rstaph on Sprinter Van Contest Take 2
Yeah why deprive some other deserving group of a van when you already got yourself an RV and can obviously afford to just buy a van anyway, if you really needed it…
View ArticlePansenti on SEN-11486 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - MPU-9150 Breakout
We’ve just updated the MPU9150Lib library and it now supports dual MPU-9150s.
View ArticleRuralGuru on GPS-11058 - Venus GPS with SMA Connector
Myself and the above member are in a HAB research group. We used your GPS and it failed to activate at 60,000 ft (18288m)So something is wonky, also I have found several posts about it cutting out on...
View Articlechartle on Sprinter Van Contest Take 2
I get a warning from Chrome that the page is being redirected.
View ArticleRyeMAC3 on Simple Solar Power
You have a dead link there on “How to Power a Project”. Or “learn.sparkfun.com” is offline right now.
View Articlebrennen on Simple Solar Power
Should be back in a second. You caught us in the middle of a slightly problematic deploy.
View ArticleCustomer #405152 on PRT-10571 - Screw Terminals 2.54mm Pitch (2-Pin)
Need the 4-pin versions of these!
View ArticleKirstenK on SparkFun Customer Survey Results
This is a fun idea – sort of like a tear down – content may end up including anything from common mistakes to breakthrough discoveries. Will pass this along. Thanks.
View ArticleLarryV on WRL-11129 - Si4707 Weather Band Receiver Breakout
Found an error on the board, when you cut and jumper sj2 for an external antenna the ground to the headphone jack is left floating. Running a jumper from the headphone ground to a ground near by fixes...
View Articleclothbot on Simple Solar Power
Unfortunately, simply series-connecting the supercaps to achieve the higher voltage rating isn’t enough to protect them long-term. You need some sort of charge balancing circuitry in there, at the very...
View ArticleBrian Finley on PRT-08076 - Spring Terminals - PCB Mount (5-Pin)
Best substitue for a real eagle package is con-wago 234-202 (203, 204, etc depending on how many terminals)The pins and pads are in the proper places. The sparkfun part itself is a little bit wider and...
View ArticleDave Mueller on Simple Solar Power
Solar panels don’t draw power, they provide it. You goofed twice on that one :–)
View ArticleXrain on Sprinter Van Contest Take 2
Well if you don’t get a sprinter van again this year, a quick look on Craigslist reveals this: http://boulder.craigslist.org/rvs/3771025309.htmlJust paint it red and put a sparkfun logo on the side of...
View ArticleCustomer #430322 on PRT-11231 - Power Cell - LiPo Charger/Booster
I have an Arduino Esplora that I’m going to use this with. If I run a 5V line from the Esplora to the 5V charge pin and also to the Vcc pin, will I be ok? I want the power from the Arduino’s USB...
View ArticleCustomer #368223 on SEN-09376 - Force Sensitive Resistor - Square
Federal Govt. VISA purchase card is tax exempt so PLEASE do not add sales tax. thanks!
View Articlewsanders on COM-00098 - Omron Snap Action Switch
I have a ton of these from surplus already. Could someone post a (link to) picture or model of how these are “simple” to attach to a bumper bar type switch? I can’t figure out a way, except by...
View ArticleMitch.Tolson on LCD-11788 - Transparent OLED Module - 2" (uTOLED-20-G2 )
Is it possible for your “display” products to have a picture of a representative image, to help in determining display quality?Something like this would be super awesome:...
View Articlea1ronzo on Simple Solar Power
Very good point, I definitely should have mentioned something about balancing series caps.Although, FWIW, in this configuration, the highest voltage the series caps will ever see is 5V (barring any...
View Articlewsanders on COM-11059 - Missile Switch Cover - Carbon Fiber
Perfect for my CRM-114 Discriminator rebuild. The CRM-114 is really cheesy when you rebuild it with lighted arcade push buttons.
View ArticleMattthiasW on WRL-11664 - XBee Pro 900 XSC RPSMA
Given antenna gains are volumentric functions, truly omni antennas are impossible at high gains.
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