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So I got a bunch of logic gate chips in the mail a couple days ago, and I'm actually excited about it. I seriously can't wait to find a cool project or a good idea and use them, I already have an idea for a nor gate for the clock, and I'm like a kid on Christmas eve wanting to try it out!! I haven't felt this way since I got my oscilloscope on Christmas!
Am I alone in this... Please tell me no...
[EDIT] considering I have the maturity of a 4 year old on Christmas eve, but the age to stay up and work on it, I got it to work (blinking colon) I'm going to bed a happy man. :D
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Nah, you're not. I got a package of stuff from Jrz126 a few days ago, and I swear I was literally squealing the entire time I unwrapped the package. xDD
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Got my package of long M cells from hong kong, (once they finally shipped, only took a single day!) And they even showed up a day earlier then fedex estimated, so they caught me by surprise. I tore into that package like It was christmas morning.
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This it why I occupy this forum When I tore open the box and went "YAY my logic gates and transistors are here!!!", my family just looked at me weird and my sister almost started crying...
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Ah, the joys of opening packages. Nothing beats going 30 miles by subway, train, bus, and taxi on a snowy day to pick up a box of 25 bricks Instant gratification.
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ConKbot of Doom wrote ...
Got my package of long M cells from hong kong, (once they finally shipped, only took a single day!) And they even showed up a day earlier then fedex estimated, so they caught me by surprise. I tore into that package like It was christmas morning.
That's an expensive battery pack - about USD 600 ? 160Ah @ 3.2V or 16Ah at 32V.
With 160A peak discharge per cell, you could make a mean coil gun with those...
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Nicko wrote ...
ConKbot of Doom wrote ...
Got my package of long M cells from hong kong, (once they finally shipped, only took a single day!) And they even showed up a day earlier then fedex estimated, so they caught me by surprise. I tore into that package like It was christmas morning.
That's an expensive battery pack - about USD 600 ? 160Ah @ 3.2V or 16Ah at 32V.
With 160A peak discharge per cell, you could make a mean coil gun with those...
Dont buy your cells from batteryspace, you gotta buy from who they buy from ;)
$25 each, including mounting hardware batteryspaces charges $2.70 for
Shipping is pricy, but im not complaining given how fast the shipping was.
And its going into a 16AH 32v pack, to run a light that pulls ~400W that I'm slowly putting together.
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Forty wrote ...
all those batteries just to run a lamp? why not use an extension cord.
Didnt say lamp ;) it'll be a portable light. And if I feel like messing about with it in the future, I could also throw the pelican case on the back of a small electric scooter or ebike, and it'll be fine for that.
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