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Alexander Riccio on COM-10966 - Car Horn - 12V (pair)

Yes, I’ve tried this – they’re too weak.HOWEVER – 8xC batteries & 8xD batteries work very nicely, and I prefer them to the lithium batteries that are seen in the product video (PRT-10470)

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Kamiquasi on TOL-11790 - Solder Paste - 40g (Lead Free)

Might be one for techsupport@ – the datasheet doesn’t mention, other vendors don’t mention, and the composition is different enough that I wouldn’t want to make an assumption based on other Tin/Silver...

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Isdale on Two Bit Circus and the STEAM Carnival

Very cool! Now if I can find a way to get them to bring it to Maui. Eric visited us a year or two ago. Maybe we can get him back again.

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Customer #437992 on PRT-11375 - Hook-Up Wire - Assortment (Stranded)

Good luck trying to get the plastic wrap off this wire. I nearly cut off my finger trying.

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Customer #331581 on SEN-10061 - LinkSprite JPEG Color Camera TTL Interface

You can find a library that works with 1.0.x code : http://code.google.com/p/linksprite-serial-cam-arduino/ and some examples sketches.

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machadolab on COM-08571 - Capacitor Ceramic 22pF

Any chance of getting an SMD version of this to complete the SMD parts required for an arduino clone. You carry everything else required to make an SMD arduino, just need these!

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rasko on SEN-11486 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - MPU-9150 Breakout

If there are no option to adjust the VLOGIC on your breakout board, then why do you write this on the list of features? I would much rather be able to use different voltage levels than read or change...

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Customer #412894 on SEN-09587 - ePIR

Hello, I´m having some weird problems with this sensor in hardware mode. If I test it in a protoboard, connecting pins 1,8,3, 4 to the ground, pins 2, 6, 7 to Vcc(3v) and pin5 to a voltimeter. It works...

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Customer #440034 on DEV-11055 - DIYDrones ArduIMU+ V3

I have been working with one of these for a while now and I have a few comments. The firmware it ships with and the firmware in the google code website for the V3 was not correct, it has an incorrect...

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Customer #387743 on TOL-11296 - Power Supply - 12V/5V (2A)

Never buy this. Voltage drops from 5V to 3.5V under less than 1A load. Bought two of these, going to throw away both.

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Customer #367049 on COM-10596 - Rotary Encoder - Illuminated (Red/Green)

Hey, relatively new to the platform. Can you tell me if it is 24 pulses for 360 rotation for each of the channels (so we get a total of 48 pulses every rotation), or is 12 per channel (so we get total...

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MikeGrusin on BOB-09118 - Opto-isolator Breakout

PCB material is surprisingly expensive, so for small boards that are likely to be plugged into a breadboard, we try to keep the price down by not adding mounting holes. People will often secure them...

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532nmIsMyFavoriteColor on COM-09938 - 10 Segment LED Bar Graph - Green

Sparkfun forums?? AMAZING! Thanks! You said “Gtfo, noob” in a very nice way.

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Customer #38010 on BOB-09868 - Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone

Somehow the PDF layouts have the correct pinning but the SparkFun Eagle library has the part backward. This would have been nice to know a few k$ in boards ago.

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RPK2K5 on Two Bit Circus and the STEAM Carnival

I agree!

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MikeGrusin on COM-09938 - 10 Segment LED Bar Graph - Green

Ha ha! It’s not that at all, just that your question deserves a more thorough answer than you’ll get here in the product comments. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

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MikeGrusin on DEV-11013 - LilyPad MP3

Good news, everyone! We’ve added a section identifying the rotary encoder and ISP pins to the User Guide, see the bottom of this page:...

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Customer #395291 on COM-08375 - Capacitor Ceramic 0.1uF

When this says 0.1uF does it mean 0.1µF?

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moxbox on BatchPCB and SparkFun are Going Their Separate Ways

I’ve done over a dozen boards at OSHpark and they have all been flawless and very high quality. So you will not be disappointed in the service. The increase in volume (with BatchPCB) also translates to...

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tomorrow_today on PRT-11658 - Breadboard - Mini Modular (White)

Mini breadboards don’t mate with the small breadboard :(

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