From richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk Sun Sep 3 16:13:49 2017 From: richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk (Richard Morgan) Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 16:13:49 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] LEDs failed in my World Globe nightlight Message-ID: Hi Hackspace List, I have a ?Discovery Channel? globe nightlight that was bought years ago. It rotates through a range of coloured light that illuminates from inside?the globe. It?s now only showing RED light which is not ideal for my Son?s nightlight. I?ve opened it up and the problem appears to be the green(?) and blue LEDs are failing. Some slight illumination from a couple of?the ?non-red LEDs as it cycles through the colours and strong illumination from the reds.? I?ve included some images of the PCB with the LEDs on it. I?d like to remove the current non-red LEDs and replace with new ones to see if this fixes it?.but?.. How do I know which side to solder in the long leg of the LED to the PCB? There are markings on the PCB where the LEDs solder in. Should I also replace the red LEDs at the same time? How plausible is it that the non-red LEDs are failing at the same time due to the LEDs themselves failing? I could go through and replace the LEDs and find no benefit as something else is amiss. How else might I troubleshoot this problem and what else could it be? All help gratefully received, Thanks, Richard -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Screen Shot 2017-09-03 at 15.49.13.png Type: image/png Size: 96824 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_8635.JPG Type: image/jpeg Size: 1675991 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(no photo !! ) if it is an epoxy blob then there might be no fix it solution, If you have a DMM, set it to diode, and test the LED's you should be able to get them to glow, to prove failure, (*don't know capabilities of your DMM, so not conclusive fail)* Cheers Ceri On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 4:13 PM, Richard Morgan < richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk> wrote: > Hi Hackspace List, > I have a ?Discovery Channel? globe nightlight that was bought years ago. > > It rotates through a range of coloured light that illuminates from > inside the globe. It?s now only showing RED light which is not ideal for my > Son?s nightlight. > > I?ve opened it up and the problem appears to be the green(?) and blue LEDs > are failing. Some slight illumination from a couple of the non-red LEDs as > it cycles through the colours and strong illumination from the reds. > > I?ve included some images of the PCB with the LEDs on it. I?d like to > remove the current non-red LEDs and replace with new ones to see if this > fixes it?.but?.. > > - How do I know which side to solder in the long leg of the LED to the > PCB? There are markings on the PCB where the LEDs solder in. > - Should I also replace the red LEDs at the same time? > > How plausible is it that the non-red LEDs are failing at the same time due > to the LEDs themselves failing? I could go through and replace the LEDs and > find no benefit as something else is amiss. > > How else might I troubleshoot this problem and what else could it be? > > All help gratefully received, > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Also, in general (but not always) the "cup" inside the LED is negative. [Numbering] I am not convinced that the LEDs are failing. Take one out experimentally and connect via 330 Ohms (ish) to a 5V supply. If the LED lights, your problem may be elsewhere, e.g. driver transistors. If the globe is battery powered, look out for signs of corrosion, e.g. the dreaded negative lead rot. Good luck! Timothy Davies -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexmduffield at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 11:57:57 2017 From: alexmduffield at gmail.com (Alex Duffield) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 11:57:57 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient tech nowadays lol -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonpitans at googlemail.com Tue Sep 5 12:44:59 2017 From: jonpitans at googlemail.com (Jon Pitans) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:44:59 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: the easy answer is get a freeview box. For a more elegant solution you could try mounting the Freeview's guts somewhere inside the casing and cut out a gap to expose the freeview controls and IR receiver. Depends how elegant you want to make it but if you an find an older freeview box that is powered by a figure 8 cable it should be easy to share power from the mains lead coming into the telly and also route the RF coming into in through the freeview board and back to the telly. Of course all this comes with a pretty strong health warning as there are some lethal voltages hanging around inside your old CRT telly even after it has been unplugged, some of the big capacitors in there can deliver a deadly shock even after your telly has been unplugged for a few days so take care. On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Alex Duffield wrote: > I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is > analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it > works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some > tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient > tech nowadays lol > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -- Subscribe to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpjPD29-EwONSt8vP5z2nQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 14:11:41 2017 From: ceri.clatworthy at gmail.com (Ceri Clatworthy) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:11:41 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Raspberry pi. .. Install XBMC Kodi On 5 Sep 2017 12:45, "Jon Pitans" wrote: > the easy answer is get a freeview box. For a more elegant solution you > could try mounting the Freeview's guts somewhere inside the casing and cut > out a gap to expose the freeview controls and IR receiver. Depends how > elegant you want to make it but if you an find an older freeview box that > is powered by a figure 8 cable it should be easy to share power from the > mains lead coming into the telly and also route the RF coming into in > through the freeview board and back to the telly. > > Of course all this comes with a pretty strong health warning as there are > some lethal voltages hanging around inside your old CRT telly even after it > has been unplugged, some of the big capacitors in there can deliver a > deadly shock even after your telly has been unplugged for a few days so > take care. > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Alex Duffield > wrote: > >> I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is >> analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it >> works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some >> tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient >> tech nowadays lol >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> > > > -- > Subscribe to my Youtube channel > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpjPD29-EwONSt8vP5z2nQ > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jonpitans at googlemail.com Tue Sep 5 14:13:06 2017 From: jonpitans at googlemail.com (Jon Pitans) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:13:06 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: hey Ceri, did you find the box of speakers I left for you in the space? On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Ceri Clatworthy wrote: > Raspberry pi. .. > Install XBMC Kodi > > On 5 Sep 2017 12:45, "Jon Pitans" wrote: > >> the easy answer is get a freeview box. For a more elegant solution you >> could try mounting the Freeview's guts somewhere inside the casing and cut >> out a gap to expose the freeview controls and IR receiver. Depends how >> elegant you want to make it but if you an find an older freeview box that >> is powered by a figure 8 cable it should be easy to share power from the >> mains lead coming into the telly and also route the RF coming into in >> through the freeview board and back to the telly. >> >> Of course all this comes with a pretty strong health warning as there are >> some lethal voltages hanging around inside your old CRT telly even after it >> has been unplugged, some of the big capacitors in there can deliver a >> deadly shock even after your telly has been unplugged for a few days so >> take care. >> >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Alex Duffield >> wrote: >> >>> I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse >>> is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it >>> works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some >>> tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient >>> tech nowadays lol >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hackspace mailing list >>> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Subscribe to my Youtube channel >> >> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpjPD29-EwONSt8vP5z2nQ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -- Subscribe to my Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpjPD29-EwONSt8vP5z2nQ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk Tue Sep 5 14:23:44 2017 From: richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk (Richard Morgan) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:23:44 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] LEDs failed in my World Globe nightlight In-Reply-To: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E07E2@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E07E2@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Message-ID: Cheers Dr Tim?and Ceri, I have some diagnostic work to attempt and will feedback the results. Thanks Hackspace List, Richard On 5 September 2017 at 11:27:25, Davies T. (t.davies at swansea.ac.uk) wrote: Dear Richard, This is a resend because the hackerspace mailer would not accept the original with pictures left in! Serves me right for being lazy. If you look at the LEDs you will notice a slight "flat" on the rim. This marks the negative side. Also, in general (but not always) the "cup" inside the LED is negative. I am not convinced that the LEDs are failing. Take one out experimentally and connect via 330 Ohms (ish) to a 5V supply. If the LED lights, your problem may be elsewhere, e.g. driver transistors. If the globe is battery powered, look out for signs of corrosion, e.g. the dreaded negative lead rot. Good luck! Timothy Davies _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alan at llwyncelyn.cymru Tue Sep 5 14:07:23 2017 From: alan at llwyncelyn.cymru (Alan Cox) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:07:23 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20170905140723.7a6b4427@alans-desktop> On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:44:59 +0100 Jon Pitans wrote: > the easy answer is get a freeview box. For a more elegant solution you > could try mounting the Freeview's guts somewhere inside the casing and cut > out a gap to expose the freeview controls and IR receiver. Depends how > elegant you want to make it but if you an find an older freeview box that > is powered by a figure 8 cable it should be easy to share power from the > mains lead coming into the telly and also route the RF coming into in > through the freeview board and back to the telly. Or plug it into a VHS recorder, or an old 8bit computer (in fact some of those the TV output only works on old pre LCD TV because the signal quality is so crap) Alan From nhackett1 at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 14:35:57 2017 From: nhackett1 at gmail.com (Nathan Hackett) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:35:57 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For ?10 you can get a Pi Zero W, which has two thru-holes on the board to which you can directly wire a composite video signal. Depending on the size of the unit you could conceivably build it directly in. On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Jon Pitans wrote: > hey Ceri, did you find the box of speakers I left for you in the space? > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Ceri Clatworthy > wrote: > >> Raspberry pi. .. >> Install XBMC Kodi >> >> On 5 Sep 2017 12:45, "Jon Pitans" wrote: >> >>> the easy answer is get a freeview box. For a more elegant solution you >>> could try mounting the Freeview's guts somewhere inside the casing and cut >>> out a gap to expose the freeview controls and IR receiver. Depends how >>> elegant you want to make it but if you an find an older freeview box that >>> is powered by a figure 8 cable it should be easy to share power from the >>> mains lead coming into the telly and also route the RF coming into in >>> through the freeview board and back to the telly. >>> >>> Of course all this comes with a pretty strong health warning as there >>> are some lethal voltages hanging around inside your old CRT telly even >>> after it has been unplugged, some of the big capacitors in there can >>> deliver a deadly shock even after your telly has been unplugged for a few >>> days so take care. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:57 AM, Alex Duffield >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse >>>> is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it >>>> works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some >>>> tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient >>>> tech nowadays lol >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Hackspace mailing list >>>> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >>>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Subscribe to my Youtube channel >>> >>> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpjPD29-EwONSt8vP5z2nQ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hackspace mailing list >>> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> > > > -- > Subscribe to my Youtube channel > > https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnpjPD29-EwONSt8vP5z2nQ > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexmduffield at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 14:42:14 2017 From: alexmduffield at gmail.com (Alex Duffield) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:42:14 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: <20170905140723.7a6b4427@alans-desktop> References: <20170905140723.7a6b4427@alans-desktop> Message-ID: That's kinda what I got it for, I plan to connect it up to an old pong machine (clone) that I can't get anything else to tune into but that's currently at home On 5 Sep 2017 2:34 p.m., "Alan Cox" wrote: > On Tue, 5 Sep 2017 12:44:59 +0100 > Jon Pitans wrote: > > > the easy answer is get a freeview box. For a more elegant solution you > > could try mounting the Freeview's guts somewhere inside the casing and > cut > > out a gap to expose the freeview controls and IR receiver. Depends how > > elegant you want to make it but if you an find an older freeview box that > > is powered by a figure 8 cable it should be easy to share power from the > > mains lead coming into the telly and also route the RF coming into in > > through the freeview board and back to the telly. > > > Or plug it into a VHS recorder, or an old 8bit computer (in fact some of > those the TV output only works on old pre LCD TV because the signal > quality is so crap) > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From t.davies at swansea.ac.uk Tue Sep 5 14:43:17 2017 From: t.davies at swansea.ac.uk (Davies T.) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 13:43:17 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! Timothy Davies ________________________________ From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57 To: Swansea Hackspace Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient tech nowadays lol -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From punkaled at yahoo.co.uk Tue Sep 5 15:12:08 2017 From: punkaled at yahoo.co.uk (Aled) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 14:12:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, References: <1368554685.5546883.1504620728799.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1368554685.5546883.1504620728799@mail.yahoo.com> Get something like this off eBay? http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?st=3&c=1184 -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 5/9/17, Davies T. wrote: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, To: "Swansea Hackspace" Date: Tuesday, 5 September, 2017, 14:43 Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! Timothy Davies From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57 To: Swansea Hackspace Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient tech nowadays lol _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace -----Inline Attachment Follows----- From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Tue Sep 5 18:02:09 2017 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 17:02:09 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> References: , , <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Message-ID: Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input relatively cheaply. A playstation one Rf cable... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web This model is the easiest to use... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will output on CH36. I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the existing coaxial cable. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: "Davies T." Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! Timothy Davies ________________________________ From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57 To: Swansea Hackspace Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient tech nowadays lol -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alexmduffield at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 18:23:12 2017 From: alexmduffield at gmail.com (Alex Duffield) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:23:12 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Message-ID: This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type tuner On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" wrote: > Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. > > If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no composite > yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input relatively > cheaply. > > A playstation one Rf cable... > http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web > > This model is the easiest to use... > http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web > > Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. > Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left > audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono > sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. > > I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if > you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and > digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will > output on CH36. > > I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the > existing coaxial cable. > > > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: "Davies T." > Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, > > Dear Alex, > > I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. > > There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview > box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on > the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a > UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new > station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel > change is of course on the Freeview. > > If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to > use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you > select channels using the Freeview. > > Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. > If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. > > I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an > old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF > modulator! > > Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for > connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for > the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. > > Good luck! > > Timothy Davies > > ------------------------------ > *From:* hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [ > hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [ > alexmduffield at gmail.com] > *Sent:* 05 September 2017 11:57 > *To:* Swansea Hackspace > *Subject:* [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, > > I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is > analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it > works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some > tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient > tech nowadays lol > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Tue Sep 5 19:36:29 2017 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 18:36:29 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> , Message-ID: Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on the back, just above the battery bay. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type tuner On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input relatively cheaply. A playstation one Rf cable... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web This model is the easiest to use... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will output on CH36. I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the existing coaxial cable. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: "Davies T." > Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! Timothy Davies ________________________________ From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57 To: Swansea Hackspace Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient tech nowadays lol _______________________________________________ Hackspace mailing list Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brian at hoskins.eu Tue Sep 5 23:28:48 2017 From: brian at hoskins.eu (Brian J Hoskins) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 23:28:48 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] LEDs failed in my World Globe nightlight In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <192e185a-293f-f6bf-edf7-29953cf3b77a@hoskins.eu> Hello Richard. *** SUDDEN DEATH *** Q: Did this fault occur suddenly or has it degraded to the point that you describe over a period of days/weeks/months? *** SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS *** >From the photos you've provided it looks like the PCB has an A.C. input which is rectified by D1, D2, D3, D4. I guess the large electrolytic is a reservoir cap. There are three transistors, so I am guessing that these supply outputs for the three sets of LEDs (RGB). There is a daughter board which is not shown very clearly in your photos, but perhaps this is what generates the control to the three transistors and is therefore responsible for rotating through the range of colours. Q: Are the LEDs connected in series or parallel? If series, then a well designed circuit will supply a constant current to each string. A badly designed series circuit will supply a constant voltage to each string, and this can result in one (or more) of the LEDs taking a larger share of the available potential difference than the rest. It will have a very bright, and very short life. When it dies, it takes the rest of the chain down with it. Still, I would not like to bet my house on an LED failure here. The size of my bet would depend on whether this happened suddenly, or gradually, and whether one colour died before the other. *** SOME DIAGNOSIS HINTS *** First, pick a 'bad' LED and measure it. A green one would be a better choice since it'll have a forward voltage drop within the range of pretty much any standard multimeter's diode test. Using the diode test, measure the forward voltage drop. A standard green LED will drop around 2.2V at a decent If, but it'll measure lower than that on a DMM diode check. If it measures in the ball-park, the LED is probably fine. You should see it light dimly as well. Measuring a blue one is possible if your DMM's diode check function can provide sufficient voltage. If you find that the LED measures fine, repeat for all the rest of the LEDs. You might find one bad LED in the group - that probably means they are connected in series and you just found the culprit. If none of the LEDs are holding their hand up to say "I'm faulty!" then I would turn my attention to the transistors and the daughter board. *** LED POLARITY *** You asked some questions about LED polarity. Here are the answers: * The shorter lead is (almost always) the cathode. * LEDs usually have a flat side, and I can see that yours do. This is (almost always) the cathode. * Inside the LED you'll see two electrodes. One is noticeably larger than the other. The larger one is (almost always) the cathode. * You can see that the flat side of the LED lines up with the silkscreen marking on your PCB. *** SOD THIS. I'LL MAKE MY OWN! *** A few years back I bought myself a colour changing LED cube from B&Q. I wasn't very satisfied with the limited range of patterns. Also there was no control to select specific patterns at all, and the transitions between colours were... shall we say... "sub-optimum". So I thought, fine, I'll take it apart and see if I can modify it! I took it apart and, to my dismay, I discovered that it amounted to just a single LED!!! No controller, no PCB, nothing. It was one of those RGB LEDs with a standard colour pattern built into it. So I thought, fine, I'll throw this LED in the bin and make my own controller! So that's what I did. Got myself a high power RGB LED, an 8-pin PIC with three PWM outputs on it, and wrote some code to output colour patterns with nice transitions. Turning it on puts it into a random mode where it runs a pattern to conclusion, maybe repeats it a few times, and then selects a new pattern. Pressing a button (which I mounted into the bottom of the cube) runs a specific pattern and repeated presses selects through the different patterns. After that I thought, fine, would be good if I made a PC based pattern generator and had a bootloader on the PIC to transfer the generated patterns over. But I never got that far. So the point of me telling you all this is: could be an excuse to roll your own RGB controller! +--------------------------------------------+ | Brian J Hoskins BSc MIET | | Electronics Engineer & Computer Programmer | +------+-------------------------------------+ | WEB: | brianhoskins.uk | | GIT: | github.com/bh4017 | | PGP: | keybase.io/bjh | +------+-------------------------------------+ On 03/09/17 16:13, Richard Morgan wrote: > Hi Hackspace List, > I have a ?Discovery Channel? globe nightlight that was bought years ago. > > It rotates through a range of coloured light that illuminates from > inside the globe. It?s now only showing RED light which is not ideal for > my Son?s nightlight. > > I?ve opened it up and the problem appears to be the green(?) and blue > LEDs are failing. Some slight illumination from a couple of the non-red > LEDs as it cycles through the colours and strong illumination from the > reds. > > I?ve included some images of the PCB with the LEDs on it. I?d like to > remove the current non-red LEDs and replace with new ones to see if this > fixes it?.but?.. > > * How do I know which side to solder in the long leg of the LED to the > PCB? There are markings on the PCB where the LEDs solder in. > * Should I also replace the red LEDs at the same time? > > How plausible is it that the non-red LEDs are failing at the same time > due to the LEDs themselves failing? I could go through and replace the > LEDs and find no benefit as something else is amiss. > > How else might I troubleshoot this problem and what else could it be? > > All help gratefully received, > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > -- -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 0x76760E4A.asc Type: application/pgp-keys Size: 4668 bytes Desc: not available URL: From alexmduffield at gmail.com Tue Sep 5 19:40:45 2017 From: alexmduffield at gmail.com (Alex Duffield) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2017 19:40:45 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Message-ID: No no no no muuuuuch older lol, this thing is a brick On 5 Sep 2017 7:37 p.m., "David Davies-Day" wrote: > Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? > > https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A > > I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on the > back, just above the battery bay. > > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, > > This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it > has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type > tuner > > On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: > >> Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. >> >> If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no >> composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input >> relatively cheaply. >> >> A playstation one Rf cable... >> http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web >> >> This model is the easiest to use... >> http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web >> >> Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. >> Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left >> audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono >> sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. >> >> I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if >> you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and >> digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will >> output on CH36. >> >> I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the >> existing coaxial cable. >> >> >> >> >> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: "Davies T." >> Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) >> To: Swansea Hackspace >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >> >> Dear Alex, >> >> I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. >> >> There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview >> box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on >> the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a >> UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new >> station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel >> change is of course on the Freeview. >> >> If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to >> use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you >> select channels using the Freeview. >> >> Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. >> If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. >> >> I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an >> old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF >> modulator! >> >> Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for >> connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for >> the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. >> >> Good luck! >> >> Timothy Davies >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [ >> hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [ >> alexmduffield at gmail.com] >> *Sent:* 05 September 2017 11:57 >> *To:* Swansea Hackspace >> *Subject:* [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >> >> I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is >> analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it >> works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some >> tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient >> tech nowadays lol >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20170905_123640.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3251321 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_20170905_123628.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2587112 bytes Desc: not available URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Wed Sep 6 10:45:21 2017 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 09:45:21 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> , Message-ID: Most random thing of all, later on last night, I was having conversion on the same topic, feeding AV into a B&W set. Shouldn't take more than about 15 min to mod the RF converter, the case actually looks big enough to fit a Pi zero inside if you want to keep it external. Either way, I'm happy to give you a hand one Monday. o animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield Date:2017/09/06 8:54 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, No no no no muuuuuch older lol, this thing is a brick On 5 Sep 2017 7:37 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on the back, just above the battery bay. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type tuner On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input relatively cheaply. A playstation one Rf cable... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web This model is the easiest to use... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will output on CH36. I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the existing coaxial cable. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: "Davies T." > Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! Timothy Davies ________________________________ From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57 To: Swansea Hackspace Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? 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URL: From alexmduffield at gmail.com Wed Sep 6 10:53:40 2017 From: alexmduffield at gmail.com (Alex Duffield) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 10:53:40 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Message-ID: I hope to come with it next Monday, it has a massive battery space as yet un used On 6 Sep 2017 10:45 a.m., "David Davies-Day" wrote: > Most random thing of all, later on last night, I was having conversion on > the same topic, feeding AV into a B&W set. > > Shouldn't take more than about 15 min to mod the RF converter, the case > actually looks big enough to fit a Pi zero inside if you want to keep it > external. > > Either way, I'm happy to give you a hand one Monday. > > > o animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/06 8:54 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, > > No no no no muuuuuch older lol, this thing is a brick > > On 5 Sep 2017 7:37 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: > >> Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? >> >> https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A >> >> I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on the >> back, just above the battery bay. >> >> >> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Alex Duffield >> Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) >> To: Swansea Hackspace >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >> >> This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it >> has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type >> tuner >> >> On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" >> wrote: >> >>> Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. >>> >>> If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no >>> composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input >>> relatively cheaply. >>> >>> A playstation one Rf cable... >>> http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web >>> >>> This model is the easiest to use... >>> http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web >>> >>> Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. >>> Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be >>> left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external >>> phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. >>> >>> I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, >>> if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and >>> digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will >>> output on CH36. >>> >>> I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the >>> existing coaxial cable. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >>> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: "Davies T." >>> Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) >>> To: Swansea Hackspace >>> Cc: >>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >>> >>> Dear Alex, >>> >>> I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. >>> >>> There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview >>> box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on >>> the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a >>> UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new >>> station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel >>> change is of course on the Freeview. >>> >>> If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to >>> use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you >>> select channels using the Freeview. >>> >>> Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. >>> If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. >>> >>> I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an >>> old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF >>> modulator! >>> >>> Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for >>> connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for >>> the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> Timothy Davies >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [ >>> hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [ >>> alexmduffield at gmail.com] >>> *Sent:* 05 September 2017 11:57 >>> *To:* Swansea Hackspace >>> *Subject:* [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >>> >>> I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse >>> is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it >>> works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some >>> tv, anyone know a way to do this? I appreciate it's some pretty ancient >>> tech nowadays lol >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Hackspace mailing list >>> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Wed Sep 6 22:02:17 2017 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 21:02:17 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> , Message-ID: If you get one ordered in the morning, it could well arrive in time for Monday. A used one has popped up 50p cheaper http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=202037444560&alt=web Here's the original item I linked. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield Date:2017/09/06 10:54 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I hope to come with it next Monday, it has a massive battery space as yet un used On 6 Sep 2017 10:45 a.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Most random thing of all, later on last night, I was having conversion on the same topic, feeding AV into a B&W set. Shouldn't take more than about 15 min to mod the RF converter, the case actually looks big enough to fit a Pi zero inside if you want to keep it external. Either way, I'm happy to give you a hand one Monday. o animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/06 8:54 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, No no no no muuuuuch older lol, this thing is a brick On 5 Sep 2017 7:37 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on the back, just above the battery bay. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type tuner On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input relatively cheaply. A playstation one Rf cable... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web This model is the easiest to use... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will output on CH36. I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the existing coaxial cable. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: "Davies T." > Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! Timothy Davies ________________________________ From: hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield [alexmduffield at gmail.com] Sent: 05 September 2017 11:57 To: Swansea Hackspace Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some tv, anyone know a way to do this? 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URL: From alexmduffield at gmail.com Thu Sep 7 01:00:42 2017 From: alexmduffield at gmail.com (Alex Duffield) Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 01:00:42 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> Message-ID: Whilst both are cheep neither would arrive this month, would it be possible to build a pi/Arduino based converter ideally that would go between the tuner and the screen no? On 6 Sep 2017 10:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" wrote: > If you get one ordered in the morning, it could well arrive in time for > Monday. > > A used one has popped up 50p cheaper > http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=202037444560&alt=web > > Here's the original item I linked. > http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web > > No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several > thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/06 10:54 AM (GMT+00:00) > To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: > Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, > > I hope to come with it next Monday, it has a massive battery space as yet > un used > > On 6 Sep 2017 10:45 a.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: > >> Most random thing of all, later on last night, I was having conversion on >> the same topic, feeding AV into a B&W set. >> >> Shouldn't take more than about 15 min to mod the RF converter, the case >> actually looks big enough to fit a Pi zero inside if you want to keep it >> external. >> >> Either way, I'm happy to give you a hand one Monday. >> >> >> o animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Alex Duffield >> Date:2017/09/06 8:54 AM (GMT+00:00) >> To: Swansea Hackspace >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >> >> No no no no muuuuuch older lol, this thing is a brick >> >> On 5 Sep 2017 7:37 p.m., "David Davies-Day" >> wrote: >> >>> Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A >>> >>> I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on >>> the back, just above the battery bay. >>> >>> >>> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >>> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Alex Duffield >>> Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) >>> To: Swansea Hackspace >>> Cc: >>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >>> >>> This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all >>> it has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll >>> type tuner >>> >>> On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. >>>> >>>> If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no >>>> composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input >>>> relatively cheaply. >>>> >>>> A playstation one Rf cable... >>>> http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web >>>> >>>> This model is the easiest to use... >>>> http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web >>>> >>>> Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. >>>> Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be >>>> left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external >>>> phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. >>>> >>>> I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, >>>> if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and >>>> digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will >>>> output on CH36. >>>> >>>> I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the >>>> existing coaxial cable. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several >>>> thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. >>>> >>>> -------- Original message -------- >>>> From: "Davies T." >>>> Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) >>>> To: Swansea Hackspace >>>> Cc: >>>> Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >>>> >>>> Dear Alex, >>>> >>>> I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. >>>> >>>> There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview >>>> box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on >>>> the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a >>>> UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new >>>> station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel >>>> change is of course on the Freeview. >>>> >>>> If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to >>>> use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you >>>> select channels using the Freeview. >>>> >>>> Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. >>>> If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. >>>> >>>> I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an >>>> old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF >>>> modulator! >>>> >>>> Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for >>>> connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for >>>> the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>>> Timothy Davies >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk [ >>>> hackspace-bounces at swansea.hackspace.org.uk] on behalf of Alex Duffield >>>> [alexmduffield at gmail.com] >>>> *Sent:* 05 September 2017 11:57 >>>> *To:* Swansea Hackspace >>>> *Subject:* [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, >>>> >>>> I have a 7inch b&w old portable TV in full working order, but of corse >>>> is analogue and there is no analogue transmissions left in this country, it >>>> works well as a radio but I would like to get it to pick up atleast some >>>> tv, anyone know a way to do this? 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URL: From djdavies83 at hotmail.com Thu Sep 7 10:54:21 2017 From: djdavies83 at hotmail.com (David Davies-Day) Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 09:54:21 +0000 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, In-Reply-To: References: <1AB386B1C8686C49B24CEA45D647DAAB9E083B@ISS-MBX02.tawe.swan.ac.uk> , Message-ID: They are both in the UK, the new one is in Nottingham, expected delivery by the 13th. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=263190975759&alt=web The one above will work just the same, first class postage, at the moment it's showing delivery for the 9th, tomorrow. There are existing av to rf adaptors, nothing specific the the Pi that I have seen. These would usually cost ?30-50 off the shelf. If you have and old VCR it is possible to pul the RF modulator from one, but that is much harder that molding a PS1 rf cable. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield Date:2017/09/07 1:02 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, Whilst both are cheep neither would arrive this month, would it be possible to build a pi/Arduino based converter ideally that would go between the tuner and the screen no? On 6 Sep 2017 10:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: If you get one ordered in the morning, it could well arrive in time for Monday. A used one has popped up 50p cheaper http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=202037444560&alt=web Here's the original item I linked. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/06 10:54 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, I hope to come with it next Monday, it has a massive battery space as yet un used On 6 Sep 2017 10:45 a.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Most random thing of all, later on last night, I was having conversion on the same topic, feeding AV into a B&W set. Shouldn't take more than about 15 min to mod the RF converter, the case actually looks big enough to fit a Pi zero inside if you want to keep it external. Either way, I'm happy to give you a hand one Monday. o animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/06 8:54 AM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, No no no no muuuuuch older lol, this thing is a brick On 5 Sep 2017 7:37 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Oh, little silver thing, something like a 5 inch screen? https://www.amazon.com/Coby-CX-TV1-Black-White-Tuner/dp/B00006I56A I had two like this, it may well have the yellow and white sockets on the back, just above the battery bay. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: Alex Duffield > Date:2017/09/05 6:23 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, This is a very basic portable TV (can run off batteries) port wise all it has is an external Ariel port (it has its own) and an analogue scroll type tuner On 5 Sep 2017 6:02 p.m., "David Davies-Day" > wrote: Looks like you just covered all the points I was thinking of there Tim. If there is no scart, I doubt there would be scart on B&W, or no composite yellow and white, there is another way to add an AV input relatively cheaply. A playstation one Rf cable... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=262919102923&alt=web This model is the easiest to use... http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=282545392453&alt=web Just plug in or solder your AV to the inputs and feed it 5V. Inside the casing, the wires coming from the PSX multi cable will be left audio, video and 5V, easy to see two of them going to the external phono sockets, the one that is not is your 5V input for the circuit. I wouldn't expect a B&W set to show the Rf channel but for reference, if you wanted to test it on a newer set that receives both analogue and digital, these units (pretty much all fixed Rf units of that era) will output on CH36. I've hacked a similar unit to send an AV signal upstairs through the existing coaxial cable. No animals were harmed in the making of this email. However, several thousand electrons were severely inconvenienced. -------- Original message -------- From: "Davies T." > Date:2017/09/05 2:44 PM (GMT+00:00) To: Swansea Hackspace > Cc: Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Analogue b&w TV, Dear Alex, I agree with previous suggestions that you use a Freeview box. There is of course the issue of connecting the TV to the Freeview box. If the TV is really ancient then it only has a aerial socket on the back, so you will have to make sure the Freeview box has a UHF modulator fitted. The Freeview box then appears as a new station (the only one in the whole tuning range!) and the channel change is of course on the Freeview. If the TV has a SCART connector, then it's easy. You just need to use a SCART lead to connect to the Freeview box, and again you select channels using the Freeview. Some smaller sets had two RCA sockets, one white, one yellow. If that is the case you need a SCART to RCA lead. I would not use an up-to-date Freeview box, try and obtain an old one because the latest boxes may not have SCART or a UHF modulator! Next step is to look closely at the front and back of the TV for connectors. As a minimum there will be a TV coax socket for the aerial. Hopefully a SCART or some RCA connectors as well. Good luck! 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No explicit charging on it at the moment (as far as I'm aware), but a donation in the box wouldn't be inappropriate - particularly for any larger jobs. - Tom On 25/09/17 13:19, Neil Jones wrote: > It is my understanding that we have a working colour printer in the > space. Is this correct? > > How would I use it? > > For example if I were to come in and download a file onto one of the > laptops how would I print it? > > Neil > > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace From neil at aurinia.co.uk Fri Sep 29 13:28:52 2017 From: neil at aurinia.co.uk (Neil Jones) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:28:52 +0100 Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Colour printer In-Reply-To: References: <59C8F44F.9030505@aurinia.co.uk> Message-ID: <59CE3C84.6000300@aurinia.co.uk> On 25/09/17 13:35, Thomas Lake wrote: > It should appear as "a3printer" in the list on the laptops. If not then > it is set up on the desktops. > > No explicit charging on it at the moment (as far as I'm aware), but a > donation in the box wouldn't be inappropriate - particularly for any > larger jobs. > > - Tom Thanks Tom. I have tried to use the printer to print in COLOUR and the document comes out in monochrome. I have tried it from both Libreoffice and from the PDF reader and there seems to be some setting that confines it to monochrome. The machine I used was one that Tim recommended to me. This is the middle of the three machines on the side of the space where the vinyl cutter is. My researches indicated that there is actually a linux driver for this printer which I downloaded but it requires the root password for installation which is evidently not the same as the one for logging in. I DO know that this can be circumvented and changed but I didn't think it was appropriate for me to fiddle with a hackspace machine like this. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? The printer prints but there is no colour and it is colour that I want. Neil > > On 25/09/17 13:19, Neil Jones wrote: >> It is my understanding that we have a working colour printer in the >> space. Is this correct? >> >> How would I use it? >> >> For example if I were to come in and download a file onto one of the >> laptops how would I print it? >> >> Neil >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Hackspace mailing list >> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk >> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > _______________________________________________ > Hackspace mailing list > Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk > http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace > From punkaled at yahoo.co.uk Sat Sep 30 12:22:49 2017 From: punkaled at yahoo.co.uk (Aled) Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:22:49 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [Swansea Hackspace] Pallet wood References: <475205331.1620819.1506770569503.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <475205331.1620819.1506770569503@mail.yahoo.com> I've noticed there's a few pallets in the space, does anybody have a free source for these as I need a bunch of pallet wood for a project? Cheers, Aled.