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Customer #439214 on COM-10791 - Right Angle Tactile Button

i’m looking for a regular ‘on/off’ button. Is this what this is?

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gerv on COM-00526 - Voltage Regulator - 3.3V

Could someone please fix the Eagle library pins for this 3.3V regulator?!?

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Kamiquasi on COM-10791 - Right Angle Tactile Button

That depends on what you mean by on/off button :) This is a momentary button.. so you push it to make contact, and when you let go, it breaks contact. Almost all buttons at this size tend to be. If you...

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Electrical Insanity on COM-00306 - Thermocouple Amplifier AD595-AQ

Just so folks are aware, you CAN use this amplifier for other purposes. A type K thermocouple creates a voltage of around 41uV/C. So, looking at the specs given, we can do some math: (41uV x Temp) x...

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Customer #439315 on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board

Got to try my pcDuino today. It works as expected. I have been excited about it for a while. Below are a few points/questions I’d like to make/ask:1) I was able to power it with my cell phone charger...

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RobertC. on Chernobyl and Back

nice catch, should be fixed now.

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Toni_K on SEN-11282 - Barometric Pressure Sensor - BMP085 Breakout

Not currently. There are two recommended replacement ICs: the BMP180 and BMP280. We are looking at the BMP180 currently, but no word yet on when the 280 will actually be available.

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DaChew on DEV-11401 - Electric Imp Shield

My Imp shield seems to have some bad connectors on the imp socket. I have to press lightly on the top of the metal card housing to get all the connectors to make contact with the rest of the circuit....

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Customer #32185 on Chernobyl and Back

Where you not wearing a radiation dosing tag?

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CJ_Godfrey on Chernobyl and Back

Robert, neat story, cool adventure. I’m glancing at the data, (Day 1). Why are some timepoints (e.g. 4/3/2013, 11:48:30) replicated numerous times, but with different observation data? Also, It appears...

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viliamklein on Chernobyl and Back

What is the itinerary like to get there? I assume you have to fly into Kiev, and then train/bus/drive to the Pripyat?

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Customer #367155 on LCD-09395 - Serial Enabled 16x2 LCD - White on Black 5V

Did a Solid Works drawing here for those designing enclosures may come in handy:http://grabcad.com/library/sparkfun-serial-enabled-16x2-lcd-1

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epohii on Chernobyl and Back

Unless you picked up 1.2 Rem you were no where near 3x what you get from natural sources. I haven’t looked at your data but that would be well in excess what you are allowed to get as a non-rad worker....

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stilldavid on Chernobyl and Back

We flew in to Kiev via Montreal then Frankfurt – I couldn’t find any flights direct from the US to Kiev. From Kiev, it’s a couple hours by car to get to Pripyat.

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xsk8rat on Chernobyl and Back

Thanks for the notes and pix of your trip! Very jealous! I was getting my B.S. in Nuc. Eng. when this tragedy happened and still find it fascinating. I was able to 3D plot your path and dose rate data...

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Customer #125087 on COM-08642 - Reed Switch

Stay away! The glass broke on both the ones I bought with just the slightest bending of the pins. First thing I’ve bought from Sparkfun that I would qualify as junk.

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jeffmcc on TOL-10707 - Soldering Iron Variable Temperature 50W

Some people live in other countries but have stuffed shipped to friends in the US so they can bring them the stuff when the visit….

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Customer #399874 on Chernobyl and Back

I like how it says GTFO when the radiation count is above a certain count.

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MikeGrusin on COM-08642 - Reed Switch

We’re sorry about your poor experience. All reed switches are extremely fragile; if you need to bend the leads you MUST use a needle-nose pliers between the bend and the glass (but not touching the...

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GregFR on Chernobyl and Back

I put together a quick and dirty heatmap of day 1: https://copy.com/uZ6kG7YnBjct

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