Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
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Re: Short finder
rp2040 is overkill
whats wrong with the atmega328??
i wouldnt use the arduino though, just design the chip into the new board to save space
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Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
Yesterday, 02:38 AM
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
07-01-2022, 08:45 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
07-01-2022, 01:50 AM
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Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
07-01-2022, 01:46 AM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-30-2022, 04:01 PM
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Re: flourescent ballast resistance
the plastic tube base has a starter across the heaters - it acts just like a fullsize tube.
it's actually a good design because it means when you replace the lamp you get a new starter without...
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
06-30-2022, 03:58 PM
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Re: 3300µF 450V caps...
fuckers,
if anybody had tried that with me i would use the same trick with pre-heated soldering tips!
grab one with the longnose pliers and "hey dickhead - CATCH" :D
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Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
06-30-2022, 02:54 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-30-2022, 02:37 PM
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Re: flourescent ballast resistance
fuck the lamp - i have a dozen new ones.
i just want to verify that the ballast is the problem and not a broken wire or shitty lamp socket.
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Forum: Equipment Usage, Soldering, Techniques, and Reviews
06-30-2022, 02:36 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-30-2022, 11:48 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
06-30-2022, 11:46 AM
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Re: Xbox 1.6 Motherboards and Polymer Capacitors
wellllll,
i dont know how your flashing them, but there are several tools
i used to install Linux, and then from linux i ran a flasher called "raincoat" or something like that.
it recognised a...
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-30-2022, 02:50 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 260
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
06-30-2022, 02:47 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 369
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-29-2022, 01:56 PM
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-29-2022, 12:53 PM
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Forum: General Capacitor Questions & Issues
06-29-2022, 12:51 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 180
Re: 3300µF 450V caps...
ah yes, the self charging cap thing.
i have noticed that, i dont think it's "static"
you get the same effect from nimh batteries.
what do they have in common?
a long electrode rolled up.
i...
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Forum: Troubleshooting Audio Equipment
06-29-2022, 09:48 AM
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Forum: Troubleshooting Game Consoles & Other Weird Devices
06-29-2022, 08:51 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 369
Re: Xbox 1.6 Motherboards and Polymer Capacitors
not chimp - you need something that supports TITAN.
https://github.com/gaasedelen/titan
https://fatxplorer.eaton-works.com/
btw, make a new ribbon cable using ATA133 80pin cable & connectors....
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Forum: General Electronics Technical Discussion
06-29-2022, 04:52 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 260
Re: flourescent ballast resistance
i think it's 9w
but i have lots of spare PL in 7w - 11w, they used to be popular in retrofitted stuff.
i had an idea,
i will short the 2 pins on the ballast,
then connect the mains cable to a...
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