Thanks for the help btw. Together with other comments I will look into this. I thought it was a nice and easy project to start with😅

Thanks for the help btw 🙂

I see. I have 4 valves for the system I want to make. I don’t think my prototype board is large enough for 4 h bridges. Either I buy the other valves or some of these I suppose. https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/mechanics-and-actuators/motor-controllers-and-drivers/dc-motor-controllers-and-drivers/l298n-bipolar-stepper-motor-and-dc-motor-motor-controller

Thanks, i see what you mean now. Would another valve like the one below work with my setup? My power adapter supports 12v so that is no problem.

https://www.kiwi-electronics.com/en/plastic-water-solenoid-valve-12v-1-2quot-nominal-2624?search=valve

But if I connect it to the 5v power supply directly it will destroy the coil according to the specs https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/mechanics-and-actuators/solenoids/solenoid-valves/solenoid-valve-latching-5v-brass-g1-2

No, the diode was not tested with the led but with the voltage meter on diode mode, I verified the diode works (I even flipped the diode for testing).

I tested the solenoid by setting the multimeter to resistance and connect the testing probes to the solenoid

This is the one i bought https://www.tinytronics.nl/en/mechanics-and-actuators/solenoids/solenoid-valves/solenoid-valve-latching-5v-brass-g1-2

Advice my parents to use outlook. They were using an ISP email service which we had to get rid of. I wasn’t sure if tutanota was ready for them yet and they already were a bit familiar with outlook. It was a bit of a trade off back then.

I actually started with it this week. It is partially due to privacy but also because I lost a sense for value. It is really easy to press a button online and pay say 20 euro. Not that I am irresponsible with money but the numbers on your bank account feel so meaningless.

I personally have no problem with paying for a service. However, if I buy premium to remove the ads, YT has no longer the need to collect my data. But it is Google and they won’t stop collecting. That, plus the fact that Google basically has a monopoly with youtube are the reasons I don’t buy premium.

“Your info won’t be used for ads”. Does that also mean that they won’t collect any info about you? Theoretically, they don’t have any reason to collect data anymore because you pay them.