Postbox #14

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have four items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

the First item I have to show you this week is a 12 volt power supply that I am planning to use in my upcoming U.V box project 

Item two 

Next up is an Arduino clone board which is going to the brains of my U.V box project which should give me of options on how it will be setup. 

Item three 

Here is another part for the U.V box project it is a small oLED screen 

Item four 

the last item this week is a 12 volt drill motor which I am planning to build into a small pillar drill for drilling holes into pcbs mainly 

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Postbox #13

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have 3 items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

first up this week is 10 EL817 Optocouplers  that I got to have a play with and see what I make

with them stay tuned to see what I make  

Item two 

the next item is a 60w soldering I that I got to test a out and use for an upcoming project that will be announced soon

Item three 

the last item in this very short postbox is a Geekcreit® K150 ICSP USB PIC Microcontroller Programmer which I picked up to try out on a friends recommendation I will be doing a review in an upcoming Toolbox Thursday 

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Postbox #12

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have 7 items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

Frist up this week is to Atmel Dip-40 At89c51 chips that I pick up to use in a future projects I'm just not sure what yet but I will let you know when I have use them.

Item two 

The next item this week is a pack of 10 10mhz crystals I picked these up just to stock back up after I used the others I had . 

Item three 

The third item this week is a set of 5 dc motors that I am planning to use in a cooling fan project I am working on .

Item four 

The item is a bulk pack of Ceramic Capacitors that have a wide range of values and will be used across my projects  

Item five 

The next item is a 10 pack of 556 timers which I plan to use in projects including an Atari punk console

Item six 

the next item is a multi pack of 3mm leds which I picked up from ebay for 52p 

Item seven 

the last item this week is a pack of coils whichi am planning to use across a few different projects 

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Postbox #11

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have 6 items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

The First this week is a diy phone signal detector kit  that I picked up from ebay for 25p I have already built a similar kit for the first project day post you can check that out here 

Item two 

The next item this week is a 12walt led light fitting this is going to become my main light in the shed that I will be fitting in an upcoming Project day post so stay tuned for that 

Item three 

The third item this week is a 24v power supply that again came from ebay this time for £2.12 I'm not Quite sure of what this will end up being used in yet but it will come in handy at some point 

Item four 

The fourth item this week is a pack of 20 of terminal connecters which I plan to use in some of my upcoming projects 

Item five 

The next item is a solder sucker that I picked to replace one that broke on me and to be in an upcoming desoldering post that I am working on keep an eye out for it

Item six 

The last item this week is a pack of 10  630v 0.1uF capacitors that got to use in a transformerless circuit idea  that I am working on once I have the circuit ready I will share it in a circuit Monday post   

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Postbox #10

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have six items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

the first item is a 7walt spot light bulb that I got for 33p of ebay I plan to reuse the smd leds for a future project

Item two 

The next item a diy radio kit that will be made in a future project day 

Item three 

the third item this week is a L293D  chip that I got for a 1p from ebay  I am not sure what ill do with this yet but stay tuned to find out  

Item four 

the next item is a set of 20 crocodile clips that I got to make a few different leads up for testing and connecting keep an eye out for a post showing the leads being make 

Item five 

the next item is a charge protection board that I am planning to use in a portable console project that I am in the middle of planning 

Item six 

the last item this week is a 10 smd lights that I will be used in an upcoming light art project that I am working on with a close friend of mine so keep an eye out for that 

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Project Day #8 plug change

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another Project day this weeks project is the plug changing 

Why do this project 

the main reason to this is to make life easier and safer when using products from china and other places by changing the to  a U.K plug .

Parts Needed

• a U.K plug 
• a fuse (correct value for the product you swapping the plug )
• an product you want to change the plug on 

Step one 

cut the old plug off 

Step two

Strip the casing on the lead back 

Step three

open the plug and feed the wire into it 

Step four

wire the plug up the brown wire goes to the terminal  nearest the fuse and blue wire goes to the left hand terminal 

Step five

the last step is to close the plug up and test it out 

remember to always check that you can run the product on your local ac current and check that you have a fuse of  the right value fitted in the plug 

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Postbox #8

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have five items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

First up this week is a set of jumper wires with male and female ends which I got to for breadboarding mainly but also a few other things as well

Item two 

next up Is this a calculator which I got to do a tear down on but sadly there is not enough inside it for one 

Item three 

the third item is two project boxes which I got for a few project ideas I have and because they where cheap 

Item four 

the fourth item is a plastic case for my Arduino it was a really cheap a 15p from ebay so why not ay ?
 

Item five 

the final item is another calculator I have not opened this one yet but I'm hoping it will be good for a tear own but keep your eyes peeled for a teardown post coming this week 

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Post box #6

Good afternoon folks and welcome to another post box this I have seven  items to show you let's get started.

Item one 

the first item is this heat proof mat that I got to protect my work bench from solder spatter I also have another one of these that I'm planning to use in an upcoming project 

Item two 

The next item this week is a buck boost converter which I picked up to fit in a radio that I am working on that runs on 24v I have tested it and it can easily do that so it will soon be in the radio 

Item three 

The third Item this week is a ten simple light sensor kits I picked these up to go into my training kit for when I teach people to solder I find it much easier to teach people when they have something to build rather that just having them join wires or other things like that.

Item four 

the next item is a solder iron stand I got this so I had a stand for my desoldering pump it works ok although I'm not that keen on it due how light it is so I may be replacing it soon but like I said it does the job.

Item five 

next up is a range of capacitors  I picked these up just to stock up really there is a wide range of values I do have a few ideas for some of the larger ones that I will share shortly 

Item six 

the sixth item is two travel plug adapters which I picked up for because I wasn't very keen on the one that came with the desoldering pump so I got one as a spare and one to use

Item seven 

the last item this week is 2  12v batteries I got to go with some battery holders I have coming so that should be fun although I have to say I'm surprised that you can get 12volts out of such small batteries

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