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Hey Folks! We're still here, we've just been content enough with the civility and comportment of the regular contributors on the forum that we haven't felt the need to jump in and throw our weight around. :grin: I think the frequency of posts and the general pace of the forum reflects the Internet d...

I cant be sure, but is this the manual you are looking for?

https://www.scribd.com/doc/123539202/Manual-R2600

It is with a heavy heart that I announce that long time forum contributor and self styled electronics curmudgeon extraordinaire Dean Huster has passed away. Here is the obituary from his home town: http://www.fowlersullivanfuneralhome.com/obituaries/harold-dean-huster http://www.notepad.org/pics/Dea...

I do see some issues with the servos when power is first applied. They tend to go off in random directions until a couple of "peek-a-boo" cycles and then seem to settle down. Occasionally, at the end of a cycle, the servos may stop in odd locations (not covering the eyes) but again, seem ...

rea5245 wrote:Is there an RSS feed for the Nuts & Volts blog?

Sorry for the slow reply here. The RSS feed for the Nuts & Volts blog is here:

http://www.nutsvolts.com/index.php?/blog/rss_all

Let me know if that works for you!
Vern

Discovered the problem... :smile: ... C1 (CAP012 - 33uf tantalum capacitor) was installed wrong or shorted. Hard to tell if it was installed wrong as there is no + mark on the capacitor and the PICAXE Servo Driver parts list specifies this capacitor is polarized. How does one tell which lead is the...

You could always get the existing battery packs rebuilt with different type cells (NIMH/LION) or just with higher capacity by using Primecell: http://www.primecell.com I had them rebuild the battery packs for my DeWalt drills with some hi-capacity NiMH cells. was cheaper and had better torque - also...

I got a response from the magazine so I thought I would share it here: Attention Nuts & Volts readers The Christmas Can Light Dimmer article in the December issue of Nuts & Volts has some safety issues if built as described. Instead of using a polarized plug on lamp cord, use three wire cord...

Second question is do any of you know of any websites/Books/ etc. that I can get to help me with this task. Hi DC.. I sent you a response as a private message but it occurred to me that you might find a lot of good detail using this book: http://www.amazon.com/Animatronics-Holiday-Displays-Edwin-Wi...

I haven't seen any inexpensive 9V Batteries. I guess it depends on the definition of inexpensive. :) Many of the home improvement / hardware stores sell house branded "contractor packs" of batteries. (A bit of googling later) found a battery wholesaler: http://www.batterywholesale.com Tha...

The 'B' battery, 67.5V is $60+ and the 7.5V 'A' battery we could not find. Possible solution (depending on the available space) the "B" battery could be made from a relatively inexpensive "Stack" of regular off-the-shelf 9v batteries. seven of them in series would deliver about ...

sghioto wrote:Is it just me or is anyone else having problems with the login?

It doesn't remember my login between visits and yes I've checked the box "rememember me". This is the only site I'm having a problem with.

Steve G.

This should now be fixed. Let us know if not.

Vern

Oh Wow. Good use for used pill bottles. Back in the 70's I had a similar need and I was a smoker back then. So I took one of my plastic cigar holder, (just a round end tube with a bottle cap type closure and mounted a pushbutton in it. worked for many years but got lost in one of my moves. I haven'...

Thanks Vern, I watched about a half dozen video and it makes my project look very complicated. I got the solar panels in the mail and I'm waiting the chip. Just musing here, but have you considered using clear rubber hose filled with water as an optic conductor instead of "real" glass fib...

The idea here is to build a light fixture that uses sunshine through fiber optic to light the room Being done ins some 3rd world countries with a soda bottle and water. Pretty ingenious: The "Isang Litrong Liwanag" (A Liter of Light) project A video of the process and project is here: www...