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scharkalvin on DEV-11851 - LCD Button Shield

I had to compare your product with a similar offering from Adafruit http://www.adafruit.com/products/772 Your’s is about $5 cheaper, but the Adafruit only needs TWO pins to do everything since they...

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Elijah on BatchPCB and SparkFun are Going Their Separate Ways

I recently just got some boards from OSH park and have to agree, they’re fantastic. Really great prices and I had boards in my hand 12 days after placing the order. Love it!

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Customer #146957 on New Product Friday: A Case of New Products

Those LED mounts are awesome! I’ve been using the RS versions for a while now, but I’m glad to see that you now carry them (at a more reasonable price, also)! And the deans connectors on the batteries...

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JWood on New Product Friday: A Case of New Products

I keep watching and watching but I haven’t seen a tear down of your awesome looking Geiger counter. I want to see that build but more so I want to see the data! Did I miss it or should I keep holding...

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Kamiquasi on COM-11752 - LED String Lights - Warm White (10M)

Because the video has it wrong. Whether it was the ‘water cooling’ in the video or sheer luck or there was never actually 12V on the string, applying 12V to these will typically result in a very hot,...

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Customer #245890 on DEV-11851 - LCD Button Shield

I think a terrific ‘companion’ to this product would be a nice plastic case. Something that brings the buttons to the outside of the case and maybe an option for either ‘clear’ or black.

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Blacklab1 on PRT-11856 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 2200mAh 7.4v

So any suggestions about how to go about charging these?

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Camalaio_ on SEN-11574 - Pulse Sensor

The LED will use all the current it can, that’s why LEDs need a current-limiting resistor. This design has a 470ohm resistor. If I make a very wild guess (knowing it’s a green LED) that the voltage...

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wenjiun on COM-10747 - PowerSwitch Tail II

I try to control the on off of a LED light bulb, in the on position the bulb light up very bright but in the off position the bulb still has a extremely dim light (not totally off), is it normal?

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Customer #126352 on PRT-00449 - RS232 Shifter SMD

Thanks for taking care of this order

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tetsujin on DEV-11851 - LCD Button Shield

It’s great that they don’t interfere with panel mounting, but is there even any point to putting stackable headers on an LCD shield?

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MikeGrusin on DEV-11851 - LCD Button Shield

Putting in test leads or linking to BOBs from above springs to mind. But point taken.

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mellis on PGM-11460 - Tiny AVR Programmer

Weird. It sounds like an intermittent communication issue. Maybe the ATtiny is loose in the socket? Alternatively, I wonder if there’s a program on your computer that’s occasionally scanning / using...

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Customer #16335 on COM-10545 - Toggle Switch - Momentary (On-Off-On)

If only :)

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Customer #16335 on COM-11059 - Missile Switch Cover - Carbon Fiber

Wow nice…I need one of these. I hate it when my missile goes off accidentally. One of these on my boats battery transfer emergency start switch will prevent certain dumb asses from running all the...

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Customer #16335 on COM-09276 - Toggle Switch

Does the handle condom COM-11146 fit this switch?

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RobertC. on New Product Friday: A Case of New Products

I think we’ll just stick to being honest. People can smell marketing a mile away.

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Emcee Grady on New Product Friday: A Case of New Products

There’s no way of knowing….(jk, it’s fixed)

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denbo68 on DEV-11851 - LCD Button Shield

Adafruit’s I2C version uses a modified LCD library. From the developer’s perspective there is no change except the initialization of the LCD. You can also buy the Adafruit LCD backpack for about $11...

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RussNelson on BatchPCB and SparkFun are Going Their Separate Ways

I TAKE IT ALL BACK! MY LATEST ORDER CAME IN A PURPLE SHIPPING BAG!!! W00T!

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