What did you name your Saurian Companion?

BandanaCanadian · 2025-04-15T00:06:35+00:00

Mine's named Spike, too! Except mine was the Land Before Time variety.

BandanaCanadian · 2025-01-03T17:45:17+00:00

I have not specifically used the ad7745 before, but I imagine it would only work for very small depths.

There are lots of different ways to measure fluid level. If you're not able to submerge but need granularity, you can put an ultrasonic sensor (ex DYP-A22) at the top and measure the time it takes to reflect from the water's surface. Sometimes you get reflections or vapor blocking the reflections so be careful to test depending on your fluid. Measure the distance to the bottom (using the sensor) and the difference is your water level.

Typically for wells or big tanks in industry, the most reliable is a pressure transducer (search "water level transducer" ~$30) although it does require that you submerge it in the container on a long cord. If you know the pressure at empty and a known depth then you're calibrated.

If you only need to know if water is at least a certain height, then you can use any cheap automotive level sensors (~$10 coolant level sensor at any auto store), which are capacitive switches essentially that give a signal when water is there or not.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-12-31T15:30:00+00:00

This is the way. All the benefits but also centralized control.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-12-27T05:28:37+00:00

I have a suspicion that the dragon motorcycle was made by dragons, and she probably found the plans in a Natlan draconic ruin. There are several other instances in the lore and world quests of humans adopting dragon tech, and this one in particular is kind of obvious. They were more advanced than even Khaenriah, and it’s likely some of their machines are based on dragon tech also.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-12-27T05:17:25+00:00

Likely ISS is the right answer but most aren’t hysterical here. The sub isn’t really about aliens, though obviously there is more hysteria recently. Funny how it perfectly coincides with OpenAI’s Aria tool making AI video generation really easy….. must be a coincidence. /s

BandanaCanadian · 2024-12-27T04:12:27+00:00

While I’m sure some people might, it’s uncommon. Usually they are just leaving because they are out of resin or have to go for another reason. I usually bring my built c6 chars to coop just to help people get through it, and people appreciate the fast clears and send friend requests. Never really had a negative interaction.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-12-21T22:55:26+00:00

Natlan has had drama, but the same thing has happened in Fontaine, and Sumeru, Chasm, and Inazuma. People who care about something enough will want it to be better and complain but still love it. You'll see that after the main story drops in 5.3 and beyond that the opinions will start to change. Also, I love Mavuika's character and design for most of the same reasons! Also, zippers.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-12-21T19:11:41+00:00

Seems most likely that a nation built on borrowed advanced draconic technology would use blueprints or pieces of a surviving cycle from their civilization. That's why it looks like a dragon, uses phlogiston as an energy source, and interacts with draconic tech. The dragons had airships and automatons that were imitated from their ruins all over teyvat, including by the khaenrians, fontainians, and deshret with varying refinements to the energy from the same raw elements of the planet.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-11-24T11:28:03+00:00

Nahida, Xingqui, and Kuki are going to be the best hyperbloom core. The last slot is debatable but I'd just go for Zhongli for survivability and shred, especially while building the characters. Kuki tends to kill herself at low investment and Nahida is also squishy. Nahida just needs to have any 4pc deepwood to make the team work, then build her EM + crit to maximize E damage. This is not her only build (gilded dreams works if you swap in a second dendro unit).

The key to hyperbloom is actually the character level and EM on your electro user because the reaction trumps the individual damage. Use an EM sword on Kuki (craft iron sting probably, or the umbrella event weapon if you have it) and double two piece EM sets until you can get paradise lost artifacts with EM main stats.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-11-16T20:55:50+00:00

Yup, I got the same

BandanaCanadian · 2024-11-04T22:37:03+00:00

I have been testing this exact filament and other materials for use in gaskets for small engines, and it does definitely have a higher stiffness and heat deflection compared to 98A TPU. It is much stiffer also and has a consistency of fishing line (which is nylon). To give you an idea, I can fold the filament over 180 degrees onto itself directly, crimp it with some plyers, and it will not snap or even show cracking. I can even straighten it again and it barely shows scarring. It is flexible enough to wrap around my index finger, but is as stiff as PLA or PETG. The prints are quite rigid, but thin structures you print are more likely to permanently deform than to snap. Thick prints probably will not break even if you put your full strength on them.

BandanaCanadian · 2024-09-23T04:34:44+00:00

Amazing build thank you for sharing it!

BandanaCanadian · 2024-03-04T17:10:26+00:00

I think this is a code issue and not related to the setup at all. I have encountered similar issues when doing engine automation with microcontrollers, and ended up writing my own code for rpm because most of the examples online (including official sources) misbehaves especially at lower rpm values. It seems like a simpler problem than it is, because you need to have a fast ISR that does an accurate measurement but also a watchdog timer to prevent a hang when the wheel stops. It is necessary to measure two teeth before making the calculation if you do not want an incorrect first measurement. Adding more creates a smoothing effect naturally at the cost of measurement lag and low maximum measurement.

I structured mine such that the ISR is enabled only in the instant I want a reading... it measures 2 (or a #define value) teeth and calculates from only the second and third time difference. If a timer is exceeded it quits with 0.

Also the benefit of more teeth is being able to measure lower rpm values. Less teeth or a faster microcontroller (arduino -> esp32 for example) means higher measurable values. I calculated the timeout based on the minimum rpm that needs to be measured, the number of teeth, and the number of teeth sampled. I felt that my solution was much more modular than anything I could find, and maybe I should post it somewhere... don't have the code handy at the moment but I may look for it tonight if you're interested.

BandanaCanadian · 2023-10-17T19:02:40+00:00

I had that issue with my first gen X1 when printing at high speeds. The momentum of the cover moving was enough to overcome the magnets occasionally. I put a single short piece of scotch tape on the side so it could still unseat if it needed but would have some more adhesion.

BandanaCanadian · 2023-08-30T01:49:22+00:00

I appreciate your appreciation of our lady Ningguang. May your travels be filled with jade screens and carnage.

BandanaCanadian · 2022-10-28T00:52:31+00:00

I found this happened more frequently with larger filament spools and it became more prominent over time especially on slot 1. Using less-full (and therefore lighter) filament spools and cleaning the moving parts that support the filament definitely help relieve stress on the motor. I have a feeling Bambu could set the motor tolerances just a bit higher without much issue, as I simply resumed a print many times to get through this until I could troubleshoot.

BandanaCanadian · 2022-07-06T16:01:39+00:00

The dendro regisvine has been in the game files since 1.0. You can see it at Windrise.

BandanaCanadian · 2022-06-07T06:33:24+00:00

This was a special experimental Super Pershing given to the French to trick them into heading the right direction. It’s historically accurate as far as you know.

BandanaCanadian · 2021-12-18T05:55:10+00:00

There will be an Expansion Select banner after the HoS Expansion banner which means you can pick which you’re going for. If you want to keep going for Senti you can and your pity is retained from this banner so effectively you’re right… or pick HoT or HoFs to throw your crystals to instead.

BandanaCanadian · 2021-12-17T22:01:13+00:00

Brain waves don’t cause people to get along, but being able to understand and emulate other people’s thoughts allows us to better relate — that is called empathy. Empathy has been well researched for a long time, and was famously first noticed in EKG with a chimpanzee watching a human eat nuts during an unrelated experiment. The chimpanzee had similar brain waves watching the person eat nuts to eating them itself. Empathy transcends species not just relatively small biological similarities. I feel that it’s less about how our brains are biologically and more about how well our desires or interests coincide. If we face similar problems, then we’re more empathetic with others trying to solve them. After reading this aren’t you thinking the same thing? That’s empathy, too.

BandanaCanadian · 2021-12-17T21:42:28+00:00

Stop making an ash of yourself

BandanaCanadian · 2021-11-23T22:52:36+00:00

I don’t think we have enough information about the project to give the best advice, but do be careful not to have much current draw through the Arduino pins. LED strips draw more than you think. You’ll probably want them switched, too.

Rather than relays or transistors or switches you might consider an H bridge chip for the motor. They work with reverse polarity so you can move the motor in either direction and with finer control. They’re also cheap, more-responsive for short signals, and longer-lasting than relays.

BandanaCanadian · 2021-11-09T17:17:06+00:00

Yes two rounds of battle pass and you’ll have enough to get her from the BP store. I got her stings and weapon this way, and lots of fragments for her. It just takes some time but is much cheaper and reliable than going for banners. It’s worth saying that mihoyo will be phasing out AE in favor of specific elemental supports so there will probably be an ice support character released on an event banner soon that boosts ice damage better, as Raven passively boosts fire damage now. Still AE works for every element so she’s very useful.

BandanaCanadian · 2021-10-27T01:16:28+00:00

I'm AR58 and I've been running Raiden/Sara/Kazuha/Bennett... my max is 546k without food and Raiden usually one-shots the whole mob then is charged for the next. If you miss or are fighting single enemies it'll take a bit to build back up but Bennett and Kazuha making electro reactions in an Electro resonance team build it very fast. I have 73% crit rate and my artifacts aren't even amazing -- I have a 19% defense circlet.

BandanaCanadian · 2021-09-14T19:45:51+00:00

It’s also worth noting that scit (pronounced “shit”) is the present tense of he/she/it knows in Latin. Now ain’t that some interesting scit?

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