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I have a new hobby, which is finding decent electronics on aliexpress and doing stuff with them. it's a fun game! is it a real manufacturer or a dropship store? who knows, try it and find out! I almost bought some Tuozhanteng Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. stuff from a drop shipper, but I found their real store at the last minute. for my first review, I got some OPEN-SMART modules:  Verdict: the Arduino clone works like you'd expect. the screens are nice! it took me a little while to figure out how to configure MCUFRIEND to work with them, but they work quite well. the weird thing is, when the larger of the two LCD modules is installed to the OPEN-SMART arduino specifically, I can't upload any sketches. the smaller screen doesn't have this issue. it works fine otherwise.  So I'm gonna say that's 9 out of 10 for the OPEN-SMART ecosystem so far. I'm eyeing their Rich Shield and the little wireless game controller. My other review is the RGBDuino (pic intentionally omitted). An Arduino Uno clone with RGB LEDs. Verdict: The LEDs are meant for strip lighting and they're way, way too bright. also, the header sockets are surface mount, which makes them really fragile - I managed to tear them off and had to re-solder them. it's more of a toy than a serious board. I think I will be buying something from TZT next & will report back! have a lovely YOSPOS day!
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I can’t believe I spelled “buying” wrong
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Your future posts should include links to the stuff you're buiying smdh
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yeah my B I was kinda in a rush to get that OP out before dinner OPEN-SMART stuff: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802349869286.html - Arduino compatible board https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832562730422.html - 2.8" TFT shield https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2251832610878826.html - 2.2" TFT shield RGBDuino: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804464964790.html
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I also bought a couple of ESP32 dev boards but I haven't done much with them so I don't have anything to say. except that I think the LOLIN series of boards and their tiny tiny shields are pretty cute https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802958877264.html
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Nice. don't rush your threads though. take your time to draft good threads in YOSPOS, please
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Silver Alicorn posted:I can’t believe I spelled “buying” wrong thats funny, everyone else can easily believe you did that
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SpaceAceJase posted:Nice. don't rush your threads though. take your time to draft good threads in YOSPOS, please im gonna have to disagree. some of the best threads in the pos were created at the last minute
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fart simpson posted:im gonna have to disagree. some of the best threads in the pos were created at the last minute
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Somebody fucked around with this message at 17:45 on May 13, 2024 |
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May 13, 2024 14:56
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Silver Alicorn posted:I can’t believe I spelled “buying” wrong just throw in some “anroid” and “chome” in a follow up post so people think it’s intentional
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May 13, 2024 14:58
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don’t worry, someone fixed the thread title
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only thing i've ever bought on aliexpress was a famicom themed 8bitdo ultimate controller which came with all the stuff 8bitdo advertised it coming with, but which i'm still uncertain if it's a knock off or not. works great though
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May 13, 2024 15:15
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there’s a store that claims to be the official 8bitdo store. its 4 years old so maybe it’s real, maybe not. that’s the fun of AliExpress
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they do link to one on their website it took some searching but i did manage to find the actual Fiio store when getting a little bluetooth dac so i can have actual wired headphones for my iphone
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i bought some fake yeezys from aliexpress once and theyre believable enough that im not entirely convinced theyre not just real yeezys that fell off a truck
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hbag posted:i bought some fake yeezys from aliexpress once and theyre believable enough that im not entirely convinced theyre not just real yeezys that fell off a truck the higher quality clothing/purse/sneaker bootleggers will poach employees from the real brand factories and in the case of sneakers have occasionally stolen or "borrowed" and copied legit molds for soles
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lol cool so i essentially got "real" yeezy 350s for like 60 bucks
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im super bad with electronics and it makes me depressed because it seems like a really cool thing to be able to do. But its one of those subjects that just slide off my brain, idk why
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qirex posted:the higher quality clothing/purse/sneaker bootleggers will poach employees from the real brand factories and in the case of sneakers have occasionally stolen or "borrowed" and copied legit molds for soles Yeah I have compared real Yeezys and the Alix 'Good' knockoffs and aside from maybe slight differences in stitching and sole rubber softness they are exactly alike. Still won't wear them now since Ye went full rear end in a top hat.
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rotor posted:im super bad with electronics and it makes me depressed because it seems like a really cool thing to be able to do. But its one of those subjects that just slide off my brain, idk why I took a class 8 years ago and was doing cool stuff like using an op amp and a photoresistor to control a light. I forgot it all though and my soldering is garbage now too
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rotor posted:im super bad with electronics and it makes me depressed because it seems like a really cool thing to be able to do. But its one of those subjects that just slide off my brain, idk why build a keyboard imo, I learned some basic soldering skills and now I'm considering some other projects
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Silver Alicorn posted:I took a class 8 years ago and was doing cool stuff like using an op amp and a photoresistor to control a light. I forgot it all though and my soldering is garbage now too all the classes i found here are for like electricians, did you do an online thing or ?
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death cob for cutie posted:build a keyboard imo, I learned some basic soldering skills and now I'm considering some other projects i can solder ok, its the volts and the ohms and poo poo that i always gently caress up
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There was a diagram that posted how all that works, but i can't share it any more lest i eat a sixer
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Jonny 290 posted:There was a diagram that posted how all that works, but i can't share it any more lest i eat a sixer anime characters teaching electrical wiring?
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and with that, you have sufficient info to google this.
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I got a cheap microscope and a few surface mount practice kits and now I'm finally decent at doing tiny tiny SMD stuff Used the skills to build a few copies of the PicoCart64, a pi pico based N64 flash cart. Was very fun to flash an image to it and see FlappyBird running on my N64 I want to find one of those CRT television board kits for a decent deal on Ali, i'm still hunting
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Hell yeah. I got a USB microscope so I could replace the DSP chip in a nice Yamaha i got for cheap. You've inspired me and imma try to clean the bench off this week. i'll make a lil' video
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hbag posted:lol cool so i essentially got "real" yeezy 350s for like 60 bucks I mean the materials won't be as good or durable but real 350s are made of 2 couch cushion offcuts and some styrofoam wrapped in dodgeball material so the difference probably won't be startling
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rotor posted:all the classes i found here are for like electricians, did you do an online thing or ? I went to a local vocational school that had a program in Windows & Linux administration, network administration and premises cabling, and electronics. the school has since ceased the program
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i bought a keyboard off of aliexpress last year, $200+ level quality for <$90 price shipped, would aliexpress again
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i have never bought anything off aliexpress before. I’ve had a project in the back of my mind for ages and i could probably source all of the parts from there. i want to make a programmable photo development machine with temperature controlled chemical reservoirs that pumps the various chems in and out on a timer. i would need a 3d printer too. seems like it might be too complex for a first project but not impossible idk
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qirex posted:the higher quality clothing/purse/sneaker bootleggers will poach employees from the real brand factories and in the case of sneakers have occasionally stolen or "borrowed" and copied legit molds for soles yeezies are cheaply made garbage in the first place
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i bought a reverse camera for my mom’s car on AliExpress and the image was inverted and they just said 
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i mean they did say it was a reverse camera
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hbag posted:i mean they did say it was a reverse camera they gotcha there AP
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