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  1. donkey

    ok this is sci fi right here

    ok so lets say I hook up a plate of metal to the second set of plates. I place a diodebetween the negative (black) and the plate so electrons can flow from the metal to the plates but cannot go back that way. now lets hook a circuit a simple light directly to theplates on the second row, no...
  2. donkey

    How can I use a Raspberry Pi for this INSANE project?

    hey crohn. the raspberry pi foundation really excels at helping out with this. most of it is programming and alot of it has been done. arduino will beable to do some of the things you want but A)its alot slower B) a mega board is the same price as the pi C) pi is more fun there are people...
  3. donkey

    Raspberry Pi Laptop/Arduino Coder!

    hey renfley nice start. I am very interested in the pi and arduino atm. Trying projects out is getting easier however I still stumble sometimes with coding or I put the wires on the wrong way..... so far that is looking nice. are you going to be building it with its own battery etc?
  4. donkey

    ok this is sci fi right here

    so anyway I have had kidney stones of late and they gave me some awesome painkillers, the issue is that theyare definately affecting my judgement right now so I need someone to very simply tell me that this is not possible. I will include a picture poorly drawn to help with you guys being able...
  5. donkey

    Anti static floor. Help!

    http://www.stencilrolls.com/paints.htm first google hit. hope that helps
  6. donkey

    Does chocolate work as thermal paste?

    ok then I will have to fix my "air con" before posting it lol.there is heat paste all over that sucker atm.
  7. donkey

    Converting a security camera to be wireless

    range is totally uncalculatable (its a word i tells ya) the peak efficency is 100metres, this goes down with several factors, first being obstacles, is there anything in its way? that has to be calculated with density etc etc etc etc. to much there then there is competing frequencies, what...
  8. donkey

    Converting a security camera to be wireless

    hey as dave said its not likely bluetooth. I work around these setups and you need a specific reciever for it. for direct tv or tv card in a computer use http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121020717496?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 for USB on a computer...
  9. donkey

    Today's Giggle :)

    nice. have to add a funny thats old but a goody I copied and pasted it. THIS IS NOT MINE lol I got this awhile ago and really enjoyed it, so enjoy! This is why women should not take men shopping against their will. After I retired, my wife insisted that I accompany her on her trips...
  10. donkey

    Converting a security camera to be wireless

    ok the easiest way I got for you is buy a wireless reversing camera kit like http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/121020716825?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 thats a bnc connector so some modifications will be needed its doable to network it, but that is going to take a while, the...
  11. donkey

    Converting a security camera to be wireless

    ok how easy or complicated do you want this to be? I just spent $20 and converted some old cameras to wireless (semi wireless, need power still) depending on the plug you have I might have a quick solution for you sound might be different though
  12. donkey

    off topic but advice sought

    lol that price is reasonable but how much for the source code on top? ad I have been looking everywhere for someone to help me out, raspberry pi forums, programming forums. the unfortunate thing about brisbane is that most IT graduates end up in sydney or melbourne as apposed to staying here...
  13. donkey

    off topic but advice sought

    hey people, I was wondering if anyone knew rough pricing for a programmer and how that all works? I am trying to get something working on a raspberry pi but my programming sucks more than the vaccuum of space. The worst part is I have tried the raspberry pi page,a programming forum that has a...
  14. donkey

    voltage regu;ator....again

    hey guys and gals. need a simple schematic for a voltage regulator I plan to use 4 D batteriesand want an output of 5v. if anyone can help that would be great. if you are really nice could you include a way to monitor battery life too?
  15. donkey

    Using a Motor in an Arduino

    http://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/StepperBipolar http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/StepperTwoPins http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Stepper?from=Tutorial.Stepper these are just a few examples from the arduino site itself. the thing you have to understand is arduino is a very specific board...
  16. donkey

    ok they invented everything now

    http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Twittering-Office-Chair/ ok no need for further inventions, everything has been built now lol
  17. donkey

    robot

    also letting us know how much work you have done might help us out. if you want to build from scratch or if you want kits to help you etc
  18. donkey

    HELP! what happened??

    another thing is it was set at 200 ACV depending on your country your mains could be 240volt. so it might be too much for the multimeter at that setting. either way rule number one with mainsvoltage is just don't touch it until you know what it is about. and hopefully you have a safety switch...
  19. donkey

    My First Project

    it really dependson how confident you are. line followers are a little more detailed than I started with but if you are at that level feel free to go for it. I find making things I am interested in or want keeps me going. right now I am making a wireless remote for our tv so it broadcasts a...
  20. donkey

    12 7 segment displays

    heyguys and girls, a friend asked me to make an item for his bobba fet outfit. he wants 2 rows of 6 7segment displays (the figure 8 ones) to randomly turn on/ off each segment. I have ideas but then he through in a bit of a wild card hewants it to read a word every now and then. I thought...
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