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DIY Wireless TrackClip Pro
Haven't had time to spend on this project for awhile....  Been trying to find batteries that will power these 3 LED's, and previous tests required at least 4x 1.5V AAA Batteries which is way too large for a battery pack that will sit velcro'd to my headphones.

I just found some rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries with 3.7 Volts each in a "AAA" form-factor.  These things are great!  I tried running a single battery, but the LED's didn't illuminate in any noticeable way so I had to wire a second battery in serial, and they light up just fine.  They are 350mAh each, which is less than half the capacity of a standard rechargeable Li-ion AAA battery, but the trade-off for a higher voltage in such a small size is exactly what I need for this project.

I left this thing plugged in overnight and it was off in the morning, I guess I'll time it to see how long it lasts.  Next step will be to rig a recharging circuit with a micro-A USB female plug-in for easy re-charging, and then cram it all in a small black box with a velcro strap to easily attach to my headset.  To start, I'm not going to cut the TrackClip Pro wire, and I'll leave the female USB connector shown below on the battery pack.  I may shorten the TrackClip wire near the end of this project, at least to remove the heavy USB pass-through dongle hanging off it.

We'll see where this goes, I've never done anything like this before so it's a small challenge.

DIY Wireless TrackClip Pro
Haven't had time to spend on this project for awhile....  Been trying to find batteries that will power these 3 LED's, and previous tests required at least 4x 1.5V AAA Batteries which is way too large for a battery pack that will sit velcro'd to my headphones.

I just found some rechargeable Lithium Ion batteries with 3.7 Volts each in a "AAA" form-factor.  These things are great!  I tried running a single battery, but the LED's didn't illuminate in any noticeable way so I had to wire a second battery in serial, and they light up just fine.  They are 350mAh each, which is less than half the capacity of a standard rechargeable Li-ion AAA battery, but the trade-off for a higher voltage in such a small size is exactly what I need for this project.

I left this thing plugged in overnight and it was off in the morning, I guess I'll time it to see how long it lasts.  Next step will be to rig a recharging circuit with a micro-A USB female plug-in for easy re-charging, and then cram it all in a small black box with a velcro strap to easily attach to my headset.  To start, I'm not going to cut the TrackClip Pro wire, and I'll leave the female USB connector shown below on the battery pack.  I may shorten the TrackClip wire near the end of this project, at least to remove the heavy USB pass-through dongle hanging off it.

We'll see where this goes, I've never done anything like this before so it's a small challenge.

Nick McGookin, Alive! and in the W3B!

AHH!! I keep throwing money at my screen but nothing's happening!!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1051200?snr=1_41_4__42

Terrible storm is shaping up to be rather.... shapely

Working on a DIY project right now between other things; "wireless TrackIR TrackClip Pro"

I have an old TrackClip Pro with several broken plastic pieces, so I'm using it for all sorts of testing and feasibility checks before cutting up my new working TrackClip Pro.  I want to use a small modern Lithium Ion battery and have the ability to charge it through USB micro-A connection, with a charging circuit, and a power on/off switch, but a few of the batteries I've tested so far have me scratching my head.

If this simple 3x LED device normally operates on a USB 5V 1A connection, I really only need to replicate that.  But I've already had little success with the batteries I have around my house.  I may have to purchase a battery specifically for the project, as well as the charging circuit.  It all needs to be very small and lightweight.

I've read several DIY forums where people already did this exact thing, so I have plenty of ideas for products and procedures.  I'm very patient and I'd rather spend a few extra dollars if it can be a little more sturdy or look a little better, so time will tell how this turns out.  Will take pictures once there's something worth taking a picture of.
 

Working on a DIY project right now between other things; "wireless TrackIR TrackClip Pro"

I have an old TrackClip Pro with several broken plastic pieces, so I'm using it for all sorts of testing and feasibility checks before cutting up my new working TrackClip Pro.  I want to use a small modern Lithium Ion battery and have the ability to charge it through USB micro-A connection, with a charging circuit, and a power on/off switch, but a few of the batteries I've tested so far have me scratching my head.

If this simple 3x LED device normally operates on a USB 5V 1A connection, I really only need to replicate that.  But I've already had little success with the batteries I have around my house.  I may have to purchase a battery specifically for the project, as well as the charging circuit.  It all needs to be very small and lightweight.

I've read several DIY forums where people already did this exact thing, so I have plenty of ideas for products and procedures.  I'm very patient and I'd rather spend a few extra dollars if it can be a little more sturdy or look a little better, so time will tell how this turns out.  Will take pictures once there's something worth taking a picture of.
 

Hello again,

It's been awhile no seeing you guys around, i've been taking break from PR for some time ( i haven't paid the internet just yet, nothing in the wallet  ) and mostly just studying myself for final exam ( which is currently right now and for next week as well ) so, yeah currently busy atm...

Had myself taking break from mobile gaming as well ( achieved something recently months ago ), and chilling out watching anime at some free times, like Amagi Brilliant Park and Nichijou ( daily gag-life series, cringy  ). It was all fun times enjoying those shows and really are memorable.

Might be back at some time in next year, enjoy your holidays.

Happy holidays ^^,

- Inch

THE DUDE HIS NECK!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafuckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Due to my desire to try out a different game, I managed to go ahead and purchase GTA V on PC.

I used to have it on my old PS3 but now I wanna know what's changed and what's new on the PC platform.

Let's just hope it's still packed full of fun like it was back in the console days.

If anyone wants to mess around Online then give me a shout haha! 

(That's only when my fucking internet downloads all the metric fuck ton of GBs for this game)

Also if you want to add me, my Social Club is: BigSausag3 

Well, it is time...

After about 2,5 months of vacation from Uni, my days are over. Tomorrow on Monday, is another day for campus studies..

Not be able to go online a much, mostly going to be busy studying back again in Uni. Trying to make out the best for this semester (because last semester, few of my grades were awful )

Hope those who noticed this, knows where i am now. I'll be away from gaming for next months (focusing study). Will do try to hangout around some other time if had a chance/free times-

Thanks, and see ya around~!

- Inch

*Grinding *

Road America IMSA Super Car Championship races

So, I was reading some forum on a totally different topic, one guy suggested this CompactGUI as a tool for the Windows 10 "Compact" function.  It seems this is no new feature, but the version in Win10 is much more powerful and more optimized.

TLDNR; You can take a program, for example my ARK installation folder (>100GB) and compress the contents with little to no performance loss when running the application.  Doesn't turn it into a ZIP or RAR achive, either - we'd not notice the change as users.  It is a disk space saver, and it's very good at it.  According to the reports, my ARK could potentially turn into a ~50GB folder instead of twice that!!

Check it out, I'm gonna:
https://github.com/ImminentFate/CompactGUI

Site looks good sem. Nice job with what you're doing. I like it!

Anyone would have fucking died from this nasty stench of a smell on one of the sites I inspected, fuck me I think my nose needs a vacation XD

Can't beat some good old tradesman banter 

Anyone would have fucking died from this nasty stench of a smell on one of the sites I inspected, fuck me I think my nose needs a vacation XD

Can't beat some good old tradesman banter 

Holy crap .. I won something!  WOOT!

Rotblut do you wish for higher rank in SO ..

Hi

I am HARDY from 91st squad, Croatia...We are daily on your server, special me personaly..

But one of my mate from Squad has problem.Server reply time out.

Open every ports, even UMZ, disable firewall,everything, but result is same.

Person from same city can connect.

I read on your forum, somebody has same issue.

Please can you advice me, what we can do?

Best regards

91st.VLE =HARDY=

I am unable to properly function, so I'm copying a note I sent to a few of my oldest friends here at VG:
I can't login, I can't think. I can't even process life right now.  I've been in a stunned shock since Sunday (Dec 31st) evening.  In moments of clarity, I am reaching out to those I can think of - I consider many of you real friends, and I just want you all to know what has happened and why I'll be absent.

On New Years Eve morning, my brother took his life.  We were extremely close our entire lives almost like twins, but he had cut off contact with us all and moved far away for over a year.  He had been struggling with mental health issues including audible hallucinations (hearing voices) that berated him and tortured him "verbally", as well as addiction problems, and we all have to just accept that he felt there was no other way to stop it all and escape.  He was a talented musician and a knowledgeable composer.  If any of you have watched some of my old gaming videos on YouTube, you've heard my brother's music in the background.

He will be cremated and released to us around the 12th, and I will be spreading his ashes at Wahclella Falls near or around then, presuming it is accessible this time of year, and we will hold a private Celebration of Life rememberance in our home somewhere around the 17th.

I may not come around for the next couple weeks, or until these matters have concluded, as I do not feel sociable at this time.  Certain individuals can reach me when I am offline if there is a technical emergency, so contact =VG= m823us if there is a matter that requires my attention, and I will resolve it if/when I am able, and if not, it will go on the top of the "to do" list for when I am feeling better.  I've already noted that I will be helping Oniblood work with the ARK Survival server as he expressed interest in that, and those who knew I was developing weekly PR event "team workshops" with custom maps should know I will continue with that project before too long.

I feel like I'm walking around in a daze, like a bad dream, and my time is filled with moments of painfully deafening silence and extreme grief, and the rest of it spent with family and friends, as people I've not talked to in years come over to express condolences.  Hearing others talk about this all sounds like I'm listening to a commentary of my own life and it is too surreal to tolerate, so much so that my family now hushes up if I'm walking by when re-telling someone who has not yet heard, out of respect for my feelings.

I will eventually return because hanging out with friends online will help me to move forward and be strong, but I am having a hard time using the phone at this time and it's most comfortable for me to text for now - messages through this website or facebook are just fine if friends need to contact me.

Thank you all for understanding, and for being my friend.

Fun missions on the BMS Server today!  Jeffu and I went after the 1st Tank Battalion(s) and got jumped by a MiG, so after that mission, we found the airbase he took off from which had been repaired.  We fragged an OCA Strike to take out the runways with BLU-107B anti-runway penetrating bombs with drag chutes.  Coming in just off the deck in manual bombing mode, we got jumped by a pack of MiG's and had to send them to hell before proceeding to bomb their home airbase - good times!  Merry Holidays!

when is the next event for pr on veterans gaming

As you can already tell, Im quite unactive in both PR and the VG teamspeak server.

It's because my work has been quite busy lately due to my recent promotion in my career with Anglian Water.

I've recently been more of a spanner monkey than sitting down relaxing with some quality gaming time with the lads, but hey ho life changes

Ill still be quite active on this website just so I can get in touch with you lads and find out whats going on once in a while. but expect my gaming time to drasticaly drop in the next couple of months as boy im in for a rough and busy couple of months I tell ya.

All in all you mongs have a great time anyways.

 Expect me to pop in then and there sometimes.

Keep your Tea brewing and your Crumpets loaded.

Sausag3 out

*Drops mic*

I am going out of my mind with my current grow!! I like to think I run a tight, clean ship with proper air flow and humidity control, but seeing the dreaded Powdery Mildew on my leaves is just killing me!! I've upped the temps and lowered the humidity, and culled every plant that showed signs, but still I see it appearing on leaves.  Makes me want to burn the whole building down and start from scratch!  So impossible to deal with, and in later stages it is just unfeasible to treat.  I don't have the space for a Mother or to house a cloning machine, so I'm stuck with what the shops will sell, and I swear they just don't care about the quality of what comes in - it's all about quantity.  I thought I'd be good with Mike's Killer Clones way the hell out West, but they're just as janky as any place I've seen that sells clones.  I'm up shit creek without a paddle here, and I don't have the time to devote to daily PM treatment or removal - and I've seen how bad it can get in late stages like someone dusted the plants with a flour sifter.  UGH!!  Pro tips are welcome, but as they're supposed to be transplanted for flower cycle this week, I'm fairly certain I'm screwed and have lost over a month if I decide to Kill 'em All, sterilize, and start from scratch.