No, and I'm not sure where the idea mice like cheese came from.
Cats are far more likely to eat cheese. Mice will only eat it if there's nothing else to eat.
Just about everyone I know who actually catches mice with traps agrees that peanut butter is one of the best baits.
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- Mon Jul 17, 2006 8:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Better Mousetrap
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3633
- Fri Nov 18, 2005 7:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My PCB prototyping experiments
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4125
Re: My PCB prototyping experiments
Suggestion for heating etchant. Put board and etchant in a Ziploc type bag. Run hot water in pan in sink, put bagged board into water. Hot water heats the etchant, bag is easy to see through to check progress, and you don't get etchant all over your fingers while checking. Only works with smaller bo...
- Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ideas For A Sensor
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12868
Re: Ideas For A Sensor
How about conductive traces on the boards?<p>Use a conductive trace pen, when the chip shorts across the traces it reveals it's location.
- Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JDM Programmer help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4523
Re: JDM Programmer help
Yes, the Futurlec socket (40-pin universal) will take both narrow and wide chips, up to 40 pins. (I bought one for a progammer I was going to build, then lost the schematic.)<p>Quality seems good, and the one I have is labeled "3M", so it seems they managed to find a good source.
- Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JDM Programmer help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4523
Re: JDM Programmer help
Thanks, that's good to know. The only problem I'm having right now is figuring out where the 8-pin units are supposed to plug into the socket.<p>I was planning on building it with an attached cable, since the PC I'm using doesn't have a 25-pin serial port.<p>BTW, for others building programmers, I'v...
- Sun Mar 06, 2005 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JDM Programmer help
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4523
JDM Programmer help
Okay, finally decided to try building the JDM programmer, and get IC-Prog as the software.<p>However, I do have a question. Has anybody ever used the JDM with the PIC 12F675? Does it work, and are any modifications needed? Sorry, that's two questions.<p>Anyway, the plan ATM is to build it with a sep...
- Wed Feb 02, 2005 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Power Supply Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3222
Re: Power Supply Question
Okay, I didn't tell everything, since I didn't want to be too long winded.<p>I have two different power supplies - different manufacturer, ratings, etc. When the first one continued working, I began testing.<p>Both supplies would start up without the resistor. Voltages seem all right. So, I'm assumi...
- Wed Feb 02, 2005 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Power Supply Question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3222
Power Supply Question
Okay, I recently came across a couple ATX type computer power supplies that people didn't have any use for.<p>I also found a website (http://www.nfdc.net/home/cbdb/12%20V%20Power%20Supply.htm) where somebody describes converting an ATX supply into a bench supply. (Note: he says it's not a how-to, so...
- Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sensing wall studs through tile over plaster and lath.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5687
Re: sensing wall studs through tile over plaster and lath.
Don't know if it would work on a wall that thick, but one method of finding studs is to use an electric razor. Turn the razor on, touch the casing to the wall, and listen to the sound it maks. When the razor is over the stud, the sound changes.
- Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:54 pm
- Forum: Computer Programming
- Topic: PIC assembly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5178
Re: PIC assembly
Okay, just did some looking. Check your copy of MPLAB for a folder called MCHIP_Tools. Inside you'll find a file called P12c508.inc. That's where your "OSCCAL" command comes from. Since I'm not working with that particular micro, I don't have the data sheet, and can't look up specifically ...
- Wed Jun 18, 2003 3:42 pm
- Forum: Computer Programming
- Topic: PIC assembly
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5178
Re: PIC assembly
Not sure, because I'm just starting myself.<p>But it looks like an OSCillator CALibration command. Don't recall if the 508 has an internal oscillator, so take this with some salt.<p>Michael Fagan
- Tue Jun 17, 2003 12:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SUGGESTION!!! LARRY READ THIS!!!!!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4286
Re: SUGGESTION!!! LARRY READ THIS!!!!!!!
Sounds good to me. I'd love a place where I could ask questions about PIC programming, since I've just started with them.
- Wed May 21, 2003 10:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: May 2003 issue
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8606
Re: May 2003 issue
My copy of the May issue finally arrived on the 20th.
- Fri May 16, 2003 11:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PIC Tutorial
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1711
PIC Tutorial
Okay, just found a good basic tutorial on PIC programming on the web.<p> http://www.mstracey.btinternet.co.uk/pictutorial/picmain.htm <p>Hope that came through alright.<p>It's a very basic level tutorial for those who, like me, are just getting started with PICs, and need some help with just how to ...
- Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PIC crystals
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2115
PIC crystals
Okay, got the stuff I need to build the programmer for PIC microcontrollers.<p>The question I have now is regarding the crystals.<p>I know the 16F84A I have is 4mhz. Will 4mhz crystals work on, say, a 20mhz 16F628?<p>The reason I ask is that I got a good deal of 4mhz crystals. Like 40 of them, free....