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Cheap Component Tester

Main uglyhack channel — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:40:58 GMT

I bought a cheap component tester, and tried some different components with it.

Hot Wire Anemometer

Main uglyhack channel — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:24:04 GMT

I build a basic flowmeter (hot wire anemeter) using a piece of wire. This is a simple way of measuring flow. The output is usable for arduino project and similar. Pause the video for the schematics.

Flow Simulation using OpenFoam

Main uglyhack channel — Sun, 06 Jan 2019 22:06:33 GMT

In order to explain why you want a constriction in your flow calibration setup, I run a simulation using OpenFoam. This open source software allows advanced simulation of all kinds of things, and I walk you through a basic example.

PIC programming on Linux HowTo

Main uglyhack channel — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 00:54:55 GMT

A basic overview of PIC programming. I run through how to write a simple blink program, turn it into a .hex file, write the .hex file onto the chip, and how to power the chip from the PICkit 2 programming tool.

Breadboard test points

Main uglyhack channel — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 22:20:02 GMT

I show how I like to connect oscilloscope probes