The information provided on this website is provided for reference purposes only. It is my personal development blog, and is not intended to act as an educational or advisory tool…
Muons are created high in the atmosphere, typically at altitudes of about 10-15 km. Their mean lifetime at rest is only about 2.2 microseconds, so without relativistic effects almost none…
The current Lidl ULTIMATE SPEED Portable Jump Starter With Power Bank battery specification is: For your PicoMuon, the important figure is the 6,650 mAh at 5 V, since that’s what…
For flights to the USA, the key limit is 100 watt-hours (Wh) per power bank without needing airline approval. Power banks between 101 Wh and 160 Wh usually require airline…
For Lufthansa (and therefore also Air France / most EU–US routes under ICAO rules) the current rules are: ✔️ Power banks allowed Max 2 power banks per passenger Must be…
…..or more accurately moth-balling = the six solar cooker petals might see the light of day again…..possibly….if one day I am in a forgiving mood. There is a story in…
So far, the design has developed as far as the use of an UKRAA PicoMuon muon detector and a power bank providing many hours of 5V power and ability to…
15 June 2026: Purchased Lidl Ultimate speed power bank with compressor UPK 10 H5. Provides 5V and 12V outputs. Tests at LRO have shown the power bank remains switched on…
They’re usually called “keep-alive loads” or “dummy loads” (less commonly “load resistors”). In practice you’ll see them sold under a few more consumer-friendly names: What they do Most power banks…
Yes — but with an important caveat: the stock CosmicWatch v2 firmware was not originally designed to reliably do full SD logging and OLED display updates “in parallel” without trade-offs,…
Right — this is the bit that trips most people up, but it’s straightforward. CH340 is not a “USB drive”. It’s the USB-to-serial chip driver your Arduino Nano clone uses…
Admin