Pigs can't look up? Hahaha WTF? Who came up with that?

Libraries are paid for by taxes

I don't quite get this. The human head, like the globe, is not flat. Shouldn't that be reflected in the projections? When projecting the earth in Mercator, we see the whole earth, not simply a "profile" of earth. I would expect a projection of a head to include the whole surface of the head, not a simple profile. How is this actually factual?

I did sign up for ElevenLabs, unfortunately they cannot allow me to clone a dead persons voice, as per their FAQ:

You may only clone your own voice or a voice you have the rights to clone. For added security, when creating a Professional Voice Clone we require users to complete a Voice Captcha mechanism by reading a text prompt within a specific time to confirm your voice matches the training samples you upload for training. If there’s a match, your request is sent for fine-tuning. If not, you’ll have to reach out via our help center to have your voice verified manually.

Now I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue to get the legal rights, but when I spoke to their support, they did not have any way to verify beyond the captcha.

I would say this map is wrong. The Danish Rip, Rap & Rup, is just as much onomatopeya as the Italian or Dutch.

Sure, did you think their webbed toes and their water spaniel ancestry would mean anything?

Yes, as I said - I do NOT mean lactobacillus rhamnosus.... Just read the message

Thank you for the tips. As I see it currently, I expect the language to be the biggest hurdle. It doesn't appear like something I can add myself, even if I had the data for a model. So as far as I can tell it involves two currently more or less impossible steps: Get model data and teach language to model.

This project looks very cool, but at 300usd+ I think it is out my budget range for this project.

I don't know how you would call them in English, but they are 60cmx60cm panels, with built in LEDs. They are 60x60 because that is a standard size for ceiling panels here. So you can just take out a ceiling panel and put in one of these LED panels instead. The driver is external - mainly so you can choose different types of dimming (simple or DALI mostly). I am considering using a common driver for several panels, to save money (the club is not for profit, we don't have a lot of money) mainly on lighting sockets. Having to buy and set up 50 sockets instead of 10, can be a good chunk of money. I hope this makes sense. I have no experience with AC, only low power DC.

Here's an image of a panel and default driver:

It is a networked window opener/closer for my house, all with parts sourced from China, since the commercially available openers are very overpriced IMHO. Which I guess also speaks a lot to the fact that I am a man with more time than money...

Ah... Since I am not a smart man, I have already invested too much (for the project) in several of these motor drivers. :-(

The Hamburdler for McPresident

Thanks. It has been fun, both doing the software, where I feel at home, but also the challenge of trying to do electronics, where I am completely lost :D You can't imagine the amount of DC converters I have burnt out, or my absolute confusion why I couldn't turn a motor on and off using a couple of relays! I must confess I still don't understand, but at least now I know.

Where are there e ink panels on the shelf?

I am guessing the MOV is the component marked MOV on the board, its markings are: TVR 07471. Can I test this "in-circuit, or must I de-solder it to test it?

In-Circuit I measure around 470kohm

Thank you for taking the time to help out :-)

I have attached a couple of images. I figured the PSU is the issue, since there is 0v between the black lead and the other leads on the connector to the other parts - the one in the bottom right corner on the attached overhead.

I measured the "MF 72 10D13" for connection, and it is OK. I then measured the two large capacitors (in-circuit) and they both come out fairly close to the 390uF they are rated as. I also tried to measure what I think are 4 transistors attached to the heatsinks. But am uncertain of the results there, as I can't follow enough of the circuit to understand the results - and I am not even sure they are transistors - much less if they are npn or pnp :-) They are marked as Q1, Q2, D6 and D7 on the board.

When visually inspecting the board and components, the only thing I thought, might be "odd" was the "browning/darkening" around the circuitry near where "R1" is located.

Thanks again for looking at this!

The NTC meassures very low ohm, in circuit it's around 14 ohm.

The markings on the "receiver" board are: +27v, gnd, -27v and "mute".

I would like to try to do some "divide and conquer" debugging, as the total number of components is rather low. I would like to try to eliminate the different "blocks". Like I can connect it up, and measure the voltage after certain "stages". Maybe after the inrush current limiter? To my very limited understanding that should be right at the end of the AC block/stage? Maybe dividing the board into 3 or 4 stages like this I could start to narrow down the issue?

Even if we were to accept that at face value, it does not change the fact that libraries are paid for by taxes, which was my exact statement. My point was not what you seem to interpret in any case. My point, if any, was that we get a lot of really cool stuff for taxes... And also that, as most other things, they are not actually free.