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Lost this time. This is an Indian origin word, and I didn't get it.
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No go.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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No, really!
I just remembered we own an electric fan, so I'm now getting cool breezes every couple of seconds (and so is Herself in the next room).
That's better - there isn't a breath of wind out there, and it's hot and sticky.
For Wales, it's really hot - it's actually not raining and hasn't for days now 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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I guess A/C is too expensive and would not be used after the current conditions.
My sister-in-law lives in San Antonio, and they are running temps at 108 degrees Fahrenheit. I'm American and too lazy to look up the conversion. 
They haven't had rain since February. It's sort of OK, as I don't like her husband at all.
BTW I'm sure you have a lot of fans on this forum. I myself am one. 
A/C is Cool!
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Although we have several fans, even big ones, we decided to flee the house and went biking in the woods near the town of Epe in the Netherlands.
We biked close to the edge of a military shooting range (didn't get hit luckily), and as always my thought was:
those military always seem to take the nicest spots for themselves.
Very nice woods and patches of purple heather, even spotted a fitch and a wild boar with piggies!
We also decided to try the famous "Ossenstal pannenkoek", but that proved a bit too heavy, it's a kind of pancake but deep-fried with bacon 
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 Every room has 1 or more ceiling fans, some have standing fans as well and we have ducted A/C - welcome to the tropics. We also go 3-4 months without rain and everything goes brown then mother nature dumps huge volumes of water and the trifids return.
I do hope the rain, when it comes, is you're usual drizzle and not the torrents we get.
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OriginalGriff wrote: For Wales, it's really hot - it's actually not raining and hasn't for days now
Then I wouldn't wail about it.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Same over in the Netherlands.
I have a fan in the attic, but it hasn't been used for a few years.
Tried it a few weeks back, but it screeched so much I don't want to use it anymore.
27C inside the house now (keeping everything closed to keep the heat out).
28.5C yesterday afternoon 
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My house was built in 1989 before building codes went bat crap crazy with insane levels of sealing and insulation. One of my favorite appliances in the house is a "whole house attic fan." I'm in the SE US, so we run 32-35C most of August. But when September comes and Autumn cools things off, I open all the windows. I love the fresh air.
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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If you are having difficulty keeping cool may I strongly recommend cold showers/baths. They are magical. I am constantly surprised the authorities who's responsibility it is to advise the public re/ such matters never mention same.   
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Parts of the UK are currently officially in drought; we aren't yet, but showering just to cool down is kinda wasteful.
I could jump in the fish pool of the river at the bottom of the garden, but that's fed by Welsh springs and I'm not eager for frostbite ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Ceiling fans in many rooms. A ceiling fan works well in the bedroom. (As does a basement office; never above 20C).
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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I created a device with a small circuitboard with a pluggable user interface, such that it can take several buttons, a pad matrix, or an encoder and a couple of buttons, like that. It has a 1.18" color screen, a USB in and a USB out. It also has an SD reader.
Inside the thing is a little MCU where the magic happens. Therein you can create firmware to intercept USB signals from a device, like a keyboard, mouse, gamepad, MIDI keyboard, or whatever and modify the signals into something else, like injecting macros.
The box could be cheaper to manufacture, but it's not terrible. This is my first endeavor into creating a fabbed PCB circuit board on my own (for paying gigs I have an electrical engineer I work with)
My prototype works so in theory the board will work but I won't know until I get it back from pcbway.
Anyway, I started circuits before I ever got into software, but I put it down for most of my life once I got into software. Now I'm full circle, but using them in tandem.
I will say this about actual physical development. It's deeply satisfying to create something you can hold in your hands.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I suppose I'd feel the same way if I could ever get into it. I have no clue when it comes to electronics & circuitry. I have a former colleague who worked on an arduino-based art project (T,E.D.: Transformations, Emotional Deconstruction[^]) for which he designed a custom PCB, and even though I had nothing to do with it (other than that I helped solder the boards up for the finished product) I thought it was way cooler than just some software.
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Congrats. You definitely have the zeal. The hardware <-> software combo creation can be a real turn on (no pun intended).
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Quote: I created a device with a small circuitboard
I know almost nothing about DIY circuit boards but to get all that USB capability I assume you had to use prefabricated clusters of CB components. You can`t have USB with so many options (or a SD reader) built with raw CB components. My guess is the SD reader and the USB aren`t just the socket, there`s some circuitry next to the socket that allows connectivity with other (complex) CB components.
modified 13-Aug-22 2:51am.
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I only did that to prototype.
I then took the schematics (and datasheets) for those components and integrated the bits that make them up directly onto my board.
For example, I have this little widget called a USBHostShield I used in my prototype. I also have the schematic. It uses a MAX3421E to do the heavy lifting, so I integrated that MAX chip right onto my board, along with any necessary pullup resistors etc.
An SD socket is actually just a socket. the SD card itself is an SPI device, and as such can communicate directly with the MCU without intermediary circuitry. You can actually solder an SD card right onto an ESP32 and it will use it quite happily.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I will say this about actual physical development. It's deeply satisfying to create something you can hold in your hands.
I can print my source code and hold a stack of papers in my hands...does that count?
I never got into electronics/circuits at that level. Needless to say, this impresses the (elephant? sunshine?) out of me.
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wrap it in a post on codeproject.com and we will share the same the happiness as yours...
diligent hands rule....
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It's the Prang articles. I won't have the board design finalized and tested until I get a working copy back from PCBway and I'm loath to publish it until I've tested it. However, currently, the project itself can be wired completely from components sourced off of Amazon.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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your ideas will fascinate lot of people I think...
diligent hands rule....
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