Im trying to figure out how to drive (manually-bitbang) a HT1621B LCD driver IC. It is capable of driving multiplexed LCDs. They are very cheap, but only in smd form, which is a bit of a challenge to solder all its tiny 48 pins. See youtu.be/xwRXpbxjLcw - you can skip through the movie since...
I have just bought a new fancy van as the old renault trafic had done 213,000 miles and needed a rest.
The new van is a 1.5L Citroen Berlingo (2022) blue hdi. LWB. It is the driver pro trim.
I am really struggling to understand the vast majority of the controls and it would be good to ask...
2ga is what i think i need for the runs. ill have 220v out there so ill do 3 runs for hot/hot/neutral and then ground. reading the current code it seems i need grounding rods out there as well as a dedicated ground from house to garage? is that right?
can i sleeve cables for wire color change...
So I'm a tenant, just had the letting agent's electrician perform an eicr.
Would anyone like to guess what the test consisted of?
Quick hint, they arrived at 4pm on a Friday.
Noobie question here. I've ordered some single-ended direct drive LEDs. Pretty clear how to wire them up EXCEPT it isn't clear how I know which end is which. Can either end be connected to power? If not, is the "active" end well marked?
What’s the best way to add only new songs to my hard drive from iTunes.
I’ve got over 14,000 songs,& I don’t won’t my hard drive to sync & fully load all songs again & again.
Just the new songs I’ve added.
Evening, we have a machine (being deliberately vague) it has a main motor, which is driven by a VFD, on the spindle of the shaft driven by the motor is a rotary incremental encoder, something like 1000 pulse / revolution. This encoder controls a Servo Drive which drives a small motor for another...
Recently I've been assigned to a new water park construction site and my days have been regulated to mounting and securing hundreds of feet of PVC conduit for protection against moisture. During my installation I've been mostly limited to mounting strut to concrete walls and floors in order to...
Ive just taken on a van through the Napit drive scheme. Im really impressed with it so far. I have a brand new van for £300/month Inc Vat. no deposit and no payment at the end it allows me to do 24k miles a year in it and i get a brand new van every year. Im just wondered if anyone has any...
I believe the government now has about taking northern rail back in to government ownership I believe they are introducing a new car from Germany to use on the rail tracks if any trains get cancelled .lol.
Evening all
Had a problem this week which has puzzled me a bit
Installed a machine last week which has 2 sides to it both doing the same operation
It ran perfectly for 19 hrs and then one side stopped working
I was away from the site and the maintenance guy called me so I got him to open the...
NICEIC don't cover me for EICRs as I am just a Domestic Electrician, not a Qualified Supervisor. So, I don't do many.
However, a customer, who owns a HMO, needed one doing in a hurry for his Council Licence.
Before I visited the property, I collected the last two EICRs and was surprised to see...
Hi chaps
A client's neighbor has given permission to pass an swa under his driveway to reach my clients neighboring semi detached garage. New build nightmare scenario with shared driveways.
An agreed level of making good the driveway shall be confirmed probably by third party as my client...
Dear members,
can you please assist.
As soon as start PB is pressed, the drive cuts off immediately and goes to Error mode. We then have to switch off the drive to reset it. We had the newdrive board put in recently. Could it be problem with the motor rather than drive? anything we can look at...
Dear members,
Facing problem with KTK mentor drive. Ran the drive with motor and after few minutes it just went dead. Opened the drive board and saw three Timonta Tansformers leaking orange fluid on the board.
Sent the drive for repair. The drive was ok before so what could have gone wrong as I...
Hi members
Eurotherm Drive 620 Vector link -which turns on a winder. Trouble is potentiometer just turns on the Winder but extremely slowly and speed does not increase when potentiometer turned. Checked potentiometer and it’s ok - voltage variation out of it is fine.
Do I need to programme the...
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