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  1. Braeden Hamson

    HOW DO I SHIELD MYSELF FROM A NEIGHBOURS SMART METER?

    Might I just point out, you're trying protect your health, worrying this deeply about smart meters produces massive amounts of cortisol in your blood. A stress hormone. That will kill you faster than anything. Get out of the house, go to somewhere you love. If you don't have a place like that...
  2. Braeden Hamson

    when you learnt and become pro, did anything amazing happen?

    Haha I'm glad for the "hoax" reading these stories sure helped this kid who's nervous about the future.
  3. Braeden Hamson

    What do you reckon the most produced component is?

    Hmm, a USB interface chip?
  4. Braeden Hamson

    What do you reckon the most produced component is?

    That one popped into my head first, I always tell people who want to start in electronics "build a 555 based blinky light." Which is a very satisfying project.
  5. Braeden Hamson

    What do you reckon the most produced component is?

    Of course "resistor" is the obvious answer, but I'm referring to specific components. 10K resistors? I wonder what the most numerous IC is.
  6. Braeden Hamson

    Why does a LED tube light need a ballast?

    Crap. You know what, I'm just gonna stay away from those infernal things.
  7. Braeden Hamson

    Why does a LED tube light need a ballast?

    I actually don't have any fixtures, I was actually trying to give my aloe vera plants some indoor lighting. After this ordeal I just went ahead and bought a $40 grow light. Which in retrospect, was a stupid idea because its just white lights... That's gonna bug me now. Anyway, thanks for the...
  8. Braeden Hamson

    Why does a LED tube light need a ballast?

    Hahaha, part of me hopes that one of those kids was dreaming that they had super powers. Then they woke up to that electrical storm, and have been trying to prove they have super powers ever since. It also kinda makes me want to go back and buy one, just to make the damn thing work. But $20 for...
  9. Braeden Hamson

    Why does a LED tube light need a ballast?

    So I was at home depot and I laid eyes on a nice 4ft LED tube light for $7. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Philips-40-Watt-Equivalent-4ft-T12-LED-Light-Bulb-Cool-White-4100K-468702/301154647 I figured this would be great for projects because they have the tube and everything, I figured I don't...
  10. Braeden Hamson

    Op Amp Troubles

    Thanks again, I can't wait until I actually learn the finer points of opamps in school, we covered them a little but it was cursory. What I should really do is give the hall sensors 12V and get a high quality ADC and feed that to the arduino. But at the end of the day I'm just putting a...
  11. Braeden Hamson

    Op Amp Troubles

    EDIT: Yes, the LM324 works a treat, I'll keep an eye out for swingers, I mean voltage swing
  12. Braeden Hamson

    Op Amp Troubles

    You've had a bad experience I take it? I don't know, I can move my hand pretty fast when I'm flying :p I have an LM324 on hand which is a dual or single supply op amp. I noticed the RC4558 doesn't claim to be a single supply device. Would something that is single supply rated work for my...
  13. Braeden Hamson

    Op Amp Troubles

    Hey guys, I'm working on my joystick. I have some hall effect sensors on it that provide the angle sensing, I forget their part number but they're not the focus here. The issue is the ~30º of movement the joystick has only creates ~-2.5V difference between the high and low output if the hall...
  14. Braeden Hamson

    Running house LED lights on AC

    That's also something I've been thinking about. If only I had a vent along the top of my ceiling as I have a sloped ceiling. This is how some houses were built before electricity, they had tall towers on top with shutters. Opening those shutters would create what I think are convection currents...
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    Running house LED lights on AC

    That's a very interesting point, the first thought in my mind is that most bulbs are in rescesses in the ceiling. So I'd think that most of the hot air generated by the light would sit up inside the recess. Also, I'm not sure those enclosures are insulated.
  16. Braeden Hamson

    Running house LED lights on AC

    :D That's what people say to me when we work on group projects. I always like to add bells and whistles. I'm killing that habit I promise. I have no plans to actually go through with this, its all in good fun. I was just poking at established ideas, seeing if anything dropped out of it. It's...
  17. Braeden Hamson

    Adding RC to a self balancing scooter/hoverboard.

    I think the 5 year old in me just wants to see you build a little tank https://www.ebay.com/i/282485089697?chn=ps
  18. Braeden Hamson

    Continuity Tester for Codger...

    Maybe I'm a little over zealous about chopping things to bits. I once bought a brand new joystick and never plugged it in, just chopped it up and modded it.
  19. Braeden Hamson

    Running house LED lights on AC

    I took apart an LED light and measured the voltage across one LED inside, it was 6 volts. Pretty good source of bright little LEDs if you ask me.
  20. Braeden Hamson

    Running house LED lights on AC

    I meant 100% power conversion, because there is no power conversion. I shouldn't have phrased it like that though. Funny you should mention a DC system for your house. I'm currently writing a paper about that for my writing class, which is why I was thinking so much about light efficiency...
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