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  1. Ian

    Change in site ownership

    In a few hours time, ElectronicsPoint will be offline for a short period of time while we change site servers - as I'm passing over the running of the site to a company called EETech. EETech have a lot of experience running electronics discussion forums and electronics/tech sites, and want...
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    Improved Search Feature

    I've had a few requests and suggestions over the years to improve the search function on ElectronicsPoint, as it hasn't been particularly fast or helpful when common search terms are used. The search has been upgraded to run on a new system, which should allow for greatly improved search...
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    Recommended Carbon Fibre 3D Printer Filament

    I've got a few parts to 3d print which require high-strength and dimensional stability over a wide range of temperatures. ABS isn't quite strong enough (and is unpleasant to work with) and PETG isn't rigid enough. I was wondering if anyone here has worked with carbon fibre based filaments...
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    Thoughts on Engineer PA-09 Crimp Tool?

    I've got a few Molex SL series connectors to crimp in the coming month, which has prompted me to upgrade my terrible SN-28B crimp tool (the cheap generic Chinese one all over eBay and Amazon). It looks like the Engineer PA-09 crimp tool rates very well and I've anecdotally heard good things...
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    Low-Profile Temporary Metal Rivets

    I'm on the lookout for a product, but I don't know if they exist or what they would be called - hopefully someone here may have come across them before! I'm building a CNC machine that will have a spoilboard with an array of holes drilled in to it (maybe in a 100mmx100mm grid) - I want to use...
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    Thoughts on Voltera?

    I've obviously been looking at too many CNC machine videos, as now when I visit YouTube I get lots of ads for a PCB printer called Voltera. I generally skip past ads quite quickly, but this one caught my eye - as it looks like an interesting way to prototype PCBs. Here's a link to the site...
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    K40 Laser Cutter Upgrades

    Ian submitted a new Showcase Item: K40 Laser Cutter Read more about this showcase item here...
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    CO2 laser tube lifespan - time used vs age of tube?

    A few weeks ago I was looking for some advice on a CO2 laser cutter, but in the end I had to reel in my expectations after realising how much import duty and other fees would be. However, I have now found a really affordable K40 laser cutter based in the UK, which means it'll give me something...
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    Cheap linear actuators

    I'm interested in integrating a hidden "drop down" compartment as part of a home automation project, i.e. using linear actuators to drop a platform of around 0.5kg by 100mm. It's only a gimmicky project that I don't want to spend much building, so purchasing a standard linear actuator seems...
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    Subscript / Superscript in Editor

    After a suggestion from @hevans1944 in this post, I've added subscript/superscript tag buttons to the WYSIWYG editor. I remember trying to do this a few years ago, but ran in to problems - however it looks like a more recent forum upgrade has enabled us to now add this feature. I've got a few...
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    Cheap Chinese Laser Cutters

    I've been interested in getting a laser cutter for many years, but until recently they have been prohibitively expensive. A few years ago, there was a flood of cheap K40 CO2 laser cutters/engravers from China - with matching cheap construction/hardware. However, it looks like the quality of...
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    Forum Category Feedback

    There has been quite a lot of discussion between the mods to see if we can improve the forum category layout to make things a little easier to understand for new members, but also to improve the categorisation of posts. At the moment, two threads could be very similar, but posted in different...
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    Enlarging hole in reflector?

    I've retrofitted some G4 LED bulbs in to some pond lights, but they're so much larger than the halogen G4s that they replaced. They can't fully fit within the reflector mount, as the diameter of the bulb base is larger than the hole. I've managed to disassemble the enclosure and remove the...
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    Forum Categories and Improvements

    Now that we're coming to the end of 2017, I thought it may be a good time to encourage feedback on how we can improve the forum for 2018 :). Do you have any ideas or thoughts on what we could do to improve things around here? Are there any new features you'd like to see on the site, or new...
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    Server Move

    My apologies to anyone accessing the site in the past hour and found it inaccessible - I had to make a quick server transfer (which took far longer than it should have, it's usually in the order of minutes!). Until your computers DNS updates, the site may be a little slow - but this should...
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    Solar charging module for LiFePO4 batteries

    I've recently started tinkering with ESP8266 boards, and one of the projects I'm going to build will involve having the board sitting outside for years recording data (this pond water level meter). It would be ideal if I could use a LiFePO4 battery, which is trickle charged via a small solar...
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    What does your workshop / workbench look like?

    I thought it may be fun to have a thread to post pics of our electronics workbench/workshop/desk areas - so other members can get ideas on layouts, storage and equipment configs. I'm currently in the middle of ordering equipment for a space I've cleared out in my workshop, so my pics will be...
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    Sensor choice for pond water depth

    We've got a small pond in our garden, but with the warmer weather in summer I will often need to top it up manually with water when the level gets too low. I thought it might make for an interesting project to have a battery powered IoT device (likely ESP8266 based) track the water temperature...
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    8x32 LED Panel (WS2812B) Power Requirements

    I've bought a 8x32 flexible RGB LED panel from AliExpress to have a tinker with, as it looks like a fun way to improve my Arduino programming skills (and no doubt useful for a project in the future). It looks like each LED can use up to 3x20mA (60mA for white) of current, so 256x0.06 = 15.36A...
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    Connector Recommendations

    I'm looking for a little bit of advice on choosing a type of connector. I've got an S-250-12 (12V, 20A) PSU that I'm using in a 3D printer project, but I'd like to use detachable connectors from the heatbed to the PSU (the headbed operates at 12V, with a max current of 15A, likely less). I've...
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