![]() It automatically starts a generator when the battery falls below 50%.It has a display monitor which shows you the different readings for your battery.It shows you the remaining time before it reaches full charge.It tells you how much percentage of the battery is left.It tells you exactly how much power is supplied in each piece of equipment.Therefore, it uses a lot of energy to power up your entire portable house during a vacation. We all know that an RV is used for both transportation and accomodation during travels. Why You Need A Battery Monitoring System For Your RV? Battery monitors aren’t cheap, but they are a vital part of your RV travels. Battery monitors are a big help especially for people who would be out for camping for a day or two. It gives you a percentage of your battery reading from full to empty. The monitor can tell you if the battery is already full and will also register the amount of outflow of energy. It accurately measures the flow of energy in and out of the shunt. A “gas gauge” like, that allows you to see what is happening in your battery in real time. Most car owners wouldn’t want to do this. That’s what you will be doing with Specific Gravity Testing. Imagine pulling your car off the road and placing a hose to your gas tank to see how much fuel is left. However, doing this kind of test is a bit messy because you have to suck up the battery’s acid in a glass tube, which is impractical and not a fun thing to do. ![]() The accuracy of your reading will again depend on the length of time your battery is rested. It is also one perfect form of battery testing where you will measure the specific gravity of each cell. In this kind of test, you will be using a hydrometer. Thus, your voltage meter will merely become a guess gauge and not a gas meter. If your battery is not allowed to be inactive, the voltage reading will be off. Much better if you allow it to sit idle for 24 hours. A fully charged 12V battery will be read at 12.73V, and a weak battery may have a reading of 11.66V.īut if you want to get a very accurate reading for your battery, you need to let it idle for about 6 to 8 hours with all the accessories and lights off. This voltage metering is by far the purest form of monitoring your RV batteries. They can choose the right monitoring system that is adaptable to their lifestyle. These techniques vary and depend on the owner’s preference. Different RV Battery Monitoring Techniques Some would require the use of the battery monitoring kit which you have to install in your RVs. There is monitoring which is done manually. There are simple techniques to monitor your RV batteries. You keep filling up with gas because you don’t know how much you have left in your tank. Without the battery monitoring system, you are like driving around without a gas gauge. It tells you how much power your battery has. ![]()
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![]() Hopoo Games and Gearbox also announced during PAX West that the original roguelike game, Risk of Rain, has been released on Xbox One, too. The next content update is expected in September. We eagerly hopped into Hopoos Risk of Rain 2 when it hit Early Access last month, and have been equally eager to hear what the developers plans are for getting this thing to a full release. But you won’t have to tackle the myriad of enemies and bosses alone. Fixed bugs and implemented balance changes. Risk of Rain 2 is finally here to play as it enters Steam Early Access. Risk of Rain 2 currently includes the Scorched Arches update, “which offers the Scorched Acres stage, Survivor Rex, and The Grovetender boss,” as well as extra “items and equipment.” Hopoo Games/Gearbox PublishingĪ content plan shown alongside the announcement details the rest of Risk of Rain 2’s “console content forecast.” Players should expect new skills, survivors, bosses, stages, and items through Summer 2020. Click or tap the name of an update to read the full patch notes. PlayEveryWare is responsible for the console port of Risk of Rain 2, and will handle content updates on console. The sequel switches the series to 3D, while keeping the gameplay similar to its predecessor. (It’ll get a full PC launch in Spring 2020, the developer said.) The original game, Risk of Rain, is a 2D side-scrolling action game beloved by its diehard fans. ![]() Risk of Rain 2 was released March 28 in early access on PC. ![]() Players can download Risk of Rain 2 for $29.99 now on their respective consoles. Risk of Rain 2 is now available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, developer Hopoo Games announced during Gearbox’s press conference today at PAX West. ![]() ![]() The Fahrenheit temperature scale was used in English-speaking countries until the 1960s. He also then slightly changed it to 180 degrees, with normal human body temperature at 98☏ instead of the old 96☏. This simplified the degrees between each mark he could make, because there was a 6 degree difference between these creations. ![]() The original system was based on an equal ice-salt mixture, but he later adjusted the scales such that water's melting point was 32☏ and body temperature 96☏. The Fahrenheit scale is a temperature scale created by the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in 1724. The symbol for Fahrenheit is ☏, which stands for degrees of freedom from the freezing point of water. It may not be as popular as the Celsius, but it's often used for cooking and scientific research. The Fahrenheit is a temperature unit that's typically used for things like gas ovens and thermostats. Even in countries that don't use the metric system, such as the United States, Celsius is used within the scientific community and is becoming more mainstream day by day. The exception being those that do not use metric measurements-such as in the United States. The Celsius scale replaced the Fahrenheit scale in most countries decades ago. However, in 2019 the kelvin was redefined from absolute zero (-273.15 ☌) and the triple point of VSMOW (a purified water), using a definition that is based on the original Celsius definition of freezing point being 0☌ and melting point being 100☌. ![]() The Celsius scale was originally based on the melting point of snow and defined as 100☌, but in 1954 it was re-based at the boiling point of water and changed to 0☌. Other base units in SI are the kilogram, meter, and second. It's a unit based on the kelvin and its measurement is defined by the Boltzmann constant, which equals 1.380649 × 10-23 in the unit J The Celsius is a temperature system created for the International System of Units. ![]() ![]() ![]() Please do not download the Mac version if you’re on Windows. Fliqlo version 1.8.5 can be downloaded by clicking the Download button. The Fliqlo clock can be added to Windows 10/11 in this way. The screensaver’s clock can be easily seen from far away because of its large numerals. On a black background, Fliqlo displays a flip clock in real time. Add a Flip Clock Screensaver on Windows 10/11įlip clock screensavers can be added to Windows 10/11 with Fliqlo. If you want to start Windows automatically, select the option, and click the Start automatically with the Windows button. Right-clicking Dexclock’s system tray icon can find the Settings menu. Adding Dexclock to the Windows startup will make the clock wallpaper always appear on the Desktop. When Dexclock isn’t running, the clock wallpaper won’t appear on the Desktop. Once you have selected the new settings within the Choose Wallpaper Clock window, click the Apply button to save all your changes. You can switch to a 12-hour clock by deselecting the Use 24-hour format option from the default option. By clicking the Position drop-down menu, you can select the option of stretching, tiling, fitting, filling, or centering. ![]() They all come with real-time clocks and dates, so you don’t have to worry about changing times when you switch between them.Įvery wallpaper can be customized in terms of its position and clock format. Select A Cheshire Kitten, Kiwi Kiwi, Letter Eater, and Squares1 clock wallpaper. You can open that window by double-clicking the Dexclock icon in the system tray. The Choose Wallpaper Clock window lets you choose different wallpapers and configure them. A clock wallpaper will then be automatically added to the Desktop by Dexclock. Run Dexclock by double-clicking the desktop shortcut.To change the Dexclock destination folder, click Browse.Select the I agree option by pressing the Next button.Choose a language from the Installer Language window and click OK.Open the setup window by double-clicking dexclock_13_r39.exe.The Dexclock setup wizard can be found in the folder where it was downloaded.Open the Windows file manager by clicking the File Explorer taskbar button.Click the Download Dexclock 1.3 button.On that website, click on the Download button.The following steps will guide you through adding a real-time working clock to the Desktop using Dexclock. There are four alternatives to choose from regarding desktop clock wallpapers. Windows desktops can be adorned with a wallpaper clock using Dexclock freeware software. Add a Desktop Wallpaper Clock on Windows 10/11 Adding and playing the white noise is another good way to stay focused on the current work and study. For example, you can use the countdown and timing function to track your time on specific activities. Is FlipClocker just a tool to display time? Not! It has some practical features that help you boost your productivity. Add proper white noise to the clock to create an immersive environment. Meanwhile, you can add the sound effect to create more fun. You can change the text, font, color, background, time display modes, etc. Many features allow you to change the clock’s default settings. Customize the clock’s appearance if necessary.Click “Auto-lock” to keep this clock active on your mac.Click the “Full Screen” to make it a mac clock screensaver.Double-click the software’s icon to launch Flip Clocker.Ensure your macOS is 11.0 or later before downloading this flip clock.Get the correct version that is released by the developer, Tong Zhang. Search “Simple Flip Clock – FlipClocker” in the Mac store.How to Set up Flip Clocker as Your Mac ScreenSaver Whether you are a freelance blogger, an online tutor, or a remote worker, using Flip Clocker Online can help you manage your time and projects easily. The online version has some additional features, including working time tracking and time zone conversion. ![]() It also supports checking time and converting time through your browser without installing software. You can get a cool clock screensaver that balances simplicity and aesthetics with only a few clicks. There are lots of options to help you create a unique clock style, including text, font, background, color, sound, white noise, and presets. You can enjoy it as a vintage analog clock with a beautiful background and a ticking sound. ![]() ![]() Grove is an open-source, modulated, and ready-to-use. This kit teaches how to connect and program basic Grove modules that includes both sensors and actuators. We do that using the write() function which simply moves the servo to any position from 0 to 180 degrees. The Arduino Sensor Kit is made for Makers who have just started using Arduino to explore the vast space of electronics and programming. In the setup section we need to initialize the servos and the Bluetooth module and move the robot arm to its initial position. String dataIn = "" Code language: Arduino ( arduino ) SoftwareSerial Bluetooth ( 3, 4) // Arduino(RX, TX) - HC-05 Bluetooth (TX, RX) int servo1Pos, servo2Pos, servo3Pos, servo4Pos, servo5Pos, servo6Pos // current position int servo1PPos, servo2PPos, servo3PPos, servo4PPos, servo5PPos, servo6PPos // previous position int servo01SP, servo02SP, servo03SP, servo04SP, servo05SP, servo06SP // for storing positions/steps int speedDelay = 20 Then we need to define the six servos, the HC-05 Bluetooth module and some variables for storing the current and previous position of the servos, as well as arrays for storing the positions or the steps for the automatic mode. Both of these libraries are included with the Arduino IDE so you don’t have to install them externally. So first we need to include the SoftwareSerial library for the serial communication of the Bluetooth module as well as the servo library. And at the end of this article I will post the complete source code. The FREE ARM Compiler is bundled within the XDUINO-IDE package. You can program a timer to interrupt the main routine every so many microseconds, to run a specific other routine. ARM Compiler is also part of the XDUINO project. One way around this limitation is the use of interrupts, especially timed interrupts. The next evolution of the Tinkerkit Braccio robot, Arduino Braccio ++ is a robotic arm designed solely for higher education, including engineering schools and university institutes of technology or even advanced high school and college students studying the sciences, industrial science or technology. Arduino Robot Arm CodeĪs the code is a bit longer, for better understanding, I will post the source code of the program in sections with description for each section. AVR based Arduinos do not support (hardware) threading, I am unfamiliar with the ARM based Arduinos. In Harvard-based AVR architecture, memory is organized as shown in the image below: AVR memory map. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. As stated before, Arduino boards are mainly based on two families of microcontrollers, AVR and ARM it is important to know that memory allocation differs in both architectures. Amazon / Banggood / AliExpressĭisclosure: These are affiliate links. ![]() ![]() HC-05 Bluetooth Module ………………….… Amazon / Banggood / AliExpress.You can get the components needed for this example from the links below: So once we have connected everything together we can move on to programing the Arduino and make the Android app. In this tutorial we will learn how to make an Arduino Robot Arm which can be wirelessly controlled and programmed using a custom-build Android application. The power source must be able to handle at least 2A of current. For powering the servos we need 5V, but this must come from an external power source because the Arduino is not able to handle the amount of current that all of them can draw. ![]() ![]() ![]() > Timed choice, if you pick this you have to pick the above option after to progress. > Pick this if playing Nomad lifepath, you can get extra rewards from Meredith at the end of the mission if you stick with her plan, then find info about the mole. NOMAD: I can help with your mole problem.> Timed choice, both options have the same outcome ![]() If you’re playing the Nomad lifepath, you should select those options when they come up. When you arrive, go up directly in front of Meredith to have the dialogue options appear. Pull up your phone and call Meredith, who will be the first option. You can go straight to him and ignore the optional objective for dealing with Meredith if you want, but this always results in the “bad” outcome with Meredith later in the story, even if you don’t interact with her at all during this mission. Here are all Endings for The Pickup Mission and how to get them:įrom the start of the mission, your first objective is to meet Jackie. The Pickup Flowchart – All Endings & Outcomes Talk to Anthony Gilchrist (If you rejected the chip, hacked the chip and gave it to Royce, or payed with your own money).Talk to Meredith Stout (If you gave Royce the infected chip without hacking it or killed him during negotiations).Sneak past Royce (This objective is if you fight your way out past Maelstrom without having killed Royce earlier).Defeat the Maelstrom (This objective is if you killed Royce earlier).Defeat the Militech agents (This objective is if you fight your way past Militech with the help of Maelstrom).Disarm the trap preventing Brick’s escape.Turn on the production line to clear passage.Defeat Maelstrom (if you attack Royce during the dialogue or after he uses the unhacked Militech chip).Either pay Royce with the infected chip, or take him down during his dialogue to make Stout prevail over Gilchrist, which is needed for her Romance. Romances: This mission has choices required for Meredith Stout Romance. All in all, Militech recovered their property, putting the Maelstrom freaks in a shittier mood than usual. Unfortunately that means her “colleague” might get demoted… or worse. Turns out Meredith Stout will do anything to stay in the corp’s good graces. One thing’s for damn sure – someone’s talking the fall for this. I’m betting it’s not even about the weapons – Militech could lose a tank and it’d make no difference to them. Let’s grab that spiderbot, yeah? Make Dex proud.Ī Lilitech corpo-cunt lost an arms shipment, and if she doesn’t find it, she’ll be paddling up shit-creek with stumps for hands. But… sometimes there’s just no gettin’ around it. You ask me, that’s why biz with Maelstrom never turns out pleasant. They look at you with those creepy-ass toaster faces and you can’t get a read of ’em, got no clue what twisted thoughts are racin’ through their processors. But these Maelstrom cabrones… shit, never can be sure. Cash, sex, power… maybe just the sight of their enemies’ blood. Mission Info: Know what I like about your run-of-the-mill gangoons? They know what they like. Reward: XP / Street Cred, If you kill Royce: Chaos pistol, Spiked Maelstrom Short-Sleeve Jacket ![]() ![]() ![]() You could say that a googol is so big that it rises beyond the merely astronomical. What is this author’s idea of REALLY big numbers? Well, before long, we get to a googol (10^100).Ī googol atoms would fill the observable universe about 100 quadrillion times over. We could continue counting up roughly by powers of 1000, moving out beyond the solar system to the stars surrounding the sun and eventually to galaxies and galaxy clusters, and superclusters, outward even to supercluster filaments and membranes…īut if you want to see some REALLY big numbers, we will have to move faster than that. The sun, the true giant in the solar system, has about 4 nonillion (4×10^30) pounds of material. There are more illustrations of the size of things, such as: The author throws in questions about the big numbers – questions challenging enough to get even an adult with a math degree thinking. Since this is still only about the halfway point of the book, you get the idea that when this book talks about really big numbers, it means really big numbers! ![]() On the page facing that one, he says, “Here, let me skip ahead some and show you the names of a few really big ones.” The next page says, “This system goes quite far out but I think that these names lose their novelty after the first 30 or so.” On that page we see spectators sleeping or reading a newspaper. Speaking of a quadrillion and a quintillion, I’ve seen a few other books that explain the names for large numbers, but that’s only about the halfway point of this book! You know things are getting interesting right after the page where he shows You could cover the service of the earth with about a quadrillion (10^15) exercise trampolines.Ī quintillion (10^18) grains of very fine sand would just about cover Atlantic City, NJ, to a depth of 3 feet. You could cram about 20 billion grains of very fine sand into a basketball.ġ00 billion basketballs would fill New York City roughly to the height of a man. If they all lined up, spaced about a foot apart, they would circle 50 times or so around the equator. A few from the beginning of this book include:Ībout 7 billion people live on Earth. You will not be surprised when I say I loved his new book! There are many books that deal with large numbers using analogies. Best wishes, Richard Schwartz”Īnd when I showed him my Pascal’s Triangle Shawl, he gave me the idea of making a new one using congruences mod n. I am particularly proud of what he wrote: “To Sondy, Beautiful cardigan! It looks like we have a lot of the same ideas. Of course I purchased his new book and got it signed. ![]() Full disclosure: When I visited the National Math Festival and met Richard Evan Schwartz, I got all fangirl about his book You Can Count on Monsters and showed him my prime factorization cardigan. ![]() ![]() ![]() With much of the world still a mystery at this time, little distinction was drawn between real and imagined beasts.Įlizabethan texts featured in the display present accounts of the Elephant, the Lamia, the Bison, the Phoenix, the Manticora, the Beaver, the Gorgon, the Rhinoceros and the Cockatrice side by side as inhabitants of the natural world. The exhibition also shows how myths, perpetuated by traveller’s tales, were a colourful feature of 16 th-century atlases and encyclopaedias. Published in 1489, when the European Witch Craze that would last until the mid-18 th century was gaining pace, Molitor’s work was commissioned to investigate the danger posed by witches.Ī remarkable 43 editions of the book were printed – an indicator of the scale of public interest in witches – and its ideas and illustrations helped to construct and develop the idea of the witch in public consciousness. Other highlights include Ulrich Molitor’s On Witches and Soothsayers. The rare books, magic scrolls and magnificently illuminated manuscripts on display depict wonders of the human imagination including witches, werewolves, angels and demons. Pontoppidan’s important work in the history of the sea monster is just one of the highlights of a new exhibition at St John’s College exploring what items from the Library’s Special Collections can tell us about belief in the real existence of mythical beasts and supernatural beings and the role such creatures have played in heraldry, literature, art and non-fiction. The publication of the work and its translation into English has been linked to a substantial increase in the number of reported sea monster sightings and is believed to have influenced the way people interpreted unusual things they saw in the waves. After being hit, the terrifying creature – with a horse-like head and tentacles extending out of the water – dived into the deep and disappeared.Įrik Pontoppidan used Ferry’s account and other sworn testimonies from credible sources to argue for the real existence of sea monsters in his Natural History of Norway published in 1753. ![]() Naval officer Lawrence de Ferry claimed to have shot a sea serpent while sailing off the coast of Norway in 1746. A witchcraft treatise published in the initial stages of the European Witch Craze sworn testimony as to the real existence of sea serpents and Elizabethan woodcut illustrations showing werewolves and unicorns as part of the natural world: With Halloween around the corner, St John’s is putting the mythical beasts and supernatural beings from its Special Collections on display as part of the Festival of Ideas 2017. ![]() ![]() Original books and factory brochures add to the huge amount of documentation and history that come with this car. Weinberg had disc brakes installed for safety, which is allowed in competitions, plus the car has new radial tires. Additional equipment includes power steering and brakes, soft-top, tonneau cover, Town & Country radio, factory wheel covers and BF Goodrich whitewall tires.This final year two-seat T-Bird has won many awards including:Best American Open Car 2004 Greenwich ConcoursFirst Place 2004 AACA Grand National MeetNational First Prize 2003 AACAFirst 2003 AACA National Meet, HersheyMr. The engines resides in an immaculate bay and the underside is equally orderly. The trophy collection is included.The 312-cid, 245-hp Thunderbird Special V-8 engine was an optional upgrade and the automatic is the transmission of choice. The car has won numerous prestigious regional and national awards. The restoration was done in the early 2000s and is meticulously documented with a collection of binders and photo albums showing the restoration and receipts. This car has received a complete nut-and-bolt restoration and is finished in Dusk Rose with a Colonial White removable porthole hardtop with white interior. Motorcar Classics is proud to present this exceptional D-Code 1957 Ford Thunderbird. ![]() Trim 1957 Tbird convertible soft top Whiteġ957 FORD THUNDERBIRD for sale. ![]() AS IS.Where Is.= DAVY JONES ?1128 East 6th Street Duluth, Minnesota 5580521 res21 cell21 fax 1130 East 4th Street, Duluth, MN 55805=No dealers.No exporter.No non-speaking english$21,000 cash. Was restored with all new fenders and bumper and painted white.Was used in Gay Pride Parades and unk full of flags and stuff.Brother inherited it when he was bedridden.never got to drive it.I am the estate executor.had it transported to Duluth from Blaine Mn where old time mechanic put in a fuel pump, battery, and tune it up.Air Cleaner is missing.estate cleaning crew lost it.=Can be seen at Jack's Mobil Service. Purchased in 1957 by a Milwaukee resident. ![]() ![]() ![]() While it’s not meant to replace your full-sized home projector, the Capsule II’s specs include a one-second autofocus for adjusting any keystone effects and a brightness of 200 ANSI lumens, which means it’s bright enough for on-the-go movie nights in your backyard (or even at the beach, if you’ve got a portable screen) or in smaller indoor spaces (like your bedroom). The pocket-sized projector is equipped with a quad core A53 chipset that lets it deliver sharp 720p image quality up to 100 diagonal inches. While none of these issues are deal-breaking in any way, it does occasionally highlight a real need for some polish to make the overall experience feel fully baked.Augustinus Bader's Celeb-Approved Retinol Serum Gets a Rare 25 Percent Off Discount Online I've also found occasional moments where leaving an app will cause the screen to flicker until the whole machine has been rebooted, but it's not an issue I can reliably reproduce so it's unlikley to be a specific app misbehaving. If you want to fully shut off the projector, you need to press and hold the physical power button on the cylinder itself. The remote has a power button, but if you use it the screen will turn off and immediately turn back on. While that unfortunate mess is just as much Netflix being obstinate with its software as it is Android being weird, the overall Nebula experience has some basic usability issues which need to be addressed. It's more than a little awkward, and even with all of this work you can't use the Chromecast function for Netflix. Anker has a special app on the projector you can use to more or less sideload the mobile version of Netflix, and then you use the Nebula app on your phone to effectively control it because you can't access things like the search option and the hamburger menu. Netflix does not officially recognize this as a supported device, which means if you want to enjoy that service you need to jump through a few hoops. Netflix can not be Chromecasted to this projector, either. Netflix is not in the Google Play Store for this projector. Source: AndroidCentral / Russell Holly (Image credit: Source: AndroidCentral / Russell Holly)Īs much fun as I've had with this Android-based projector, it's undeniable that a handful of the problems I've encountered are related to the quirky relationship Android TV has with nonstandard hardware. Anker Nebula Capsule II R2-D2 Edition: What could be better ![]() It's ultimately pretty impressive, especially given my expectations were closer to the three-hour mark. If I was projecting from the HDMI port, the battery life was frequently longer. After a few weeks of use, I found my average was much closer to 3.5 hours, and that's if I was using the standard Android TV experience. And if you want a big screen and no public audio, you can easily pair a Bluetooth headset and have the best of both worlds.Īnker estimates the average battery life of this projector is about 2.5 hours, and I'm delighted to report that number is surprisingly conservative in my testing. Fortunately, there's a 3.5mm jack on this projector if you want to connect something a little louder. If you're outdoors, you may find this a little on the quiet side if you're more than ten feet away from it. In fact, Anker is so happy with this speaker that when you're not using it as a projector you can press a button and use the cylinder as a Bluetooth speaker. If you're indoors, this is more than enough for decent sound quality to fill a room and be enjoyable no matter what you're watching. Included in this projector is an eight-watt, 270-degree speaker with two passive bass radiators that fire from the back of the cylinder. When I got curious about something not available through Android TV, it was super easy to use the HDMI port on the back to connect, say, a Roku or even a traditional Blu-ray player. Disney+, Amazon Prime, and just about everything else I threw at this worked great. And because it's Android TV, there's a huge selection of streaming apps ready to be installed. It's the kind of thing you can only really do with Android as a software layer on TVs and projectors, which is nice. ![]() The range of control options is super impressive, especially if you've brought this projector out of your home. You can choose to control this projector either with the included remote, the buttons on the top of the casing, or with your phone through either the Anker app or as a Chromecast target. Once you've got your projector set up and turned on, the interface is straight-up Android TV. Source: Android Central / Russell Holly (Image credit: Source: Android Central / Russell Holly) ![]() |
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