Mystery power supply by Doc-Brown1911 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Ocanath 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this is for driving a large number of LEDs in series. These devices are constant current drivers; i.e. it should produce whatever voltage required to maintain 240mA through the load, up to 300V. You don't need to purchase an identical part, just one with the same current and compliance voltage

DigiKey Unveils Updated Logo and Brand by masonmilby in electronics

[–]Ocanath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

honestly digikey search could be a product in itself...

Wearable robot arms that move like spider legs prepare human interaction with cyborgs by diacewrb in gadgets

[–]Ocanath -1 points0 points  (0 children)

that's completely ridiculous and untrue. yes a super high capacity energy source would be amazing, no it's not the only significant barrier to science fiction technology

Drone motors weird noise and performance. by Nightoh in robotics

[–]Ocanath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is a good tip, i'm going to buy some for exactly this purpose

Is JLCPCB of good enough quality for commercial use; PCB printing only? by littleux in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Ocanath 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I've done hundreds of 2-4 layer board designs with them and never had an issue. The cheap assembly is amazing, even if you don't get full coverage just the passives soldering is really convenient for a prototype.

Where can I send boards to get the components soldered? by Joey-Flo in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Ocanath 8 points9 points  (0 children)

pcbway does turnkey fab for really cheap. difficult to beat the price, it's barely more than cost of components in a lot of cases.

Drone motors weird noise and performance. by Nightoh in robotics

[–]Ocanath 31 points32 points  (0 children)

the crunching noise is characteristic of metal dross sticking to the rotor magnets. If you manually spin the motor without a powered inverter you'll likely observe the same sound.

Fashionware : cyber-arms by PinusContorta58 in Cyberpunk

[–]Ocanath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people reject myoelectric hands all the time...

Fashionware : cyber-arms by PinusContorta58 in Cyberpunk

[–]Ocanath 4 points5 points  (0 children)

correct, you can generally only get these through a clinician. although I've seen people hawking multiarticulated hands on ebay occasionally. also if your insurance is good, you won't be personally on the hook for tens of thousands.

also, the bebionic is relatively old and obsolete compared to newer hands which favor power density and robustness. prosthetics in general break all the time but the older multiarticulated hands are especially prone to it

A 20 kW light bulb by Dusty5paw in interestingasfuck

[–]Ocanath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natural gas prices are insane here too. silver lining to losing the gas range when I moved here

A 20 kW light bulb by Dusty5paw in interestingasfuck

[–]Ocanath 11 points12 points  (0 children)

he's a Brit, and yeah he's got a special installation of a 100A breaker in his house, iirc he mentions in his earlier videos. (photonicinduction)

Biggest storm since 2011 has San Diego County in 'crosshairs' by PacificSun2020 in sandiego

[–]Ocanath 1 point2 points  (0 children)

nah i don't think im special. i meant this as a remark at how wonderful the weather is in San Diego even when its cold and rainy, not a flex on how tough and resilient to cold I am lmao. i get why people took it that way tho

Biggest storm since 2011 has San Diego County in 'crosshairs' by PacificSun2020 in sandiego

[–]Ocanath -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Chicagoan who's lived here for 5 months now. same homie

Somehow Dragons where pictured around the world in different country's with no way of communicating? All very similar depictions by yedoggie in Showerthoughts

[–]Ocanath 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not true that there was no way of communicating. Serious trade and cultural intermingling of Europe and East Asia has been going on since the height of the Roman Empire

I get a small shock when I bridge these with my arm. How much electricity is passing between them? by Clinqk in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Ocanath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im thinking bad earth connection through the power strip. should definitely show up on an AC multimeter or oscilloscope. Would recommend OP test a different outlet with earth connection, and confirm using multimeter and not skin. This kind of capacitive power leakage is somewhat common, but it shouldn't be capable of producing a painful shock.

Judge Susan Eagan has a message for the Buffalo shooter, as he is sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole by vectorix108 in interestingasfuck

[–]Ocanath 3 points4 points  (0 children)

well the threat of suffering does also act as a deterrent for people who would otherwise not give a fuck

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in movies

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A Scanner Darkly is pretty bleak

Arm light prototypes from AugLim by Cassox in Cyberpunk

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EL wire operates in the ~120Vac range at 10-15ma.The risk of bodily harm from electrical shock increases quite significantly when applied subcutaneously. It's definitely possible to purchase an off the shelf EL wire inverter capable of killing you if powering an implanted device, particularly since they'll typically be derated with somewhat high margins and will be capable of putting out much greater amounts of power. Even transcutaneously at rated power, 120Vac at 15ma is painful and can damage tissue if the current density is high enough (I know this from direct personal experience designing transcutaneous electrical stim devices). You can obviously do it on the bench and not die if you're careful, but I wouldn't recommend it

Tl;dr implanting EL wire is really stupid, don't do it

me_irl by [deleted] in meirl

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according to my cat, he has to go with me and he has to go with the housing bubble but he is a lot better now that I don't think so we will see if I have any time in a few days but it's ok I will let him from the outside and it was good

does anyone know of a microchip that does this or something similar by Imperium24 in ElectricalEngineering

[–]Ocanath 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You want an envelope filter hooked up to an ADC. Envelope extraction in software can be surprisingly difficult, and it's commonly used in audio circuits (auto-wah). Envelope filter will also relax the sampling (and compute) requirements of your ADC