#solenoid — Public Fediverse posts

For several years I've known I need to fix the gas control valve for our propane hot air furnace in the summer -- when we don't need heat 😉

There are two solenoids that operate the gas valve and the electrical connector is poorly designed and over time the electrical connection becomes unreliable.

Real repair and photos from October 2024 later on in the thread.

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#repair #furnace #solenoid

@rl_dane

I love how you follow the KISS principle

I clearly am in a Raspberry Pi practical project mode

I want to use my Pi5 HAT

#StopMotion #Photography #DSLR #RaspberryPi #HAT #solenoid

@rl_dane

You should be able to do so with stop motion photography and a script

Take your DSLR, trigger it with a PLC, Arduino, or Raspberry Pi with the refresh script that you're running on the page

You can use a solenoid to trigger the DSLR driven by the Pi

A task like this is perfect for any Raspberry Pi especially the low-powered ones

#StopMotion #Photography #DSLR #RaspberryPi #HAT #solenoid

DIY Pinball Machine Uses Every Skill https://hackaday.com/2025/11/01/diy-pinball-machine-uses-every-skill/ #Lasercutting #3dprinting #solenoid #arduino #pinball #target #Games #game #art

DIY Pinball Machine Uses Every Skill - Pinball machines have something for everyone. They’re engaging, fast-paced games a... - https://hackaday.com/2025/11/01/diy-pinball-machine-uses-every-skill/ #lasercutting #3dprinting #solenoid #arduino #pinball #target #games #game #art

Voyage mental, excursion extatique, expérimentale, mystique et transcendantale, comme d'habitude, #solenoid m'emporte au bords des (m)ondes.

#dub #electronicmusic #oud #voix #music #radio

MISSION 238 | Adrian Sherwood | Solénopole
https://solenopole.com/mission-238-adrian-sherwood/

Converting a Sprinkler System to DC https://hackaday.com/2025/08/22/converting-a-sprinkler-system-to-dc/ #greenhacks #conversion #sprinkler #solenoid #drv103 #grass #lawn #pwm #ac #dc

Converting a Sprinkler System to DC - Famously, Nikola Tesla won the War of the Currents in the early days of electrific... - https://hackaday.com/2025/08/22/converting-a-sprinkler-system-to-dc/ #greenhacks #conversion #sprinkler #solenoid #drv103 #grass #lawn #pwm #ac #dc

Wireless Doorbell Extension Features Home-Wound Coil - Today in the it’s-surprising-that-it-works department we have a ding dong doorbell... - https://hackaday.com/2025/05/16/wireless-doorbell-extension-features-home-wound-coil/ #ding-dongdoorbell #wirelessdoorbell #homehacks #solenoid #coil

Wireless Doorbell Extension Features Home-Wound Coil https://hackaday.com/2025/05/16/wireless-doorbell-extension-features-home-wound-coil/ #ding-dongdoorbell #wirelessdoorbell #homehacks #solenoid #coil

Dozens of Solenoids Turn Vintage Typewriter into a Printer https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/dozens-of-solenoids-turn-vintage-typewriter-into-a-printer/ #ElectricTypewriter #classichacks #typewriter #solenoid #printer #matrix #mosfet #Parts

Dozens of Solenoids Turn Vintage Typewriter into a Printer - An electric typewriter is a rare and wonderful thrift store find, and even better ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/dozens-of-solenoids-turn-vintage-typewriter-into-a-printer/ #electrictypewriter #classichacks #typewriter #solenoid #printer #matrix #mosfet #parts

Piano Gets an Arduino Implant https://hackaday.com/2025/02/16/piano-gets-an-arduino-implant/ #ArduinoHacks #MusicalHacks #solenoid #piano

Cool Kinetic Sculpture Has Tooling Secrets to Share - Occasionally, we get a tip for a project that is so compelling that we just have t... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/29/cool-kinetic-sculpture-has-tooling-secrets-to-share/ #solenoid #kinetic #tooling #winding #coil #art #cnc

How Crane Games are Playing Claw Games with the Player https://hackaday.com/2025/01/04/how-crane-games-are-playing-claw-games-with-the-player/ #gameofchance #cranegame #gambling #solenoid #arcade #Games

How Crane Games are Playing Claw Games with the Player - Fresh from AliExpress, [Big Clive] got another fascinating item to tear down: a cr... - https://hackaday.com/2025/01/04/how-crane-games-are-playing-claw-games-with-the-player/ #gameofchance #cranegame #gambling #solenoid #arcade #games

Player Ukulele Pulls Your Strings https://hackaday.com/2024/09/13/player-ukulele-pulls-your-strings/ #MusicalHacks #solenoid #ukulele

Player Ukulele Pulls Your Strings - Automated musical instruments aren’t a new idea. From water chimes to player piano... - https://hackaday.com/2024/09/13/player-ukulele-pulls-your-strings/ #musicalhacks #solenoid #ukulele

Custom Pneumatic Cylinders Lock This Monitor Arm in Place https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/custom-pneumatic-cylinders-lock-this-monitor-arm-in-place/ #parallelogram #MiscHacks #pneumatic #solenoid #monitor #lock #shop #kvm

Custom Pneumatic Cylinders Lock This Monitor Arm in Place - Few consumer-grade PCs are what you’d categorize as built to last. Most office-gra... - https://hackaday.com/2024/08/09/custom-pneumatic-cylinders-lock-this-monitor-arm-in-place/ #parallelogram #mischacks #pneumatic #solenoid #monitor #lock #shop #kvm

I have published the code and schematics for a simple but reliable USB Midi based solenoid controller as well, again based on the Raspberry Pi Pico. It includes code for the firmware and schematics for each channel. The channels are based on MOSFETs so they are pretty beefy!

#foss #opensource #solenoid #raspberrypipico #raspberrypi

https://github.com/madskjeldgaard/midi2solenoid-pico

Arduino PLC Keeps the Beat https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/arduino-plc-keeps-the-beat/ #MusicalHacks #arduinoopta #powersupply #programming #3dprinted #metronome #solenoid #arduino #drums #plc

Arduino PLC Keeps the Beat - For most of our prototype, hobby, or one-off electronics projects it’s perfectly f... - https://hackaday.com/2024/07/06/arduino-plc-keeps-the-beat/ #musicalhacks #arduinoopta #powersupply #programming #3dprinted #metronome #solenoid #arduino #drums #plc

POV Digital Clock Is the Literal Sands of Time https://hackaday.com/2024/05/09/pov-digital-clock-is-the-literal-sands-of-time/ #persistenceofvision #clockhacks #pic18f4550 #solenoid #hopper #clock #sand #led #POV

POV Digital Clock Is the Literal Sands of Time - Sand has been used to keep track of the passage of time since antiquity. But using... - https://hackaday.com/2024/05/09/pov-digital-clock-is-the-literal-sands-of-time/ #persistenceofvision #clockhacks #pic18f4550 #solenoid #hopper #clock #sand #led #pov