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PokeJoe posted:I got my $14 drone and It Works As someone who is considering one, please elaborate.
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Mine is stuck in that weird limbo where ali emails me every day to say there's been a shipping update, but the shipping status doesn't change.
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Nov 28, 2023 04:19
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Prof. Banks posted:As someone who is considering one, please elaborate.  it flies and the cameras work idk what else you can ask for
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Nov 28, 2023 05:56
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namlosh posted:I’ve never ordered from Ali but follow the thread for some reason and this caught my eye. I don't think anything like that exists that's mass produced. I also keep hoping for a cheap Chinese Atari flash cart since there's a DIY open source one out there now, but no dice.
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Nov 28, 2023 06:20
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PokeJoe posted:
How long does it fly for and is the video quality any good?
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Nov 28, 2023 07:08
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Geemer posted:How long does it fly for and is the video quality any good? Also how long does it record for?
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Nov 28, 2023 07:27
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It flies for like 10 mins. The video is fine I guess but it's a $14 drone what do you honestly expect
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Nov 28, 2023 08:47
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mobby_6kl posted:There are generic $1 BT modules you can shoehorn anywhere. I've used this one to add BT to my 2003 car for example, I think it only beeps at reasonable volume when a device is connected and otherwise nothing else. Why is (what I’m guessing is) the left speaker output marked as “negative power supply”? Or am I completely misunderstanding how that’s wired up? Cool little mod you built either way wa27 posted:I don't think anything like that exists that's mass produced. I also keep hoping for a cheap Chinese Atari flash cart since there's a DIY open source one out there now, but no dice. Thanks! I figured as much, but it was worth a shot  If there’s an open source one out there, you might try building it yourself… I built an open source diy Supergun and it wasn’t too hard with a bunch of practice first. Ordered the boards from JLC-PCB and the parts from Mouser
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Nov 28, 2023 16:27
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namlosh posted:Why is (what I’m guessing is) the left speaker output marked as “negative power supply”? Or am I completely misunderstanding how that’s wired up? I'm pretty sure they just hosed up the image and it's just L/R channels as labeled on the PCB. Looking at the wiring diagram, I'm pretty sure that's what I did (it was a few years back).  These would be the green/black/red wires in my photo.
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Nov 28, 2023 16:40
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https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004463033440.html https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006038934277.html My darning loom and battery arrived. I went for the black plastic 10 pin loom and it's better made than any I've bought previously. Pins are nice and tight. Battery is smaller than the old battery and a little thicker, but was well packaged and the keyboard lit up the moment I connected it up, despite having no keys attached to it at that point! 10/10. Would revive a broken bluetooth keyboard again!
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Nov 28, 2023 18:07
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Any good soldering sets or are they all liable to explode when touched?
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Nov 28, 2023 22:51
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Buy a TS100 or TS80, depending on whichever you prefer
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Nov 28, 2023 23:24
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Based off the IronOS github, apparently the ways to go for Miniware are the TS101 and TS80P. The newer 100 have bootloader issues if you want to go to that OS or potentially just update it. The TS80 is all old stock and the 80P is the new version. I'm prone to trust the nerds who write custom soldering iron operating systems for which ones are good. I also quite like my TS101, but I'm waiting for full support before I go over to IronOS. It's supposed to be a nice improvement for the 100.
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Nov 29, 2023 07:34
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How useful is the battery on that thing, do you take the iron along all the time?
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Nov 29, 2023 11:31
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It's been a while since I posted a scam from Ali (and for those in the know - sorry it's not the BGA Rework Station...yet) Not linking cos promoting scammers  Competent Samsung ripoff packaging without actually saying Samsung  Here we go....  Suss (thats chinese for 'new volume' so got a laugh outta that)  Was a bit promising considering I had it in a PCIE3 NVME slot instead of a newer type  LOL read/write failure due to not having external DRAM Buffer  LOL capacity failure  And Ultimately... 
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Nov 29, 2023 11:50
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Tried ordering some panel mount outlets for my own step down transformer build. Schuko and nema, together as god intended:   I think the main safety issue with the nema plug (being able to touch both prongs when they might be live) is fixable by recessing the socket like the schuko, they even make those already. His Divine Shadow fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Nov 29, 2023 |
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Nov 29, 2023 12:31
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Humphreys posted:It's been a while since I posted a scam from Ali (and for those in the know - sorry it's not the BGA Rework Station...yet) Surely you didn't think there was a non-zero percent chance this would work did you?
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Nov 29, 2023 13:04
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Just hear me out here - I know it's probably going to be a scam, but I'm too smart to get scammed, so that means I should give the scammer the money they're asking for in exchange for a fake item
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Nov 29, 2023 13:13
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Was looking at the black friday sales on Amazon the other day so I could pick up a cheap usb stick and it kept offering me "928gb pen drive" for £6.99 or so in cost. Yeah, sure, that seems legit.
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Nov 29, 2023 13:15
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My $1.79 (or whatever) haul arrived, I ordered a few thing for an upcoming vacation and other random crap I came across. One thing was a compact USB-PD GAN charger... that turned out to be barely smaller than my 5 year old-ish Blitzwolf. It does have PPS and an extra USB-A output at least. Also got a 10mm flex-head wrench because I didn't have one and why not. It seems to be ok at first glance but is definitely wimpier than my Lidl one: His Divine Shadow posted:Tried ordering some panel mount outlets for my own step down transformer build. I got one of the (probably extremly non-compliant) outlets to replace the NEMA one that was on my inverter   https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32968315804.html
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Nov 29, 2023 14:31
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By popular demand posted:How useful is the battery on that thing, do you take the iron along all the time? I just run mine off of a 100W USB-PD power supply. Haven't soldered on the go, but a nice flexy silicone-sheathed cable is way nicer than the cord on my old lovely iron.
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Nov 29, 2023 15:05
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Ordered a 20dBu signal booster for my apartment’s gate remote for $5 so now I can open the gate for the delivery guy without leaving the apartment the way god intended. That sentence needs work but you get the idea? 
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Nov 30, 2023 01:12
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AE said it was gonna give me something free then yanked it away 
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Nov 30, 2023 03:04
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mobby_6kl posted:I got one of the (probably extremly non-compliant) outlets to replace the NEMA one that was on my inverter That thing looks pissed
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Nov 30, 2023 05:46
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:Ordered a 20dBu signal booster for my apartment’s gate remote for $5 so now I can open the gate for the delivery guy without leaving the apartment the way god intended. Does it work?! I wanna open my door from three blocks away
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Nov 30, 2023 05:47
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mobby_6kl posted:My $1.79 (or whatever) haul arrived, I ordered a few thing for an upcoming vacation and other random crap I came across. One thing was a compact USB-PD GAN charger... that turned out to be barely smaller than my 5 year old-ish Blitzwolf. It does have PPS and an extra USB-A output at least. Also got a 10mm flex-head wrench because I didn't have one and why not. It seems to be ok at first glance but is definitely wimpier than my Lidl one: ⚫️\◼️/⚫️
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Nov 30, 2023 08:51
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codo27 posted:Surely you didn't think there was a non-zero percent chance this would work did you? It's kind of a THING I do.
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Nov 30, 2023 08:58
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Dang It Bhabhi! posted:leaving the apartment the way god intended. "I don't drink coffee normally" 
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Nov 30, 2023 09:06
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Sentient Data posted:Just hear me out here - I know it's probably going to be a scam, but I'm too smart to get scammed, so that means I should give the scammer the money they're asking for in exchange for a fake item The trick is to just file the dispute and get refunded. It costs you nothing that way!
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Nov 30, 2023 09:19
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Is it possible to modify the firmware of the scam device to turn it back into a reliable 64gb m.2 drive though? And even then you'd need a lot of them to make it worthwhile. I'm not sure I'd be okay with willingly sharing my real identity to known scammers, maybe if there was a way to order stuff from aliexpress with a PO box and a throwaway name and payment details
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Nov 30, 2023 15:07
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ante posted:Does it work?! Will update all of my AliBros in this thread when I try it.
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Nov 30, 2023 22:47
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Echophonic posted:Based off the IronOS github, apparently the ways to go for Miniware are the TS101 and TS80P. The newer 100 have bootloader issues if you want to go to that OS or potentially just update it. The TS80 is all old stock and the 80P is the new version. I'm sorry what. Why does your soldering iron have an operating system? Why are people flashing custom operating systems to soldering irons? Doesn't a soldering iron have one setting: Temperature?
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Nov 30, 2023 23:08
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Just get a Pinecil if you want a fancy USB soldering iron, it's even compatible with TS100 tips. https://www.pine64.org/pinecil/
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Nov 30, 2023 23:36
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Kafouille posted:Just get a Pinecil if you want a fancy USB soldering iron, it's even compatible with TS100 tips. This boggles my mind
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Nov 30, 2023 23:59
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I don't know if a soldering iron really needs a RISC-V processor but I guess if it works the price is right
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Dec 1, 2023 00:33
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The reason those irons have microcontrollers is that you need something that can negotiate the USB power delivery protocol, and the cheapest way to do that in those volumes is just to slap a random 20 cent general purpose controller in there. Plus that gets you things like closed loop PID temperature control so it warms up nearly instantly and stays at the target temperature much better.
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Dec 1, 2023 00:43
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I have a pinecil and I like it
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Dec 1, 2023 00:44
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Kafouille posted:The reason those irons have microcontrollers is that you need something that can negotiate the USB power delivery protocol, and the cheapest way to do that in those volumes is just to slap a random 20 cent general purpose controller in there. Plus that gets you things like closed loop PID temperature control so it warms up nearly instantly and stays at the target temperature much better. I was gonna make a joke about it running doom, but somebody did it to a TS80 so almost certainly a yes on the Pinecil
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Dec 1, 2023 00:47
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The only setting on my soldering iron is plugged and unplugged.
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I posted months ago I got a wireless soldering iron and it’s fantastic. I just need to connect wires in tight spaces. It was under $20 and still works great
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