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Random tech and stuff by Gabriel Staples. Follow me on GitHub as well: github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy, and see my personal content on www.gabrielstaples.com too.
ToyBox 3D printer for kids--printing a deer head and antlers
This is an excellent starter 3D printer for yourself and your kids. This is my first 3D printer which we just got a couple weeks ago for our kids for Christmas (shhh--they don't know yet!). I love this printer, and once we give it to our kids for Christmas, we think they will too! I highly recommend it. It's simple enough I think our kids less than 10 yrs old will be able to operate it, largely independently. Get $30 off with code PRINTERETTES_BJAL or ERCAGUY_5E8W. Here is where I bought it: shop.make.toys/discount/ERCAGUY_5E8W/?
Background music: Beyond - Patrick Patrikios
Background music: Beyond - Patrick Patrikios
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How to turn on and off a gas fireplace gas line and pilot light
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- Rent this house here: www.zillow.com/homedetails/4285-Fitzwilliam-St-Dublin-CA-94568/68027214_zpid/?view=public - Buy this blower and control unit for your own house here: AIRBLAZE T14, Universal Fireplace Blower Fan Kit 14" with Temperature and Speed Controller, $120: amzn.to/2ZvVOR9 (The above link is an Amazon affiliate link.) My Amazon review and fan control unit settings: www.amazon.com/...
8-yr-old time-lapse drawing video of "Realistic Tiger"
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Video recorded by Google Pixel 2 at 5x, then sped up an additional 4x in Shotcut, for a total of 20x speed-up. Video edited in Shotcut. Audio track is "Beyond", by Patrick Patrikios provided for free by studio.youtube.com/ in the "Audio library". If any other parents/kids are interested, here's the original tutorial video that helped her learn: ua-cam.com/video/mwwZ3sAn3ZQ/v-deo.html. They are ...
Reconfiguring the Computa Pranksta for use as a USB Mouse Jiggler to keep your screensaver off
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To keep your screensaver off (your computer permanently awake), sometimes people need a good "mouse jiggler" to just wiggle their mouse for them automatically every now and then. Software mouse jigglers are sometimes forbidden on corporate computers because you don't have sufficient rights to install them, so hardware mouse jigglers like this are used instead. Simply buy a Computa Pranksta pran...
Manage Symbol Libraries view order demo--see KiCad bug/feature request #1780603
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Wishlist: Add sorting by column in Symbol Library Manager & Footprint Library Manager. See: bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/ bug/1780603
How to install & use KiCad FreeRouting/FreeRoute auto-router (incl. manual cleanup & DRC) in KiCad 5
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Note: the crux of this demo is done by 6:00! By the end of step 2 I have shown how to install the freeroute.jar executable file and use the auto-router to route a board! Feel free to stop at that point. UPDATE 27 Nov 2018: SEE SOME OF THE COMMENTS BELOW THIS VIDEO. Essentially, you can now use either the nightly OR stable version 5 release. About a week after I made this video the developers, t...
Arduino Siren Horn Project Final demo (Star Wars, Mario, Happy Birthday, Air Force song, etc)
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Sample siren source code: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2017/10/arduino-sine-wave-siren-code.html Here are the precursors to this project: 1. Playing a siren sound through a standard car horn using Arduino: ua-cam.com/video/axw3-0soNt8/v-deo.html 2. Arduino nano driving siren sound through 120W peak, 60W RMS 4 Ohm speaker w/3S LiPo: ua-cam.com/video/anuan0oEOQw/v-deo.html
1/3 - Autonomous quadcopter guidance and control (*physics-based* pure pursuit simulation)
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1/3 - ua-cam.com/video/LjuPA43HceQ/v-deo.html 2/3 - ua-cam.com/video/wY3oh2GIfCI/v-deo.html 3/3 - ua-cam.com/video/H5kXzpPFdII/v-deo.html THIS WAS ACTUALLY FLOWN LATER ON A REAL QUAD-COPTER. SEE VIDEO LINKS BELOW. Old title: "first hack at a quadcopter simulation, demonstrating lead-point/vector field navigation approach". By Gabriel Staples, www.ElectricRCAircraftGuy.com, 2013 -first hack at a...
How to Use & Configure the Computa Pranksta USB Keyboard & Mouse Prank Device
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What it is; how to use it; and how to configures its settings. Buy on Amazon: amzn.to/2updRqS User manual online: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2017/04/computa-pranksta-user-manual.html 1:42: I plug in the device: you see it begin to drag the mouse to the lower left of the screen and type random characters. Video to reconfigure it into a great Mouse Jiggler (rather than a prank device): ua-cam....
3/3 - Autonomous quadcopter guidance & control (*physics-based* pure pursuit demonstration)
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1/3 - ua-cam.com/video/LjuPA43HceQ/v-deo.html 2/3 - ua-cam.com/video/wY3oh2GIfCI/v-deo.html 3/3 - ua-cam.com/video/H5kXzpPFdII/v-deo.html Old title: "Quadrotor 2 - Physics-based Flight controller demo w/lead point Nav & Arduino interface to RC Tx" By Gabriel Staples, www.ElectricRCAircraftGuy.com, 2013~2014 See here for the first video with a long description underneath, demonstrating a flight ...
How to Use a Power Meter to Safety put 10 x 3S LiPo Batteries in Parallel for Charging
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1) Follow-up video (plugging the whole pack of batteries into the charger): ua-cam.com/video/tjBUTrppRzI/v-deo.html 2) Background reading and more help here (Parallel Charging Your LiPo Batteries): www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2013/01/parallel-charging-your-lipo-batteries_22.html 3) Related article (Restoring/Recharging Over-discharged LiPo (Lithium Polymer) Batteries!): www.electricrcaircraft...
Parallel Charging 10 x 3S LiPos on one single-port charger
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1) First video (paralleling the batteries): ua-cam.com/video/v9DQnJ0H3_g/v-deo.html 2) Background reading and more help here (Parallel Charging Your LiPo Batteries): www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2013/01/parallel-charging-your-lipo-batteries_22.html 3) Related article (Restoring/Recharging Over-discharged LiPo (Lithium Polymer) Batteries!): www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2014/10/restoring-over-d...
Drone shoots fire and does flip - BattleBots
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See www.ElectricRCAircraftGuy.com for more information. Watch us on ABC's BattleBots Season 2, which starts 23 June 2016 at 8/7C! Chear for Team Caustic Creations. Our Main bot is Poison Arrow (232 lb ground bot), and we have air support from our fire drone, Buzz (this 10 lb fire-shooting vehicle in the video). The fire flip, as you can see, needs some work. The flame got blown out. I'll see wh...
Caustic Creations Remote-controlled tail on "Poison Arrow" BattleBot falls of when it's scared!
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This is our robot tail that Casey Kuhns made for BattleBots team Caustic Creations. It falls off when Poison Arrow (the big 232 lb ground bot) gets startled, so that the aggressor will be distracted and chase the tail while we make our get-away! :) Visit my website here to learn more about our team, and meet Buzz, our fire drone I made!: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2016/05/battlebots-season-2...
Arduino nano driving siren sound through 120W peak, 60W RMS 4 Ohm speaker w/3S LiPo
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More info here: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2016/01/arduino-playing-siren-sound.html Source code: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2017/10/arduino-sine-wave-siren-code.html -In this video I do a quick desktop demo of playing a siren sound through a standard car audio speaker. Using an Arduino, a simple, custom transistor-based amplifier circuit, and the Arduino core tone() function in my code, I...
Playing a siren sound through a standard car horn using Arduino
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Playing a siren sound through a standard car horn using Arduino
How your body uses proportional closed loop feedback control to control your fever
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How your body uses proportional closed loop feedback control to control your fever
2/3 - Autonomous quadcopter guidance and control (*PID-based* pure pursuit demonstration)
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2/3 - Autonomous quadcopter guidance and control (*PID-based* pure pursuit demonstration)
Arduino to MATLAB GUI - Live Data Acquisition (& Plotting) of RC Transmitter Stick Positions
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Arduino to MATLAB GUI - Live Data Acquisition (& Plotting) of RC Transmitter Stick Positions
Arduino Touch Lamp (using a Capacitive Touch Sensor algorithm & an LED)
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Arduino Touch Lamp (using a Capacitive Touch Sensor algorithm & an LED)
Hayden's Arduino learning - blinking an LED via throttle setting using RC car remote - better video
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Hayden's Arduino learning - blinking an LED via throttle setting using RC car remote - better video
Staples Stingray glider launch---oops, I left the elevator set way too high from the loop flight
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Staples Stingray glider launch oops, I left the elevator set way too high from the loop flight
Stingray Glider Initial Trials (Approximately failed test flight #50/70)
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Stingray Glider Initial Trials (Approximately failed test flight #50/70)
"Staples Stingray" Bungee-launched Glider Backflip/Loop
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"Staples Stingray" Bungee-launched Glider Backflip/Loop
Stingray Free-flight glider bungee launch & Catch!
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Stingray Free-flight glider bungee launch & Catch!
"Staples Stingray" Free-flight glider bungee launch w Lauren & Carter, Med launcher
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"Staples Stingray" Free-flight glider bungee launch w Lauren & Carter, Med launcher
This is What a NutBall Can do! - 60mph windy flight with backflips, rolls & crazy flying
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This is What a NutBall Can do! - 60mph windy flight with backflips, rolls & crazy flying
Getting my very own Dream-Flight Alula RC Glider! - incl. Aircraft Discussion, First Flights,&Stunts
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Getting my very own Dream-Flight Alula RC Glider! - incl. Aircraft Discussion, First Flights,&Stunts
Wakeboarding Cable Park: Ohio's Substitute for Snowboarding
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Wakeboarding Cable Park: Ohio's Substitute for Snowboarding
RC Combat Flying in Muncie, IN at the 2012 National Electric Fly-In (NEFI)
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RC Combat Flying in Muncie, IN at the 2012 National Electric Fly-In (NEFI)
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We moved in 2 days ago in this hot weather with 90 degrees outside. And tried to connect the TV in front of the fireplace. Then I happened to touch the fireplace. We were freaking out when we found out the fireplace glass door was hot. In the summer? I thought, is it because of hot weather outside? Mybe the heat came through the chimney and got heated up? But this hot? And when the night came, we could see the flame clearly. WTF..? Where did the flame come from? And how can i kill it? I thought we are doomed. But then again, I googled it, I found your kind heart! Thank you so so much~~~~😂
Yay! Thank you so much for your guidance and this video! I was able to turn on the fireplace with your help! Much love, light and blessings to you and your family!!!🙏💖
What should I do if I want to apply this feature to ESP8266?Thanks!
Study my source code and see if you can little by little piece together what to do. You'll have to port the code to the ESP8266. Have conversations with AIs such as Bing Chat / Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Google Gemini, etc, to help you as well.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy Okay, thank you very much! I also use Arduino for programming, I'll try it
Thank you for this video. Have never had a gas fireplace before, and this video helped me get the thing going
Is this a ventless fireplace? I am paranoid - there is no vent system in my fireplace which is somewhat similar to the one in this video.
If it's burning gas, it has a vent, or flue, to the outdoors. This fireplace has that. Even my natural gas hot water heater in the garage has a flue to the outdoors. They have to, by law I believe. It's not big, maybe 3 or 4 inches in diameter, but it has one.
Thank you... couldn't have done it without this video without blowing myself up. So appreciated.
Good video. Do you leave the dial on ON when fireplace if turned off or turn it to pilot light?
2:27 shows the dial has settings "OFF", "PILOT", and "ON". The dial should not be left in the Pilot setting. It should only be there for the few dozen seconds you are actively lighting the pilot light. Then, turn it to ON for all the cold months, and then do the shutdown procedure and switch it back to OFF for all the warm months. It should therefore be in ON perhaps 5 months straight per year, OFF perhaps 7 months straight per year, and in PILOT setting perhaps 1 minute straight per year while you are relighting the pilot light to go from OFF back to ON. The button only pushes to fire the igniter when in the PILOT setting. Otherwise, it locks and cannot be pushed in to spark the igniter.
See also my reply to the question here which says, "So is it safe to leave the pilot light on even if no one is home?" Link: ua-cam.com/video/lY8hNnjnRb0/v-deo.html&lc=UgxFdJr8M8l7ytYjJ3h4AaABAg.9x3NBNKmeM39x3SJFaWjs7
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy that is perfect. Now I'm very clear in the procedure. Thanks for your help.
Thank you so much for this video. You helped me turn on my gas fireplace pilot light!
So is it safe to leave the pilot light on even if no one is home.
Yes. It stays on continually 24/7 during all of the cold months where you may want to press the fire switch on the wall and turn on the fireplace. During power outages it still stays on, since the gas and the electricity are not on the same system. You should light it **once per year** in the Fall when you start using the heat, and turn it and the gas to it off **once per year** in the late Spring when you quit heating your home. During all those months after lighting it, the pilot light remains continually on regardless of whether or not anyone is home. If the house is completely unoccupied, however, of course turn it completely off.
So helpful thank you so much
After days of trying to get mine to turn on..your video helped me figure it out!! Seriously! Thank you!
Was able to safely troubleshoot my fireplace because of this video, thanks.
Source code: github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/PWM_Reader2_WORKS_PERFECTLY_Hayden_car_lights
Thanks for this. It's exactly what I needed to know.
Awesome!!!! Thank you for sharing this helpful video!!!!
Very helpful. Thank you!
When we moved into our house, the fireplace pilot light was left on. So if I turn the fireplace switch off but the pilot light switch is left to “ON” that’s okay? We had ours on for the first time tonight but the pilot flame did not go out until I turn the pilot switch to “OFF”. Should I just immediately turn it back to on to keep it on for the winter months or do we shut it off by turning off the gas line? Should the gas line always be turned off even if the pilot light stays on? I was worried about there still being a flame in the fireplace
The pilot light should be **on** when the fireplace switch is **off**. The pilot light is what lights your fire when you turn on the fireplace switch. You just want to turn it off in the summer is all because it heats your house a little otherwise, which is doing the opposite of your AC in the Summer. See my longer answer here, where I replied to @louiskwaku8879: ua-cam.com/video/lY8hNnjnRb0/v-deo.html&lc=UgzCkIPnGTAjCRdaqiR4AaABAg.9ZCnOEjxIIR9ZCpFBMe9ai
I just rented this house the fireplace is like 2 yrs old I’m terrified off gas . I went to attempt to turn on but the gas line valve was already on n the pilot thing was on on but the switch on the wall was off . I’m Just wondering that doesn’t let out carbon monoxide right ? I didn’t smell gas n last week the gas company came to turn me on n they checked as courtesy n found no leaks but should I have been worried that it was like for a whole week ? I did turn the pilot to off n the valve to off now
"...the gas line valve was already on [and] the pilot [light] was on on but the switch on the wall was off". That's the normal "standby" state of the fireplace for winter months. The pilot light can run indefinitely--forever. It's purpose is to light the big flame when you flip the switch on the wall to "on" to activate more gas flow and light the big fire. During Winter months, leave the pilot light (tiny flame) ON with the gas line ON. Then flip the wall switch to ignite the big flame whenever you need it. During Summer months, turn the gas line and pilot light completely off to quit generating that little bit of more heat which will heat your house while your AC is running. If the gas is on and the pilot light running, you won't smell gas because the pilot light is burning it all up. If you smell gas it means the gas is on but the pilot light blew out. That's dangerous. Any flame can produce some carbon monoxide if the combustion is incomplete. A nice blue flame indicates complete combustion. But again, the gas ON and the pilot light burning is the *normal* "standby" state for winter usage of any gas fireplace.
For more details on how this controller works, see my answer on Stack Overflow here: stackoverflow.com/a/72724753/4561887 This is the PID-based position controller I mention at the end of my answer above, where I say: "A PID controller on actual vs desired position (keep a total +/- wheel encoder displacement count...". See also my other Stack Overflow answer here: stackoverflow.com/a/73031923/4561887.
For more details on how this controller works, see my answer on Stack Overflow here: stackoverflow.com/a/72724753/4561887
What to the red and blue paths mean? Again, see the screenshot from this video, and the associated description, in my detailed answer here: stackoverflow.com/a/72724753/4561887
For more details on how this controller works, see my answer on Stack Overflow here: stackoverflow.com/a/72724753/4561887
Thank you for your video. Now I know how to turn it off in summer. In my case, there is no switch for the gas line. Is there any risk if I just turn off the fireplace?
What do you mean "no switch for the gas line"? And, what do you mean "just turn off the fireplace?" How will you "just turn it off"? If you mean: turn the pilot light off and the gas line off, as I show in the video, to totally turn off all gas to the fireplace, yes that is just fine.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy mine doesn’t have the red valve. I just turned the pilot light off. Is that okay?
@@Stephaniemua1 just make sure that if the pilot light (flame) is off, then the gas better be off too, one way or another, and if the gas is on, the pilot light (flame) better be on. You may have a gas valve somewhere else in the house to turn off. Without seeing your system, I can't be sure, and I don't install or maintain gas systems, so I don't know where else it would be in your house. Perhaps there is a separate valve in your kitchen, garage, or at a splitter where the gas comes into your home and splits off to different appliances.
What if I shut the gas vavle first, and then turn the pilot off? Why do pilot first then gas? Just wondering. Never had gas fireplace before
Order of these two gas valves shouldn't matter in this case. Just make sure to turn both the pilot light knob to the OFF position AND the main gas valve to the OFF position is all. I don't think the order on this one matters. What does matter is to NOT blow the flame out first and then turn off the gas, as that would let some gas leak rather than being burned. Rather, turn the flame off BY turning off the gas. The pilot light knob is a gas valve apparently, and the main gas valve to the left of it on the gas pipe is just a more-upstream and more-secure gas valve. Turn them both OFF. Order doesn't matter.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy thanks for explaining that!
Can you leave the pilot light on the whole time?. I though you turn it off everytime you turn the fireplace on.
Yes, you can leave the pilot light on indefinitely. The already-burning pilot light is what lights the fire place when you press the wall switch to turn on the fireplace. That wall switch just increases the gas flow to the fireplace is all, creating the fire under the fake logs. The general practice is to turn ON the gas line valve and pilot light once in Fall or Winter when it starts to get cold, and to turn OFF the gas line valve and pilot light at the start of Spring or Summer when it starts to get hot. It burns continuously during that whole ON period of time. The pilot light produces a little heat all the time, so you do *not* want to leave it on if you're running your AC in the warm months, as that will just be counter-productive and you'll be paying both to run the pilot light and to cool the heat produced by the pilot light, which is a waste. Whatever you do, however, you MUST turn OFF the gas line valve when you turn off the pilot light. NEVER leave the gas line on with the pilot light off or you risk exploding your house into smithereens. There's probably a flue, however, to let gas fumes escape to the outside in order to minimize that risk if you did make that massive mistake.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy thank you
Beautiful condo. Thanks for the info. They use heaters in California? lol. My brother used to own a complex in Presidieo and Palm Springs. He'd tell me when it dropped to 73, people started wearing sweaters lol and that 4 wheel drives are used mostly for speed bumps and gravel driveways ;-)
Thanks. Parts of CA get really cold, and parts not so much. This condo is in Northern California in the far East Bay in the San Francisco Bay area. Most people don't know, but due to the extreme low-pass-filter effects the San Francisco Bay and cold Pacific Ocean have on the temperatures of the region, combined with the surrounding foothills which act as climate barriers, there are actually 4 distinct and unique **climates** (not weather statuses, but **climates**) within a 50 mile radius around the San Francisco Bay Area. This condo is in what I call the 3rd climate out from the Bay/San Francisco. Summers in this 3rd climate out peak at about 110F High (but are typically <105 F) and Winters are regularly down to around 32 to 33 F Low. Going just a few dozen miles West to the San Francisco peninsula in the Presidio district (if this is what you are referring to), is 2 climates away and is in what I call the first, or inner-most climate. Summer highs are typically 80F (but even 65F is pretty common on a Summer day, so wearing a sweatshirt in the Summer in San Francisco is very common) and Winter lows maybe 50F or so. The climate changes due to the effects of the Bay and ocean are so extreme that I once did a trip to Point Reyes in the North Bay in the hottest part of the Summer, and it was 105 F at my house and 65 F at Point Reyes just 67 miles (as the crow flies) away, at the exact same time, with Point Reyes being farther North but in the middle of the ocean. Pretty crazy. The climate out there on Point Reyes was incredibly interesting. I felt like I was in a horror or suspense movie film set in Northern Ireland or maybe at a Viking settlement in Canada or something. It was foggy and cold and had very unique landscape, with cows, large elk, and tons of deer roaming around.
Anyway, so yeah, we used heaters. :) 33 F outside is cold enough you'll want one on. That little fireplace heated the entire lower floor pretty nicely for movie nights, and the blower made a huge difference and made it so much more effective.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy Lol, my brother loved to rub it in around winter time here. One summer he visited and said he needed to go buy a sweater, it was 78 degrees. I had to laugh. The kids here run around in shorts and t-shirts with 4" of snow on the ground. I should've taken my bro up on his offer to stay in Cali when I got out of the army, I was out-processing at Oakland on my way back to the north east after 4yrs on Oahu. His partner bought me a sweater at the airport, said here, your gonna need this lol, I forgot it was winter time back home. I couldn't believe it though, it actually snowed in Hawaii too on the highest volcano, the army had a firing range on the volcano. Oh wow, I had no idea the climate was so diverse in Cali, not to mention the abrupt change in scenery. My biggest memories were of the Golden Gate, Clint Eastwood's house and steep hill roads that would make any seasoned skateboarder cringe. My brother sent me a picture of his view from Palm Springs, I thought it was a joke at first, but it had a white cap mountain range. Point Reyes sounds like a nice place to visit for the view. Thank you again for the info and review :-) I just ordered the 14" version of the blower. I wanna milk my little bio-ethanol heater for all its worth. I like the look of a fresh snowfall, just not a big fan of the cold temps ;-) On the plus side it should slow down the spread of this damn virus.
Scopri il Cile - Il paese più strano del mondo - 40 colpi di stato nella storia ua-cam.com/video/jO8L3Z9igf0/v-deo.html
Nice explanation and tutorial, thanks! Is it damaging the lowest voltage battery to be loading that quick 3.x amp charge from the higher voltage battery?
Jeff, this happens at about 4:24 (start watching at 4:12), just after I plug in the 2nd-least-charged battery to the least-charged battery. The 3.3 A or so going into that 1.3Ah battery (3.3A / 1.3Ah = 2.5C charge current) is for such a short duration (a few seconds to a couple dozen seconds or so, with the current rapidly decreasing the whole time) that it is *not* a problem. However, if you charged at this higher current for a long period of time, yes, it could damage (or accelerate the wear and reduce the total number of charge cycles) of the battery. In other words, everything I've done here I consider safe, normal, good, and within reasonable limits.
recently i adquired a second jiggler. This time the jiggler has 2 leds, a green and a red one. It worked fine, but now it doesn't work and only shows green light on and doesn't work. Maybe i have deactivated it? How can i turn it on again?. Thks in advance
If you have a Linux operating system, such as Ubuntu, email me your Amazon order number and I'll give you instructions. If you have a different type of computer, you may just have to request a refund, unfortunately, as the device may be dead. See my FAQ here: "I've been using the device happily for a month now, but suddenly it stopped working. What do I do?" github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/eRCaGuy_ComputaPranksta_Support/issues/5.
it can write a macro to move the computer mouse and click in the right places. so that she performs actions for example in games.
I need this so that my game does not understand that I am using the program. I don't want to get a lock
it can write a macro to move the computer mouse and click in the right places. so that she performs actions for example in games.
it can write a macro to move the computer mouse and click in the right places. so that she performs actions for example in games.
Most probably 'not a bugg' but rather to let FreeRouter finishing its optimisation job, and then save final result (or clicking in windows to stop the on-going process and save the current routing, but probably not yet completly finished). For my "KiCad V5 under WIN10 x86" only a console button but not the FreeRoute 'yellow button' (as I have in Ubuntu), even copying FreeRouter.jar to FreeRoute.jar in KiCad exec folder... FreeRouter working perfectly on its side (or to type the call command in kicad python console). Not yet seen in Kicad blog site the answer to make it happen as normally expected.
Another great option for a parallel charge board, from Aloft Hobbies: alofthobbies.com/six-port-fused-parallel-charge-board.html
POV my brother name is Kasey and when my bro came into my room and the man said say hi kc my bro said hey lol
Is it practical? Hell no! Is it awesome? Fuck yes!
I got this for the exact same reason as Evgeni. Keeping the PC active whilst AFK. Great product.Nb{Ef>{&H%BVSV'l,K",Pa{@U>2AUGG=$^YD{
Man I love this airplane. 8 years later and I still get excited watching this! :)
Videos: 1/3 - ua-cam.com/video/LjuPA43HceQ/v-deo.html; 2/3 - ua-cam.com/video/wY3oh2GIfCI/v-deo.html; 3/3 - ua-cam.com/video/H5kXzpPFdII/v-deo.html
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This is hands-down the coolest project I've ever had the privilege of doing in my entire life. I wish I had gotten to do more of this! Someday I'll go back to doing controls and control theory full-time again. I just love this stuff! It's the perfect mix of robotics, controls, microcontrollers, embedded software, software, autonomous systems, mechatronics, electrical engineering, radio control aircraft, etc--it's got it all! Manned or unmanned, this stuff is amazing, and I love doing it so much.
Good to see that you enjoy this!
FYI: this may be how Lyft did their amazing demo of Despacito! ua-cam.com/video/2pcUvTQKoZw/v-deo.html
Awesome, how do you control what audio goes to the speakers vs the horn?
They are controlled by separate pins on the Arduino. The horn has a built-in oscillator with a fixed frequency, so you just give it plain old DC power (via an amplifier or transistor still, of course) and it makes the horn sound since the internal oscillator enables the vibration to produce the sound. The speaker, however, I am driving with the Arduino pins through a crude transistor-based amplifier I made. You can just buy a robotics DC motor driver H-bridge to drive the speaker, and use the Arduino `toneAC` library (playground.arduino.cc/Code/ToneAC/). In theory, you could also play voice or true music out of the speaker with the Arduino too, using the Arduino `TMRpcm` library (github.com/TMRh20/TMRpcm), which is a really sophisticated means of doing PWM within a PWM: the outer PWM controls the rate at which you change the frequency, and does the frequency changes at that rate, and the inner PWM actually produces this frequency at the speaker. In this way, you can get true music, voice, or high-quality audio. Using this library you should still be able to drive the speaker directly with a DC motor driver H-bridge from a robotics shop online. Note that in my "PWM within a PWM" explanation, it is actually more correct to say that the "outer PWM" is really just an interrupt running at a high rate to call an ISR (Interrupt Service Routine function) to set the audio frequency, and the "inner PWM" is true PWM, but it's at a fixed 50% duty cycle with variable frequency (period) so as to be able to produce different tones. The "outer PWM" ISR then sets new frequencies of the inner PWM at a rapid rate, and voice, music, or true audio comes out of the speaker according to this data being played. It's absolutely ingenious what they've done with the Arduino: they've made it an audio driver all by itself, with just a robotics DC motor driver H bridge as the audio "amplifier".
what are the default settings? is it annoying enough defaulted? cause I want it to twitch the mouse a lot and type random stuff... will it do that out of the box?
Search this page (www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2017/04/computa-pranksta-user-manual.html) for the word "(DEFAULT)" to see all the default settings. It drags the mouse slowly to the bottom-left corner, and types 1 to 10 random characters every 1 to 10 seconds. Just plug it in. It's automatic. Yes, that's pretty annoying by default, especially for the people who want this as a mouse jiggler not a prank device, which is most people. :)
I am very disapointed about kicad! Autorouter must in build in. I will never use it again.
Sounds pretty extreme. You can add this auto-router easily to be used by KiCad. It's available as a 3rd-party package. It was removed from KiCad for fear of being sued by this guy's company (the guy who made the autorouter), who threatened to sue him for making the autorouter outside of his work. KiCad can't afford to be sued by this guy's asinine company. Just download the autorouter separately, then everybody wins! You get KiCad AND the autorouter, and KiCad doesn't get sued. See some of my notes under this video too. Also, keep in mind that KiCad is being developed mostly for FREE by the GENEROUS donations of VERY TALENTED developers and leaders who are doing this OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS to benefit the world. I'm grateful these people exist. We need more people like them in the world. We also need fewer asinine companies threatening to sue their employees for making useful things outside of their work, on their own time, in their homes.
1:42: I plug in the device: you see it begin to drag the mouse to the lower left of the screen and type
Does it work with XP?
It should. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't. If it doesn't for some reason, you can always return it.
can you program the jiggler to move randomly, not just left and right on certain intervals ? Also, can you program to move the mouse randomly let's say 15 minutes or 30 minutes, and then have it stop for 7-10 minutes, and then jiggle again randomly ?
Use Mouse Move Mode 1 (randomMouseJumpAround) and 2 (randomMouseBuzzAround) to get random movement. See all modes here: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2017/04/computa-pranksta-user-manual.html. As for making it active continually for 15 to 30 minutes, then off for 7-10, then on again, I *could* do that so long as I remove other features too, as the device is 100% full, but currently the product does not support that feature.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy Can you program it like you said removing unwanted features like drawing on the screen ? I'm interested in random, pause, random features mostly. And be able to program these intervals and randomness of movement.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy i sent you an email.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy Ordered Arduino Leonardo from Amazon today, downloaded Arduino development software tool and i'm going to program my own. Glad I did not purchase your little device. Cheerz.
@@youtub3ian728 I love the Arduino Leonardo! I think that's great. Here's a mouse move function you're going to need ( www.arduino.cc/reference/en/language/functions/usb/mouse/mousemove/ ), and I don't know what your level of coding experience is, but Blink ( www.arduino.cc/en/tutorial/blink ) and Blink without Delay ( www.arduino.cc/en/tutorial/BlinkWithoutDelay ) are two extremely helpful getting-started tutorials for Arduino in general. Lastly, I've compiled a bunch of useful Arduino programming resources at the bottom of my article here: www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/2014/01/the-power-of-arduino.html. Arduino is a powerful tool and I'm sure you'll gain some very valuable experience with it and learn some great new skills to benefit the world.
*sounds sorta like sirens in Switzerland*
Why was it removed?
It just fell off in one of the first battles is all, if I remember correctly.
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy it was off during the SOW fight, but was still in the arena
@@ElectricRCAircraftGuy do you think the traffic cone battle bot would have been able to defeat every bot?
it was castrated to prevent it from mating with the other bots