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  1. Hi audioguru,
    have you thought of trying a hot metal spike to melt a hold through the CD, maybe a high-powered soldering iron with a large TIP .

    I have an idea that might be interesting to try. If you got a few pieces of Dow, and placed them flat in the shape of a cross, then place the CD on it and put it in the oven. It should distort evenly creating an interesting effect.
    You might want to drill the holes first though.


    Warning oven baked CD's are not edible ;D

  2. Nothing is simple is it ;D, I'll send Farnell an e-mail.

    Ante's comment that they would be popular for Christmas,I think is true :). That doesn't give me much time.

    I can see the scenario, I put a dozen out to test the market, and I find everyone wants one, and then I can see myself going mad trying to keep up, with no experience soldering in surface mount chips ;D ;D,

  3. Audioguru, surprise surprise, Farnell doesn't have a listing for the(CD74HC4017N) please tell me there is an alternative ???. Also Farnell does have a listing for the(CD74HC14N) although it is not a (N) it's a (M) will this do the job :-\.

    Thank you

  4. This is what I have so far, I haven't checked it four mistakes, I'm not finished with it yet ;). I think it will be best to make them individually and as small as I can, so I can fit them into one small unit.

    Ante, I did consider that circuit that you posted, but I decided that the one steven posted, would suit my needs for now. I'm only considering my needs for the task ahead for now ;D.

    steven, I would like to have a look at that crystal tester circuit that you have :D. I may be able to fit it in their somewhere ;D. I see you are getting serious with your hydrogen experiments, it is looking good Steven 8). Be careful with using PVC, if you get over pressure or an explosion. The PVC will shatter into pieces, it will be like 100 knives flying at you :o, I hope you can run fast ;D. Maybe putting the unit into a Haitian bag.

    Any suggestions or improvement ideas, is very welcome :) :).

    Thank you.%7Boption%7D

  5. Ante, aiming for good quality, workmanship and accuracy is important, even if it is a DIY job, I like to take my time and do as good a job as I can, quality not quantity ;). I am hoping for reliability more than accuracy for the pressure transmitter, 10% accuracy would be reasonable to hope for I think. I have a couple of washing machine pressure switches, for backup in case of over pressure or under pressure. Once I get to the stage of applying this system to a test vehicle, the pressure senses will have to be replaced, with ones that are designed to do the job reliably and accurately.

    At the moment I'm working on putting together as much test equipment as I can, I'm building up the armoury ;D.

  6. Ante, you mentioned in a previous post, that you didn't know what the output from U1 was, that's what those voltage measurements were from, the Hall sensor. Ok good, we know this circuit will serve its purpose with a little tweaking, once we know how it needs to interact with the other circuits. Thanks ante. Slowly but surely we are moving forward ;).

  7. yes Ante, something did go wrong it was U2, I replaced it with another and it worked, and I tried removing the diode again and it worked find like you said it would ;D. Removing the diode didn't make any difference, except for having one less component which is good. The output from U1 is 2.43v to 3.62v. I tried using an electromagnet from a relay, and its influence on the Hall affects sensor was a little better than half that of the influence of the magnet. That's not all that good, the electromagnet that I used is about twice the size of what I wanted to use. So I may have to try to use a standard magnet. I wanted to use an electromagnet so I could very it's, strength giving me more opportunity for collaboration :).

    ante, just to be sure, yes I was pulling your leg, in regards to it being your fault something went wrong ;D. When you suggested to remove the diode, and I found problems after I done this, I hope you don't think I was pointing the finger at you because something went wrong ???, I would never do that :o, even if you did make a mistake on a suggestion and everything went up in smoke. I was just trying to use some good old Aussie humour, I hope you took it the right way, mate ;D ;D.

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