@@robertssmorgasbord Hello. No that was not what i meant to ask. I meant if Weller have different series stations within their own range that will only fit that particular series. Maybe a more modern digital station is different from the older manual ones and hence the iron is not compatible? In retrospect, i am sure Weller has made soldering stations for many years, so perhaps the technology at some point changed? Is the soldering iron included in this kit good quality or should i upgrade the iron to an even better Weller iron? I just tested my new station and it seems to run smoothly, BUT it says below made in Mexico, not Germany...hmm.

@@mybluebelly I'm sorry, but I can't really answer that question. I buy a soldering station maybe every 20 years or so 😅 But I think for that specific model the "evolution" was WS 81, WSD 81 (digital), WSD 81i (digital) and then the WT 1012 (digital), all using the same WSP 80 iron.

Well, maybe your module is defective.

@robertssmorgasbord it worked. I was using a wrong USB cable. Thin and long. A shorter thicker one works

@@abdulhakimlukwago88 All is well that ends well 🙂

You're welcome! I'm always happy if my videos are actually useful to someone.

Nope, I don't sell used Proxxon tools. I buy them sometimes and use them for myself.

@@robertssmorgasbord thanks for your answer

@@BUJUNMBURU You're welcome!

Yup! Most of these (not only WD) 2.5'' drives are SMR. And for some applications SMR is just a terrible idea. E.g. performance under Windows Server Backup degrades rapidly after just a few uses. The only way to remedy that is to format the drive (which is a no-go for a backup drive).

Hallo Gabi, hoffe Ihr habt Euch inzwischen gut eingelebt. Und ja, uns geht es gut. Euch auch ein schönes Weihnachten.

Sorry, but I have no idea what could be the issue. A 3.3V supply should be OK (that's what I was using).

Thanks! (You're making me blush 😅)

Danke für die Info! Falls das Ding wirklich mal seinen Geist aufgibt, weiß ich jetzt wenigstens wie ich es auseinandernehmen kann.

Thanks! Well, some solid state relays contain exactly the circuit I showed in the video. Others use dual thyristors or MOSFETs. Some implement zero cross switching, some don't. It's a wide field, so what exactly is your question?

Thanks for the praise! I'm always happy if my videos are helpful to somebody 🙂 I'm happy the calibration stuff worked for you. As far as publishing it as a library on GitHub and/or the Arduino library ... I'll think about it, but to be honest, I've abandoned that chip because it's not precise enough for my application. Instead I had a look at the MEMSIC MMC5983MA (first of many videos: th-cam.com/video/mlgslhsQ-L8/w-d-xo.html ), and found it superior. Still, the QMC5883L is cheap and popular. So I might publish the library after all - but not promises.

Well, let's see ... the display is bad, you can really use only one charge port at a time, but the build quality is OK. So it only offers half the promised functionality, but does that well ... 5/10. And then I'd have to substract a point or two for the display. Let's say it's a 3/10 to 4/10.

Thank you very much for the praise! It took me a while to get to the "never linger" part right 😅 You should watch my videos from 5 years ago - just for entertainment purposes 😉

Great idea! As soon as I understand that chip I could make a summary. Or write my own datasheet, respectively, programming guide 😅

Nope! I don't think you can get SATA signals off that board.

Yup! From the datasheet: "[...] PowerPC architecture. The CPU on the MPC860 is a 32-bit MPC8xx core [...]"

Nope, I'm sorry. That stuff has all long gone to the landfill, excuse me, recycling center. So I can't have a second look. Sorry again!

@@robertssmorgasbord the top two are V++ and the lower two are gnd :) Ty anyway for your response and video!!

@@juju-ll9je Glad you could figure it out! And you're welcome!

You're welcome!

The idea of the "density spray" or "toner density enhancer spray" (I'm using Huber LF-A) is to make the toner on laser prints "denser". It's basically a solvent that can solve the laser toner and make it flow a bit, so that any small gaps are closed up and the black parts appear blacker. At least that's the idea.

@robertssmorgasbord thank you very much for your kind answer, i'm going now to use an advanced ink jet printer, Epson ET2821, i have to test it for pcbs, then - if gaps are still present - i'll have to find some equivalent densifier for ink- jet printers ... 👍👍👍

@@alessandroandrenacci2372 You're welcome! But I don't think there are density sprays for inkjets out there. Besides, you probably won't need it, because inkjets (using liquid droplets) create dense black from the get-go.

Well, since I don't have a Sony, JBL or LG subwoofer, I don't have any opinion on that issue. But surely SONOS is not a "super brand", is it?

Dear KaivitiSingh, the active, that is actually light emitting area of that display has indeed a diagonal of 0.91''. The "wide empty bo[a]rder" your mention is shown in my drawing ( th-cam.com/video/9tBxXPTLM6Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Rcgl6mjL6bBcIbcr&t=161 ) as thin line around the actual display area (solid rectangle). So the information given in the video IS correct. Anyway, please be assure that my videos got better over the last six years. I did cut back on the use of "ahh"s and also increased the number of words per minutes. But I let you be the judge of that. I hope you find it in you to forgive my impudence to publish those clearly deficient earlier videos.

Yes!

Here you go: www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/cui-inc/vof-180c-48/14567040

UBLOX is selling evaluation kits ( www.u-blox.com/en/product/evk-8evk-m8 ), but those are quite expensive and everything is in an aluminum box (though you might remove the PCB from the box). Then there are seemingly more trustworthy suppliers for boards, e.g.: gnss.store/neo-m8n-gnss-modules/44-elt0031.html?srsltid=AfmBOop0LyAp46dCnEToGoUi0iH5PRCi081UmLzBu5Brn0EJLIlcMaxA . just search for "UBLOX-M8N board" or "UBLOX-M8N module" instead of "breakout".

I thank you for watching the video.

That's what I got those chips for! A 3D joystick: X, Y and rotation. But to be honest, I'm getting a bit frustrated with the chip, more specifically the datasheet. But I guess I just push through it.

Thanks! Repairing and converting that Breville coffee machine to 220V is quite a project. Regarding the boiler: Electric boilers are quite sturdy when it comes to running them on too high of a voltage, especially when they are temperature regulated. Anyway, have you though of just adding a diode in series with the boiler to limit the power (heating it with just 220V half waves instead of 120V full waves)?

You're welcome! Regarding the cross connection: No, there was no (electrical) reason. I think I did it because the wiring was easier that way. And since it's AC it doesn't matter.

You're welcome! Regarding the cross connection: No, there was no (electrical) reason. I think I did it because the wiring was easier that way. And since it's AC it doesn't matter.

Yup! But the motor of a metal mill is not called a router, it's called a spindle 😉 The very real difference: My spindle does between 900 and 6000 RPM. Routers are usually between 5000 and 25000 RPM. Though spindles of CNC mills can reach those RPMs too.

Thanks 🙂

You're very welcome 🙂