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tsm on BOB-08745 - Logic Level Converter

Somehow, this component is dragging my entire 3.3V bus up to 5V. Hereâs the setup:Iâm only using one TX channel. The high side is 5V, and the low side is 3.3V. I bring the reset pin from an Arduino...

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Kyleser on SEN-10703 - LSM303 Breakout Board - Tilt Compensated Compass

I was able to get this calibrated correctly. I have to code and process you will need if you aren't able to figure it out. Good luck and take care!

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DTM1618 on WRL-10153 - RFM22B-S2 SMD Wireless Transceiver

Would it be possible to set these up so that one unit transmits and multiple other units receive the same message? As in, without having to send the message multiple times.

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Customer #153591 on Beginning Embedded Electronics - 8

I find it impossible to locate INDUCTOR0603 (let alone the previously mentioned CAP_POL1206, though for it I did manage to find something similar). I even tried the suggestions earlier about using...

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a1ronzo on SEN-10736 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - Razor IMU

See the comments above for the command to load using avrdude. Then just enter the paths to your avrdude.exe, avrdude.conf, and hex file. This will allow you to use the bootloader to load the test code,...

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Customer #153591 on Beginning Embedded Electronics - 8

I downloaded the Eagle 6.4 sparkfun libraries (again), find the "STAND-OFF" mentioned in the tutorial yet right click "add to board" is greyed out. I have no way of using anything in that library.A...

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Valen on PRT-10967 - NCP1402-3.3V Step-Up Breakout

Diode drop to CE pin doesn't work. The current is in the order of uA, so the voltage drop is much lower than 0,7. Even tried it with a yellow led to make it shut of around 2v. No workie. Neither did a...

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DAG144 on DEV-10999 - Pro Micro - 3.3V/8MHz

The RTL-9876 charger protects the battery but the battery I used also has a protection circuit. I performed a test by allowing the battery to discharge until the circuit stopped working. I measured the...

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Dr. Bleep on KIT-11606 - Bleep Drum Kit

No it shouldn't make a hum unless you are rubbing the bottom side of the PCB. Have you tried a new cable?It does not have a noise mode.

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Steppin_Lazor on KIT-11606 - Bleep Drum Kit

Hum is present even though I'm not touching components or bottom of PCB.I've tried three cables, one of which has a ferrite core on each end; hum did not go away. All three cables are stereo male to...

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pcDuinoer on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board

We kept out promise. Please check the GitHub for the new code update. We are still working on the document, hopefully it will be released today. Please note we may be in different time zone.

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Nomad on COM-10469 - EL Inverter - 12v

Bought this (because I had a 12v wall wart) to run a single 3m section of wire. Hooking the 3m length of wire to the 12v inverter made the inverter smell of O3, from my single test it seems 3m isn't...

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furnissj on ROB-11593 - Rover 5 Motor Driver Board

What should the frequency of the PWM signal be? What voltage? I didn't see ether of these things mentioned in the documentation.

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Customer #216992 on PRT-00731 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 110mAh

Availability? I would need few of these by the next weeks...

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MikeGrusin on Beginning Embedded Electronics - 8

In the Eagle main window, go to Options / Directories. The "Libraries" field defines where Eagle will look for parts libraries. You can add multiple directories (for example adding wherever you've...

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MikeGrusin on DEV-10936 - Bar Graph Breakout Kit

Neat! We've never tried that many; how did it all work? (And send us pictures when you do something amazing with them!)

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cwilt on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board

github.com/pcduino was last updated on March 7th. Perhaps I have the wrong site. Could you provide a link to this new code update?

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Customer #418000 on COM-11146 - Toggle Switch Cover - Waterproof

Will one of these fit under a missile switch cover?

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Customer #126605 on PRT-11231 - Power Cell - LiPo Charger/Booster

There are a few of changes I'd like to see. VBATT should be available as a pin, both for powering something directly from the battery and for battery monitoring. There is a pad for it but the...

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Customer #121099 on SEN-10586 - USB Weather Board

Can't make readings faster than 1 per sec approximately and also there seems to be some sort of low pass filtering on the wind speed data. Anyway of making this faster and more nervous ? Tried putting...

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