Customer #278726 on COM-11750 - LED String Lights - Blue (10M)
I just plugged these into 12 volt and the resistor went into smoke. Very cheaply made
View ArticleToni_K on COM-11648 - OpenSegment Serial Display - 20mm (White)
Sorry about the bad links! I cleaned up the repo where all the files are and it changed the URLs. All the links go to the GitHub repo here. I’m not really sure which pins you are referring to on the...
View ArticleRobertC. on New Product Friday: Making a Splash
thanks. we’re still working on it, and I think we’re to the point of shooting the video, so we’re pretty much done. thanks for the code though.
View ArticleToni_K on TOL-10137 - SolderPro 50 Hot Knife Tip
It’s designed to work with the SolderPro 50 Soldering Iron. We haven’t tested it with others. Theoretically, it should work with any iron that is the same size, but no guarantees.
View ArticleCustomer #432255 on SEN-10955 - Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - MMA8452Q
hello,i am attempting to cross-compile this example MMA8452Q aduino code for the raspberry pi:–https://github.com/sparkfun/MMA8452_Accelerometer/tree/master/Firmware/MMA8452Q_BasicExamplei am getting...
View ArticleToni_K on BOB-11083 - Si4703 FM Tuner Basic Breakout
Getting it updated. Thanks for nudging us about it!
View Articleanlumo on LCD-11788 - Transparent OLED Module - 2" (uTOLED-20-G2 )
Is this display able to display opaque black? The datasheet has some images that contain black, but those are badly shopped. The videos never demonstrate this capability.
View ArticleFrencil on How to Build a Building
Brennen covered most of this but I can add a few more things…The I.T. room is located in the middle of the building. Colorado is very cold during winter, Why not take advantage of this?Our cooling...
View ArticleBoulderAndrew on How to Build a Building
There will be a roof deck, assuming Boulder County approval. And the excellent team in the Sparkfun marketing department are working diligently to design a tasteful and visible signage package! Very...
View Articlebrennen on Nat'l Teacher Appreciation Week and Interview with Travis O'Hair
but frankly in my opinionDuly noted.While we’re at it, I’m gonna go ahead and put it out there that I don’t really enjoy fax machines, playing baseball, or the more recent chewy versions of most hard...
View ArticleYvan256 on Nat'l Teacher Appreciation Week and Interview with Travis O'Hair
If you guys could stop with the pointless sarcasm for a minute and understand that english is not everybody’s first language, you would realize that “Nat'l” is not as widely-used as you think.I...
View ArticleKamiquasi on LCD-11788 - Transparent OLED Module - 2" (uTOLED-20-G2 )
I would be very surprised if it could. It’s an OLED display, after all – ‘black’ is really just nothingness which here results in transparency, while in TVs and such results in ‘deep blacks’ simply...
View ArticleEmcee Grady on Nat'l Teacher Appreciation Week and Interview with Travis O'Hair
I think maybe I am programmed to write “Nat'l” from writing about our National Tour (or Nat'l Tour) on a nearly daily basis.Brennen is our resident sarcastic IT guy. It’s in his blood. I’m certain he...
View Articleneurdy on Nat'l Teacher Appreciation Week and Interview with Travis O'Hair
Sarcasm aside, the abbreviated form of national is widely used throughout the United States and is explained just below the picture in this blog post. While we actually are sensitive to the fact that...
View Articletrevor on How to Build a Building
It wouldn’t be at all surprising if there was an Open House in the new building in Summer or Fall 2014.
View ArticleCustomer #393300 on COM-11441 - 7-Segment Serial Display - Red
Ok guys, I have read as much as I can find in the docs on github and doing some searching on this module but I am not seeing/understanding how to get letters/strings of letters to display in I2C mode....
View ArticleCustomer #436227 on DEV-11615 - Gadgeteer - Relay ISOx16 Module
For those that were looking for the data sheet on this: http://www.ghielectronics.com/downloads/schematic/Relay_ISOx16_Module_SCH.pdf If the site doesn’t work just click on the Tutorial link on this...
View ArticleCustomer #435531 on WIG-11569 - Papilio VGA Wing
I think rbarris has the right math. Looking at the schematics, you have 3x3x3 = 27 colors (could be 4x4x4 if they were not all 270). I think they mean 8-pin. At any rate, this board doesn’t seem to...
View Articlescicior on Nat'l Teacher Appreciation Week and Interview with Travis O'Hair
Wow…. when I saw that this article was about teacher appreciation, and that there were 14 comments, I thought I’d end up feeling good about trying to promote getting kids to actually do things, not...
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