TRANSISTOR TESTER PROJECT DAY 2 3 4… WTF? I’M COUNTING!

LOL.. excuse me for my title.. haha.. I lost everything.. everything about this documentation… well not really everything I mean I just lost my time updating the whole stuff about this project in which I originally plan to document. Ok ‘nuff said. Let’s continue and finish this thing that I started. So actually right now, I’m done with my transistor tester. Yeah like almost a week ago. Here’s what I have done.


I'll post the picture of the finished product after I transfer it into my computer. I'm too damn lazy to transfer it now. LOL.



A wise approach regarding building a project was to make sure you stick with good decisions. Just like in real life, one wrong decision can lead you to your ass whooping nightmares. So just to make thing sure, I started my project by building it first using bread board. Some say that that was just a plenty of work to be done, like that would be just a waste of time. But I tell you, it does save up money! LOL. Once you soldered everything to the PCB you can always desoldered it but I bet that it will never satisfy you! So ok, after doing the breadboard thing I had found out that I bought or should I say they sell to me a wrong IC! WTF! (Someday, I’m gonna buy my own electronics shop that will provide everything a consumer needed. LOL. Including cakes and pastries? Wtf weirdo? LOL). Luckily, my classmates were more willingly to help. They provide us the testers’ case (packaging) and yeah the IC. Big thanks! :) And of course yeah good thing I have bread board everything first. Oh Gawd, it saves me from buying all the parts again after finding out that I've got the wrong IC.

After checking out that the whole circuit was working, I along with some of my classmates decided to work on it at my place. Thank God it went ow so good. And yeah taddaah.. We’re all finished!




Here’s the schematic diagram and the part list:
Credit to ALEXAN. 







Just follow it carefully and you can also be able to build yourself a transistor tester. :D


That would be all I guess.. :D

HE IS WE MY FOREVER ALBUM

OMO!!!! HE IS WE will release their very first album on Nov 23! Finally the long wait is almost over! I'm so excited! :D

My Forever Tracklisting:
1. Forever And Ever
2. All About Us (featuring Aaron Gillespie)
3. Everything You Do
4. And Run
5. Happily Ever After
6. Kiss It Better
7. Prove You Wrong
8. Blame It On The Rain
9. Love Life
10. Fall


check out the carrier single here:
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SOURCE: http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=2020332

DAY 1 : TRANSISTOR TESTER PROJECT

OK, So I'm planning to put up a documentation thing for our electronics 2 project in which we were asked to make our own transistor tester. This documentation is just a random thing that I always do whenever I feel like doing. huh? LOL. Anyways, as a half diligent and half lazy electronics student... or maybe 1/4 diligent only.. lol. I prefer to spice up the pressure I feel whenever a project was given to me, spicing up means adding more extra activities to the typical or let me say to the mundane ways of accomplishing a given task or the project itself. And this is what I do.LOL. Actually there are still several things I do just to lessen the pressure. I will mention some of it later on.

Ok, let's start now the project.

Day 1:

I found several good schematic diagrams for our transistor tester at the internet. One of the best was this.

Credit to the owner :

http://www.electronicecircuits.com/electronic-circuits/in-circuit-transistor-tester/

I'm too lazy to include the schematic diagram here. LOL. Anyhoo, I recommend this schematic diagram for beginners like me. We manage to canvass the parts and so far, only the 9 volt battery and the IC are the money suckers. Approximately Php 275 for this project.

Ow i forgot to mention, our instructor gave us also sample copy of a transistor tester schematic diagram including the part list and the procedures.

I will scan and post the said copy on the next post. Please bare with me.


Actually I find this one cheaper than the 275php project I mention before ( the one i provided with link). Let's take for example the IC cost 28php only as compare to the 68php(IC's price or any other parts varies depends on the part number/type i supposed.) Plus the fact that "instructions" and "procedures" are included and since it is commercially available, I've chosen this one. I actually bought some of the important materials or parts of it. Later on, I will start to build it on the bread board. I will post updates soon as I accomplish a thing.

So i guess that's it for Day 1.

btw, submission of this project will be after our foundation day. Gee.. the clock is ticking... I have more than a week to finish this... tsk tsk..

Aja! Fighting! LOL.

DREAM

Last night when I was about to sleep, I had a wonderful conversation with my brother. It was a typical brother and sister sharing stories at first. Like we talked about our daily lives then also we talked about our similar interest like about some public figures, things we wish to accomplish… things from our past. It was indeed a great conversation. Then all of a suddenly, we talked about our religion. I don’t know but whenever I have a chance to have a heart to heart conversation with my brother we somehow always end up talking about our beliefs. It was in the middle of conversation when suddenly I was hit by a memory of my dream from the past. I have told him about this dream before, and the last thing I remembered the first time I told him about this dream was that I was shaking and crying. I didn’t actually anticipate that all of suddenly I will feel the same last night. Kakaiba nga lang last night kasi somehow I manage to remember pa some of the details sa dream ko na hindi ko naman naalala before. I don’t know if someone can interpret this, I myself is confuse about it. I dreamed about this long time ago… siguro couple of months na rin ang lumipas, basta it was when my mom was sick, the moment which I can say the toughest battle for us. Here’s what happened to my dream.

“ I was with my friends that day, basta ang alam ko magugood time lang kame… kaso nagulat ako kasi yung pinuntahan namen parang mall pa lang na itinatayo… one thing that bothers me is that bigla na lang nawala ang mga friends ko sa scene kasi nilibot ko yung lugar mag-isa. Hanggang ngayon nararamdaman ko pa kung ano yung nararamdaman ko that time, kinakabahan at the same time confuse. Kasi yung lugar parang lumang simbahan na tinibag or ginigiba. Makikia mo yung mga upuan sa simbahan wala sa ayos, sira sira sabay parang abandoned na talaga yung lugar. Tipong nirerenovate na nga. Basta may nakausap ako dun, di ko na masyadong maalala pero sure ako ginagawang mall yung lugar na yun. Hindi ko na lubos maalala kung ano ang mga sumunod na nangyari. Ang naalala ko lang muli, eh nasa ibang lugar na naman ako, this time parang hospital di ko sure kasi para rin naman siyang simpleng apartment kung saan tanaw mo ang kalsada kapag sumilip ka sa malaking bintana. Nasa second floor iyon. Sa labas tanaw mo yung mga jeep na dumadaan. Sa may bandang gilid may matatanaw kang isang vendor ng ahas. Malinaw pa saken kung panu siya magbenta ng ahas, tumatawid tawid sa kalsada at iniaalok ang ahas… tapos maya maya sa di kalayuan may mga pulis na lumapit sa kanya… hindi ko lubos maintindihan pero parang hinuhuli ata siya? Ewan ko ang gulo. Tiyaka ko na lang muling ibinaling ang tingin ko sa loob nung mismong silid kung saan ko tinatanaw yung gulo sa labas. Duon sa kwarto hindi naman ako nagulat sa aking nakita… basta ang tanging naaalala ko lang na nararamdaman ko that time eh malungkot at nagsusumamo dahil sa kwartong iyon nakita ko si Jesus, nakahiga sa kama. Ang itsura ni Jesus eh yung itsura niya sa crucifix. Duguan ang buong katawan. May sakit siya nun at hinang hina. Mejo di pangkaraniwan ang kanyang laki. Malaki compare sa pangkaraniwan. Nakita ko rin dun na ginagamot siya ng Doctor. Actually yung doctor na gumagamot kay Jesus eh yung doctor rin na gumagamot kay mama during the time na nahospital ito. Hindi ko na maalala kung sino yung kasama kong nakabantay nung mga sandaling iyon. Basta alam ko malungkot ako. Sa ngayon hindi ko na talaga maalala ang iba pang pangyayari…”

Nahihiwagaan lang ako talaga sa panaginip kung ito. Madalas din akong makapanaginip ng may kaugnayan sa simbahan. Ewan ko kung bakit. Kakaiba talaga ang dating saken ng panaginip kong ito, kasi everytime na naaalala ko ito, nanlalambot at nanginginig ang buong katawan ko. Hindi ko maipaliwanag kung bakit. My brother just told me to pray about it. Sabi niya in time maliliwanagan din ako, wag daw akong matakot… Just pray. Sa tingin ko nga yun ang the best na dapat kung gawin. And besides alam ko kahit anu pa man ang mangayari kagustuhan yun ng Diyos…

I thought I might share this dream to you guys, I just don’t know exactly kung anu yung significance nito. Whether for future or something I have to look upon myself. Siguro one thing. We must be ready, maging handa sa lahat ng posibilidad, sa isang iglap may pwedeng mawala may pwedeng magbago, at siguro para saken hindi lang sapat ang humanap ng happiness mas mabuti kung magampanan mo yung purpose mo sa mundo.

And I just also want to include this prayer from Mama Mary’s FB page:

Dear Lord, I thank you for this day. I thank You for my being able to see and to hear this morning. I'm blessed because You are a forgiving God and an understanding God. You have done so much for me and You keep on blessing me. Forgive me this day for everything I have done, said or thought that was not pleasing to you. I ask now for Your forgiveness.
Please keep me safe from all danger and harm. Help me to start this day with a new attitude and plenty of gratitude. Let me make the best of each and every day to clear my mind so that I can hear from You.

Please broaden my mind that I can accept all things. Let me not whine and whimper over things I have no control over. Let me continue to see sin through God's eyes and acknowledge it as evil. And when I sin, let me repent, and confess with my mouth my wrongdoing, and receive the forgiveness of God.

And when this world closes in on me, let me remember Jesus' example -- to slip away and find a quiet place to pray. It's the best response when I'm pushed beyond my limits. I know that when I can't pray, You listen to my heart. Continue to use me to do Your will.

Continue to bless me that I may be a blessing to others. Keep me strong that I may help the weak. Keep me uplifted that I may have words of encouragement for others. I pray for those who are lost and can't find their way. I pray for those who are misjudged and misunderstood. I pray for those who don't know You intimately. I pray for those who don't believe. But I thank you that I believe.

I believe that God changes people and God changes things. I pray for all my sisters and brothers, for each and every family member in their households. I pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that they are out of debt and all their needs are met.

I pray that every eye that reads this knows there is no problem, circumstance, or situation greater than God. Every battle is in Your hands for You to fight. I pray that these words be received into the hearts of every eye that sees them and every mouth that confesses them willingly.. AMEN.

Me cleaning? equals to damaged!

NOV. 3, 2010

Thought I may share this EPIC story.. lately this afternoon… I feel like cleaning the computer… So there, got my cleaning stuff and screw. First I started polishing the monitor. Wow, kinda looks new. Job well done! Then there go the speakers and the cd’s. Now they’re properly organized! I was about to finish cleaning up, then suddenly I saw the keyboard. Yah right I forgot the keyboard… so I unplugged the cords and started cleaning the keyboard. Being a little too perfectionist, I find it hard to resist the inevitable dust inside the keyboard due to the fact that I was only able to cleaned the outer part. So with certainty, I picked up the screw and start to disassemble the keyboard. Never in my life have I ever done this before, but does it matter to a risk taker like me? I wasn’t even thinking that I could damage this thing! lol. I slowly lifted the back lid of the keyboard, and to my surprised, I saw pieces falling apart! And I was like, ok.. so this is what it looks like… and uhhmm what the hell is this? What the hell I have done just by now? I actually felt a sudden twirl in my stomach, guess kinda nervous. But then, with a pretty optimistic head, I continued my cleaning… I was confident somehow that I could easily assemble it once I was finish cleaning. Then.. I was wrong… really really WRONG! WTF? The keyboard wasn’t working! So I opened it up again, trying my best to fix it, but hell for the second time, it wasn’t working! I have no one to blame but myself! Huhu… and for the third time… reassembled it… TADAAAAHHH… A B C DHDEKHJSOHKJSLRHJ;LSR,VUIMYMBYP[MOJI[B’PN Yeah its working! Finally I fixed it. But into my dismay… Some keys aren’t working.. aww… All keys were fine except for the number keys which has the symbols… damn! Can’t you believe that my exclamation point was a copy-paste!! ! ! ! arrr! ! and I was like hitting letter W as hard as I could! Ow.. I messed up my keyboard! wth! I’m thinking if I will reassemble it tomorrow again, but I’m afraid I might worsen the problem… Anyhoo.. I think I should try my luck and my best tomorrow. Like I don’t even have a choice, I can’t live without this thing »» “!!!”

So there you go… Cleaning is not my forte.. tsk tsk…

http://worthtaker.tumblr.com/post/1471207474/me-cleaning-equals-to-damaged

YOUTUBE HD PART 3 -EPIC FAIL

Just when i thought i won't be having anymore issues with f***** youtube! gaaahh! This wasn't even strike two! this is so damn strike three for a week!!!! crap crap crap!!! Well this is beyond pet peeves anymore! Grabe! The issue? Ok, so I finished my project for this week, not to brag but I did a great job about it! Then right now youtube is really making me nuts tonight, cause hell I can't upload! WTF? I'm through with this at FB video application, and now on my youtube too? owgawd! so pissed so pissed so pissed!!! Please fixed this highly trained monkeys.. ASAP!

I'm reserving good vibes for tomorrow! and now what? hmp! SWAN TINA! :L

YOUTUBE HD PART 2

ang artie artie ng youtube! haha...well I've realized na in order for your videos that's in epic HD videos to be uploaded in HD epic video also in youtube, you just have to make sure that your output video format should be in .mp4! Confusing ehh? before I used to upload videos at .wmv file(yeah, the times when I'm stuck in Windows Movie Maker) and it turned out to be as good as the raw file. But I must say, in Sony Vegas it is a different story! Well this is only hypothetically speaking, but I've done my part, I've conducted a test where in I set a 14 seconds video clip into a standard HD format. Then set my template into which I could have an output .mp4 format (in w/c it was in HD too). Then I uploaded it on Youtube! WAALLLAAA! It's smooth and sailing! (just like most sony vegas HD videos!). So polished! No freaking hell lags!

You think you've heard it all? wrong! Again just to prove that my theory was getting on the right track, I've tried to convert my HD video ( that was save in .wmv format, the one I uploaded on Youtube that end up low quality HD because of the lags wtf?!) into standard Iphone/PSP format which is in .mp4. Guess what? Boom! I'm on the right track, it turned out that it was the same laggy thing! ( I didn't bother to watch the video because it was in an epic laggy state same to the one i uploaded to YT! ). And hell it was lately that I realized that when you upload video with any video format in Youtube, it will be automatically converted into .mp4 (thus downloading using youtube downloader will prove that!) I know right because whenever I downloaded video from youtube it was always in .mp4 format!

So with that I think that the main source of the problem was on the way I save my project. Again Tina it should be in HD mp4! Less stress because the output smoothness of your final video will be the same as the one uploaded in youtube.

Well I should recommend that youtube monkeys (as they've called themselves) must at least do something about this format compatibility thing. Some youtubers also got tons of problems like their vid was out of synch, upload error.. etc.

Anyhoo, I'm not so sure whether my theory is right. But somehow, I think that was really the problem. I'm documenting this whole thing just to make sure that I will never get lost again in Youtube! And maybe someone will find this post helpful as well! haha...

Dang can you believe that the whole TEST was like out of SERENDIPITY? :) Lucky enough right? haha.. )