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How Do You Inhale An Elf Bar?
You should not take quick and short drags when puffing an Elf Bar, unlike what you do with regular tobacco cigarettes. The secret to properly inhaling a disposable vape is to do a deliberate and steady inhale until your mouth becomes filled with vapour. This is similar to smoking a cigar. To achieve the best results from an Elf Bar, do not suck the vapour straight into your lungs.
Step 2: Hold the vapour, then exhale.
After inhaling the vapour into your mouth, hold it there for at least 3 seconds. Then draw it into your lungs, or breathe the vapour out through your mouth and nose. Smoking regular tobacco cigarettes allow the absorption of nicotine into the lungs. In contrast, with Elf Bars, the substance is first absorbed via the mucus membranes found in the mouth and the nose, followed by the lungs and the nose.
Step 3: Wait for the ‘Hit’.
Unlike puffing regular tobacco cigarettes, it takes longer for someone to feel the “hit” of vaping. Whereas the “feel good” pinnacle of traditional tobacco smoking takes effect in roughly 8-9 seconds, you need to wait for at least 30 seconds to achieve it with an Elf Bar. This may initially be frustrating but can be grown accustomed to.
Extra: You can take ‘Primer’ puffs.
You do this to heat the coil of your vape without meaning to draw any vapour. Plenty of people do this to warm up the vaping atomizer. Note that this step is necessary, but it can prime your e-cigarette and have it ready to be used.
Are You Supposed To Inhale Disposable Vape?
To get the most out of your disposable vape and feel the satisfaction from the nicotine in the disposable device, it is recommended to inhale the vapour produced from your disposable vape.
One key thing to remember about vaping is that, although it’s not the same as smoking, it is an alternative replacement for tobacco. That means the aim is to mimic the sensations and experiences of smoking traditional tobacco products as closely as possible. It doesn’t matter what you used to smoke; for vaping to work for you, it has to be as close to what you’re used to.
To replace cigarettes with an e-cig, it’s best to carry on doing exactly the same thing by inhaling the vapour once it’s in your mouth. That gives the same sensation, so you’re less likely to miss the feeling of smoking. At the same time, it’s much safer because you’re not inhaling hot, often toxic gases and particles of burned tobacco. E-cig vapour is tiny droplets of chemicals, most of which are approved for use in inhaled medications, and your lungs can cope with it easily.
How Do You Inhale A Puff Bar?
When inhaling a puff bar, it is advised to take it slow and steady to get the smoothest hit.
Step 1: The Draw
When inhaling, take it slow and steady. The draw will be smooth until you have a mouthful of vapour, similar to how you smoke a cigar. Also, with vaping, you don’t need to draw the vapour directly into your lungs when inhaling, as you would with a tobacco cigarette, to get the full effect.
Step 2: Hold and exhale
After taking the draw, hold it in your mouth for at least 3 to 5 seconds before inhaling it further or exhaling it. The nicotine is absorbed through the mucus membranes in your mouth and nose, unlike traditional tobacco cigarettes, where it would only be absorbed through the lungs. So this is a significant factor to keep in mind to ensure you’re getting the right amount of nicotine.
Step 3: Patience
You will need to wait about 30 seconds before you feel the effects of the nicotine in a Puff Bar. While traditional cigarettes require a wait time of about eight seconds, the absorption is a little different with vape devices, but you’ll get used to it.
One more thing to keep in mind when vaping is that warming up your atomizer by priming is the best way to heat the coils. This will create the ideal setup for a satisfying and reliable vaping experience.
Goals
- Learn how to use the Arduino IDE to compile and upload a sketch
- Learn how to compile the sketch binaries with the Arduino IDE and upload them manually via ADB
Required Hardware and Software
- Portenta X8
- USB-C® cable (either USB-A to USB-C® or USB-C® to USB-C®)
- Arduino IDE 1.8.10+, Arduino IDE 2, or Arduino CLI
- Latest “Arduino Mbed OS Portenta Boards” Core
Instructions
Standard Arduino IDE Upload
It is a straightforward process to upload to M4 Core using Arduino IDE. You will have to select the Portenta X8 in the board selector inside the Arduino IDE.
Create a custom sketch or open one of the example sketches. For example, we will use the blink sketch:
1void setup() 2 pinMode(LED_BUILTIN ,OUTPUT); 3 > 4 5 void loop() 6 digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN , HIGH); 7 delay(1000); 8 digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN , LOW); 9 delay(1000); 10 >- Select the port of your device in the port selector menu
- Press the Compile and Upload button
The sketch gets compiled into a binary. That binary file is then uploaded to the Linux side of the Portenta X8 via an
SSH connection. The flashing is done on the board itself by active service on Linux. When the sketch has been uploaded successfully, check if the onboard LED is blinking at an interval of one second.
Upload Manually Using ADB
An alternative to using the standard Arduino IDE upload procedure is by uploading the sketch manually using ADB. First, we need to compile the sketch. In the Arduino IDE, select “Export compiled binary” from the Sketch menu. It will compile the sketch and save the binary file in the sketch folder. Alternatively, you can use the Arduino CLI to create an
file.
To upload the firmware, you can use the ADB tool that has been installed as part of the Portenta X8 core. It can be found at
Arduino15packagesarduinotoolsadb32.0.0From that directory, you can use the
tool. To upload your compiled sketch, you will need to use the following command:
1adb push /tmp/arduino/m4-user-sketch.elfHow Does It Work?
The Portenta X8 has a service that waits for a sketch to be uploaded to a folder. If it detects changes, the device will flash the M4 with the uploaded firmware. This works thanks to the following service:
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monitor-m4-elf-file.service: this service monitors the directory
/tmp/arduino/m4-user-sketch.elfand each time it detects a new file, it will proceed to flash the M4 using
openOCD
