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    Any electrical/electronics engineers here?

    Hi all, I am a mechanical engineer attempting electronics so please be nice :p I have a lithium ion battery pack (about 12V) for an electronics circuit and I have a separate circuit, independently powered by a 9v battery that has the sole purpose of protecting the main battery from over...
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    How do I use this flow sensor?

    Hi guys, I have bought this flow sensor from OCUK: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/aqua-computer-high-flow-flow-sensor-wc-113-aq.html How can I wire this up? I am at a university with lots of equipment, such as data acquisition devices and software such as labview. The 3 pins are...
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    Series of images all numbered sequentially. How to automatically reverse the order of all the images

    Hey guys, Trying to make a GIF in reverse with many images. But the images are numbered 1 - 50(say). But i want 50 to be 1, 49 to be 2... etc.. How can i do that? Thanks
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    PCI-express running at 2.0 x2 not x16

    worked just fine with the gpu directly in the motherboard. made me conclude that the riser was at fault. anyway, i then tried the riser one last time and it worked weirdly! Now its running no problem at x16 speed
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    PCI-express running at 2.0 x2 not x16

    Description for the riser i bought is as follows: It says 'Version 1.0 compliant' ... Is this a problem considering I'm aiming for Version 2.0 x16? I thought it was just a cable?! Here is a picture
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    PCI-express running at 2.0 x2 not x16

    Already tried the render test on GPU-z and it stays at x2.
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    PCI-express running at 2.0 x2 not x16

    Hey guys, Both in the BIOS, and the AMD driver it says it is running at PCI-express 2.0 x2 mode. My motherboard Asus H81l-PLUS has only 1 PCI-e slot and that is 2.0 x16. Im using a Sapphire R9 380 with a Corsair RM550 power supply. I made my own case in which the graphics card is parallel to...
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    Crash to black (no signal on monitor) after 10 minutes playing Rise of the Tomb Raider

    Hey guys, So i've had nothing but trouble with Rise of the Tomb Raider. Day 1: No crashes but horribly optimised for AMD cards. Waited for 16.1.1 crimson hotfix. Yesterday: Installed the 16.1.1 driver hotfix and everything works perfectly. Play for hours with no problems. Today...
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    Anybody here know C programming language?

    Hey guys, Trying to learn embedded C. I have a microcontroller (Microchip PIC18F4331) and have an LDR in the A/D converter pin. Im trying to use interrupts and timers right now. My task is to turn an LED off either at a certain light level or at a given time. My question is about...
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    What started the watercooling trend? Hot running Athlons in the mid 2000s?

    Hey guys, I'm writing a Literature Review on cooling for desktop class CPUs and I'm just trying to work out the point at which watercooling became popular. Which CPU was it that was infamously hot running, prompting watercooling to become more popular? Where did it all begin?
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    Mech Eng Masters Thesis on 'Cooling for Consumer Electronics'

    Hi Guys, I'm writing a thesis on cooling for consumer electronics. On the topic of watercooling, what is the engineering benefit of watercooling apart from the obvious things such as higher thermal conductivity and specific heat capacity of water? Or is that pretty much it?
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    Dremel or cheaper alternative?

    Hey guys, Planning a custom case build that will need a little cutting - 1mm steel. Should I buy Dremel only or are other alternative brands ok?
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    Coming back to all this.. amd still the loser for £150 in games?

    Hi guys, Been out the hobby for a while. For about £150, is it still the intels that get better performance in games? Also, does amd work better with ati etc?
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    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    or I could just find a PC power supply.
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    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    But im not using a PC power supply. Im just using a 12v supply with no 5v rail. I couls get 5v from a usb charger?
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    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    ok well in that case I need to find a 5v supply as my power supply is only 12v and 2 of the molex pins in the connector are empty.
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    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    and its worth saying im running from a 12v source. no 5v
  18. engstrom0304

    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    the pump only uses the first two holes.. red and black
  19. engstrom0304

    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    so essentially its green to black?
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    Controlling pwm pump without motherboard

    ie. Thermoelectric cooling to control tab temperatures of batteries
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