Voltlog #237 - Can You Print Shrink Tube Labels With A Cheap Brother Printer?
$2 for 5 PCBs Any Color https://jlcpcb.com In this video I’m gonna try to trick my Brother label printer to accept a PT Tube label cassette because when I first tried it, it kept saying no cassette installed.
Join me in this video to learn more about the DytSpectrumOwl CA-10 PCB inspection thermal camera which in my opinion is a game changer when it comes to PCB thermal inspection. That 25hz refresh rate, 260*200px resolution and the manual focus adjustment makes it the perfect tool for the job but there is more and it’s all reviewed in the video.
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High quality PCB Services https://pcbway.com Join me in this video where we take a closer look at how to disassemble an Apple Air Tag without destroying it and how to disable the annoying sounds it makes.
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#Apple #AirTag #speaker
So first of all what is an Apple Air tag? Because there might be some people that haven’t heard of this. It’s this small coin sized device, powered by a CR2032 battery, it features a Ultra Wide Band & Bluetooth radio connectivity in there, due to the apple U1 chip, which is capable of both low power data transmission but also measuring of the time it takes for these radio waves to bounce back which can be translated into measurement of distance with a precision of 1cm within a limited range.
Now because Apple built its own Ultra Wide Band chip, the so called U1 chip and because it operates a fleet of roughly 1.8 billions of iphones globally you can imagine how it makes sense for them technically and financially to sell such a tracker because it doesn’t need to transmit too far before it’s been picked up by one of those 1.8 billion iphones that are active globally. So every time this little tracker is within range of an iphone, the phone will pick-up its signal and will report back to the mothership with the air tag serial number as well as the GPS position of the phone at that time. And this happens transparently, you don’t even know it and while you can turn this feature off if you wanted, the setting is buried deep and it affects things like how you connect to other apple products so you wouldn’t really want to have it disabled.
Another feature of the Air Tag is that it contains a small speaker which is capable of playing sounds, it can be triggered from the Find My app and you can see how this can be useful for locating your stuff, like when you lose your keys and they are under a pillow or something.
So people started using these things to track their keys, their personal belongings like a bicycle, a car, a suitcase during travel, whatever you own and legally have the right to track. But bad people also started using these to track other people which is illegal so following up on those cases, Apple decided to introduce a new feature and now AirTags will play a sound without any way of stopping that, wherever they’ve been connected to the same iphone for several days in a row. As you can imagine this is the case when someone is trying to illegally track you by placing one of these in your car or purse, because the airtag will only be connecting to your iphone which is always with you.
So here is what you’ll need, just a utility knife and with some careful prying, you should be able to disable the speaker with minimal damage to the air tag. It’s best if you use a beefy utility knife, with a strong blade which would prevent it from snapping in the process. I’ve seen a bunch of other videos showing you how to take it apart but they almost always use excessive force, which breaks the little clips holding the case together. What I’m gonna show you allows you to open this without destroying it.
So first step is to remove the battery and then hold the airtag in this position. There are 3 clips holding it together and the enclosure is a very tight fit. But you should expect the clips to be roughly at these positions which I’ve marked on the case. So by prying with the knife blade at exactly those positions you are able to unclip the retaining clips one by one without destroying them.
Once you have it opened, we get a clear view of the speaker which is composed of two parts. The coil and the magnet. The simplest way to disable the sound is to remove the magnet, you can pry it open with the knife as it’s only held in place by some light adhesive. And at this point you can put the airtag back together. And if at any point in the future you want to restore the sound you can just place the magnet back in the same position.
One mention here is that a speaker coil even without a magnet, still makes a very small amount of noise, it’s something that if you have good hearing you can only hear in a quiet room by placing the air tag next to your ear. Certainly not something you would hear from 1-2m away in a normal environment. But if you consider that sound to be audible and you want it completely removed, you would have to gently disconnect one of the coil contacts which would completely disable it. I don’t find that to be necessary but I thought I’d mention it.
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High quality PCB Services https://pcbway.com Welcome to a new Voltlog, I’ve been using Kicad version 5 in it’s different releases for a while and I’ve gotten used to how things are done in Kicad but just before Christmas they released version 6 which brings a bunch of improvements. Depending on your workflow you might experience these improvements directly or not, hence why I’m not covering the whole list of upgrades and improvements in this video, just stuff that I have noticed while using the new Kicad V6.
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PCB made by https://pcbway.com In this video I am showcasing my version of an SMD solder trainer which contains passives from 01005 up to 1206 and several IC packages which are gonna test your soldering skills.
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$2 for 5 PCBs Any Color https://jlcpcb.com In this video I am taking a closer look at a TPS61088 based boost module with quick charge functionality, the main question here is will it catch fire?
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Today we are taking a look at this Silvercrest USb charger that LIDL had on offer the past week here in Romania. I think it was sold for approximately 3.5 EUR which is not bad value for money if this turns out to be a safe to use charger.
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High quality PCB Services https://pcbway.com Join me in this video where we take a closer look at The TOPDON TC002 Thermal Camera for iOS smartphones/devices. With its 256x192 pixels resolution, 25Hz refresh rate and a temperature range of up to 550 degrees Celsius and a more refined app it offers improved functionality for pretty much the same cost and a similarly sized package. You can also get this model with a USB-C for Android version links below.
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#Infrared #TOPDON #TC002
Welcome to a new Voltlog and today it's another thermal camera review, this is the TOPDON TC002 it has a lightning connector so it works with iOS devices. They also have TC001 which is identical but for Android with USB Type-C and there is also a TC004 which is a standalone unit with a 2.8inch display among other products in their offer.
I’ve seen some comments on my previous review videos that it’s not really a good idea to buy an accessory like this camera with a lightning connector because Apple is going to remove the lightning connector this year and you’re left stranded. Well let me share a few thoughts on why I don’t necessarily agree with that idea.
First, people have been saying that Apple is going to remove the lightning connector for the past 4-5 years or so, and did they remove it? No! So you should never purchase something on a promise of a future addition of a feature and I think the same can be said about removal of a feature because you don’t know when and if that’s going to happen.
The second thought is that even if apple removes the lightning connector on it’s next device releasing this fall. You probably still have a lightning connector iphone and most people will probably still have it for at least a couple of years more and it will continue to be perfectly usable. But let me know if you guys have a different opinion. I would love to hear about it in the comments below.
So the TOPDON TC002 was sent in for free for the purpose of this review and I said why not take a look at a different implementation of the Infiray thermal sensor. How do I know it’s an Infiray thermal sensor? Well for a start it’s the same resolution 256x192, same high refresh rate of 25Hz and same temperature range -20°C to 550°C, features look similar, there are only a handful of thermal imaging sensor manufacturers so I’m pretty sure the sensor inside this camera is Infiray.
But Infiray supplies just a framework and it’s up to the individual OEMs to provide a functional package to the user. And depending on their resources they can come up with better apps for examples that enhance the sensor capability.
Inside the package we are greeted with the sight of the protective case, thumbs up for that as some cameras or test instruments from other manufacturers do not include the EVA protective case. We also get a lightning extension cable, which is braided but kinda stiff, I like my USB cables to be a bit more flexible, we also get a lint free cleaning cloth and the camera itself seated in its cutout.
The app you need to install is very intuitively called TC002 so it’s an easy find on the App Store. It is installed in just a few seconds and upon connecting the camera, it is detected in the upper right corner. You select first option thermal imaging and it starts in the iron color palette which is my favorite. Min max temperatures as well as target crosshair temperatures are displayed by default.
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In this video I do a quick review of a 5 inch LCD TFT Monitor With 2 CH Analog Input. This module was sent to me free of charge for review by gearbest.com. The module is based on the MST703 video decoder and if you want to know more about this chip check it’s datasheet in the links below.
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