Luckily, these guys run on DC power! With a little fancy contact rigging and a DC power supply, I’ve got a custom tools with stable, configurable power. Thanks, Electronics!
I did a little trouble-shooting outside the house and I found EXPOSED COPPER in the lines. As soon as the January rains started, the lines started shorting.
Although Abella used to live in a shoebox, now the electronic musical instrument has been fully soldered and packaged in a project box. The prototype is complete!
I am now the proud owner of a Seek Thermal infrared camera! Let’s play a game: it’s called “guess the subject of this photo”!
Merry Christmas to me! It’s time for a motherboard upgrade. Here are the components I selected:
Last week I found myself in need of a USB toggle switch. Such a device would allow me to toggle the power on a USB device without having to unplug it. It is true – I suffer from a disorder that requires me to construct a USB switch rather than simply unplug my devices.
This simple device uses a USB extension cord and a slide switch connected to the +5V power line (the red wire). If you happen to have a device [such as an external video card] that requires to be reset every few days, simply toggle the switch when a reset is needed.
We have two 300W halogen flood lamps in the house, but I decided it was time for an LED upgrade. I selected the Cree 18W (90W equivalent) flood lamp as the replacement. I wanted to keep the 6ft tall lamp stand and dimmer, but remove the halogen housing, thermal runaway circuit and reflectors.
