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  • Raspberry Pie 4, RFM69 - Noobie questions

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  • UART or I2C sensor version?

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    @nca and @scalz Thanks! Very interesting, good points.
  • A small NRF24L01 chip comparison

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    @yveaux Thank you
  • Seeking advice on RF set up

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  • [SOLVED] Poor battery life on door sensor

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    @frankvk Yes, I did a straight swap and now, after over a week, the battery level hasn’t dropped at all.
  • Would it be possible to run the MAX4466 with battery?

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    @benhub if you look at the datasheet of the MX4466 you can see that it's input current is a bit above 24µA which is ok for battery usage. But you have to include the current consumption of the microphone also, the one used only has a max value of 0.5mA @3V in the datasheet, so you can't make it a battery powered sensor with a very long battery life.
  • NRF52 nodes can work with gateway with RF24 module together?

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    Glad to hear it.
  • DYP-ME007YY v2.0 PWM

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  • VEML6075 high sleep consumption

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    @manutremo Activate a forced mode. I bet your sensor is in standby mode right now
  • Water meter : grey scale sensor

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    @epierre Plus presumably it can be universally applied whether a wet or dry register?
  • HMI Intelligent TFT screen - control via serial, $4

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    @alowhum thank for the that info . i bought the wrong kinda screen . i will buy another type and try again
  • not working Ethernet Gateway (sensebender and/or nano gateway)

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    @rafael156 said in not working Ethernet Gateway (sensebender and/or nano gateway): To the Sensebender Board with W5100+NRF24: Sensebender can be flashed via Arduino IDE: Bootloader and Sketch Note versions (work): Arduino IDE 1.6.13 Arduino AVR 1.6.18 Arduino SAMD 1.6.12 MySensors SAMD 1.0.5 MySensors Lib 2.3.1 Thanks a lot ! ! ! I've lost 2 days trying to understand why it was not working anymore while uploading the exact same sketch as before ! Last release are not that stable finally.
  • In line humidity sensor

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  • Open Smart serial TFT LCD touch screen - example Arduino code

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    A small note on my experiences so far. I have settled on using this screen for most cases where I wanted to use a bigger screen for output. Creating small UX-es is awesome. What is also great is that I turn the backlight off after a little while, and then a touch turns it back on again. Similarly, using a touch to turn the screen on and off is nice for when you don't want the screen to shine it's light into the room all the time. I have also gotten it to work slightly faster by creating a better way of handling the serial data it sends. I've also learned that you can send longer strings to it all at once. You need to send the length of the string in the command. I haven't implemented this in my own code yet, but I recently learned about it by better reading the documentation. Something more worrying is that two of the six screens have stopped working. The screens turn on, but there is no serial communication. I believe this is caused by how I handled the screens, and creating small shorts on the back of the screen. My recommendation is to add some non-conductive tape to the entire back to avoid this. Make sure your other electronics don't accidentally touch its back. The resistive touch screen works well, but if there was a capacitive version of the screen I would probably switch to that. Finally, the screen can be separated from the PCB below. It's just attached with double sided tape.
  • Reflow Oven

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    I have a question. On the convection fan motor is the fan (pictured) for convection or is there another fan inclosed and the one pictured for cooling the motor? I like this build and plan on doing one.
  • Sensebender Gateway Dead

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  • Powering the nano with a battery

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    You can power the Nano with 3 x AA (or AAA) alkaline cells (4.5v) connected to the 5v pin. The 4.5v will also be suitable Speed Test Scrabble Word Finder Solitaire for powering a servo. And the AA (or AAA) cells will last longer than the 9v PP3 style battery.
  • I need a hot air tool to make some details.

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    your can use JEDEC solderprofile as guidance, as Pb-free (Leadfree) is standard nowadays and the max temperature is 260°C, which can be seen in below solder profile. and don't heat it too long... https://www.cypress.com/file/41231/download
  • d-diot: General purpose PCB for Arduino Nano with code

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  • 5v PSU - Booster Noise?

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    @scalz @skywatch Thanks both for thoughts, but managed to solve the original problem when I stumbled across why the JSN-SR04-2.0 would not work at 3.3v. The standard pulse of 10 microseconds changed to 15 had it working perfectly rather than intermittently. All that pain over two years for the sake of 5 microseconds.:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Will try playing with a high psrr LDO post booster for potential future needs, as the interaction completely threw me. The error only showed up when the ultrasonic range extended (tank emptied), blissfully unaware until then. I don't have the skills to design a booster, and components on the commercial ones are difficult if not impossible to identify, so post treatment it will have to be.

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