fig
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I'll try to fix that....and today I see the breadboard pic and the schematic.
Hopefully you'll see a finished breadboard soon.
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Hopefully you'll see a finished breadboard soon.
fig
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Man, the last week has been kooky. Okay, so the last 2 years or so have been also, but its been a little extra here. My daughter was in a pretty bad auto accident but was not injured badly. A young man āunder the influenceā made a poor decision (as often is done while āunder the influenceā) to operate a vehicle and decided stop signs were optional or oppressive. Unfortunately, he did not fare so well. He was taken to emergency and she has not heard anymore on his condition. Please give your keys to ANY dangerous equipment to a loved one before partaking. Why? Because I said so!
I was able to finish the Electrovibe Mini and the Arachnid (at least to my satisfactionā¦screw the critics).
Iāve been reading about Helium mining (from what I can tell itās a real āgasā) and picked up a LoRaWAN router and a few sensors to check it out. Iāll post some pictures and more info on that In case anyone has an interestā¦..or knows more than me and can help me out. I hope to get a full weather station as well as possibly rolling my own sensors for a greater purpose.
Iām mostly retired but recently we were approached by a group in the UK to assist with some environmental regulatory issues. Most of W. Europe follow US guidelines have similar legislation in place, so itās a fairly level playing field. Look out @JamieJ , et al, I may be headed your way
. Then I can join in bitching about shipping costs/times, hold contests that exclude the US, and maybe even acquire a really groovy accent.
Onward into the fog!
Man, the last week has been kooky. Okay, so the last 2 years or so have been also, but its been a little extra here. My daughter was in a pretty bad auto accident but was not injured badly. A young man āunder the influenceā made a poor decision (as often is done while āunder the influenceā) to operate a vehicle and decided stop signs were optional or oppressive. Unfortunately, he did not fare so well. He was taken to emergency and she has not heard anymore on his condition. Please give your keys to ANY dangerous equipment to a loved one before partaking. Why? Because I said so!
I was able to finish the Electrovibe Mini and the Arachnid (at least to my satisfactionā¦screw the critics).
Iāve been reading about Helium mining (from what I can tell itās a real āgasā) and picked up a LoRaWAN router and a few sensors to check it out. Iāll post some pictures and more info on that In case anyone has an interestā¦..or knows more than me and can help me out.
I hope to get a full weather station as well as possibly rolling my own sensors for a greater purpose. Iām mostly retired but recently we were approached by a group in the UK to assist with some environmental regulatory issues. Most of W. Europe follow US guidelines have similar legislation in place, so itās a fairly level playing field. Look out @JamieJ , et al, I may be headed your way
. Then I can join in bitching about shipping costs/times, hold contests that exclude the US, and maybe even acquire a really groovy accent.Onward into the fog!
giovanni
Well-known member
Sorry to hear about the accident! Iām glad your daughter is ok.Warning: This post contains NON-PEDAL CONTENT!
Man, the last week has been kooky. Okay, so the last 2 years or so have been also, but its been a little extra here. My daughter was in a pretty bad auto accident but was not injured badly. A young man āunder the influenceā made a poor decision (as often is done while āunder the influenceā) to operate a vehicle and decided stop signs were optional or oppressive. Unfortunately, he did not fare so well. He was taken to emergency and she has not heard anymore on his condition. Please give your keys to ANY dangerous equipment to a loved one before partaking. Why? Because I said so!
I was able to finish the Electrovibe Mini and the Arachnid (at least to my satisfactionā¦screw the critics).
Iāve been reading about Helium mining (from what I can tell itās a real āgasā) and picked up a LoRaWAN router and a few sensors to check it out. Iāll post some pictures and more info on that In case anyone has an interestā¦..or knows more than me and can help me out.
Iām mostly retired but recently we were approached by a group in the UK to assist with some environmental regulatory issues. Most of W. Europe follow US guidelines have similar legislation in place, so itās a fairly level playing field. Look out @JamieJ , et al, I may be headed your way
Onward into the fog!
andare
Well-known member
Dear @fig sorry about your daughter but glad she's ok.
If you every wind up in Krakow hit me up: we'll have a non-alcoholic tantalum nightcap!
And now story time:
I have in my time driven under the influence a couple of times. This was back in the 90s when cops would just tell you to drive carefully of they caught you.
Once, after dinner with friends (I was in Italy so we drank a lot of wine) I set out to drive home in my red Fiat Panda. Actually I woke up in the middle of an intersection (fortunately empty), my car at 45 degrees across. It scared me so much I sobered up immediately and drove home very slowly. Never did it again.
Wait, there's worse. Once I pulled an all nighter while working as an interior designer. No alcohol and no coffee. In the morning I had to drive my boss to the train station and I kept falling asleep at the wheel, with him prodding me to hurry up. Never drove again after a sleepless night.
Be careful out there and don't be me.
If you every wind up in Krakow hit me up: we'll have a non-alcoholic tantalum nightcap!
And now story time:
I have in my time driven under the influence a couple of times. This was back in the 90s when cops would just tell you to drive carefully of they caught you.
Once, after dinner with friends (I was in Italy so we drank a lot of wine) I set out to drive home in my red Fiat Panda. Actually I woke up in the middle of an intersection (fortunately empty), my car at 45 degrees across. It scared me so much I sobered up immediately and drove home very slowly. Never did it again.
Wait, there's worse. Once I pulled an all nighter while working as an interior designer. No alcohol and no coffee. In the morning I had to drive my boss to the train station and I kept falling asleep at the wheel, with him prodding me to hurry up. Never drove again after a sleepless night.
Be careful out there and don't be me.
Harry Klippton
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Hope your daughter is doing ok! That's scary stuff
pcb rookie
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fig
Village Idiot
Barry
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Just wait until it's your Grandchildren, it kicks up a few notches
fig
Village Idiot
Heās 13 so I wont have to wait long for that fresh hell.
fig
Village Idiot
Here are some shots of the first batch of LoRa sensors and LoRaWAN gateway. Itās a proof of life exercise to begin.
yep. both kinds, apparently...
really glad your daughter is OK and ideally the driving-while-impaired person survives and takes away a valuable lesson.Warning: This post contains NON-PEDAL CONTENT!
Man, the last week has been kooky. Okay, so the last 2 years or so have been also, but its been a little extra here. My daughter was in a pretty bad auto accident but was not injured badly. A young man āunder the influenceā made a poor decision (as often is done while āunder the influenceā) to operate a vehicle and decided stop signs were optional or oppressive. Unfortunately, he did not fare so well. He was taken to emergency and she has not heard anymore on his condition. Please give your keys to ANY dangerous equipment to a loved one before partaking. Why? Because I said so!
I was able to finish the Electrovibe Mini and the Arachnid (at least to my satisfactionā¦screw the critics).
Iāve been reading about Helium mining (from what I can tell itās a real āgasā) and picked up a LoRaWAN router and a few sensors to check it out. Iāll post some pictures and more info on that In case anyone has an interestā¦..or knows more than me and can help me out.
Iām mostly retired but recently we were approached by a group in the UK to assist with some environmental regulatory issues. Most of W. Europe follow US guidelines have similar legislation in place, so itās a fairly level playing field. Look out @JamieJ , et al, I may be headed your way
Onward into the fog!
blackhatboojum
Well-known member
Iām a little behind on the whatās goings ons with this thread so first, holy crap! Iām really glad your daughter is ok from that collisionWarning: This post contains NON-PEDAL CONTENT!
Man, the last week has been kooky. Okay, so the last 2 years or so have been also, but its been a little extra here. My daughter was in a pretty bad auto accident but was not injured badly. A young man āunder the influenceā made a poor decision (as often is done while āunder the influenceā) to operate a vehicle and decided stop signs were optional or oppressive. Unfortunately, he did not fare so well. He was taken to emergency and she has not heard anymore on his condition. Please give your keys to ANY dangerous equipment to a loved one before partaking. Why? Because I said so!
I was able to finish the Electrovibe Mini and the Arachnid (at least to my satisfactionā¦screw the critics).
Iāve been reading about Helium mining (from what I can tell itās a real āgasā) and picked up a LoRaWAN router and a few sensors to check it out. Iāll post some pictures and more info on that In case anyone has an interestā¦..or knows more than me and can help me out.
Iām mostly retired but recently we were approached by a group in the UK to assist with some environmental regulatory issues. Most of W. Europe follow US guidelines have similar legislation in place, so itās a fairly level playing field. Look out @JamieJ , et al, I may be headed your way
Onward into the fog!
. Secondly, I got a little excited about the helium thing thinking it was about mining the actual gas. I was gonna go on a long diatribe about how itās extracted from the earths crust through natural gas wells blah blah blah. Iāve been working in the gas business for 25 years blah blah blah. Our nationās largest helium reserve is near Amarillo Texas blah blah blahā¦. Turns out, that helium miner is some kinda network thing-a-ma-do-hickey
!? Thatās false advertisement I tell ya
!In all seriousness though. Happy to hear you and yours are doing well.
fig
Village Idiot
Iād have enjoyed it, as the shortage had a direct impact on me a few years ago. I think Iāve told you that I was in the dinosaur industry for a few moons. Anyway, one of our services was underground pipeline leak locating using helium as a medium. It was fun..weād walk along the path humming and when we went falsetto we knew that we were close.Iām a little behind on the whatās goings ons with this thread so first, holy crap! Iām really glad your daughter is ok from that collision
Secondly, I got a little excited about the helium thing thinking it was about mining the actual gas. I was gonna go on a long diatribe about how itās extracted from the earths crust through natural gas wells blah blah blah. Iāve been working in the gas business for 25 years blah blah blah. Our nationās largest helium reserve is near Amarillo Texas blah blah blahā¦. Turns out, that helium miner is some kinda network thing-a-ma-do-hickey
In all seriousness though. Happy to hear you and yours are doing well.
Actually, we used a helium measurement device to pinpoint the highest concentration of the escaping gas.The trucks also carried large SS Ni ādoersā to pressurize the ullage of USTs for leak-testing, as well as small Ni gas cylinders (I still have one, somewhere). We used a large gas supplier located in TX
Man those SS lines get frosty when you crank up the flow!Oopsā¦diatribe.