dennis55337 on The Moment of Truth
I have about ten plus years of basement manufacturing experience plus several honest jobs as an electrical engineer. I have found power to ground shorts to be a challenge for the ohmmeter. I have...
View ArticleHelicopterGuy on The Moment of Truth
Great write up, and very timely for me, as I’m transferring a project from breadboard to PCB today. I, like many others here, test and check each step of the way. Everything metered fine, no shorts or...
View ArticleCustomer #436708 on WRL-10269 - Bluetooth Modem - BlueSMiRF Silver
hey don’t use hayses with the new ones, use the commands in the advanced user manual here: http://www.rovingnetworks.com/products/RN42
View Articledoobie on Arduino Pro Mini 3.3V Quickstart Guide
Can I use an AVR programmer to program this? My FTDI programmer is MIA.
View ArticleM-Short on DEV-11117 - ATMEGA32U4 Breakout
You also shouldn’t need a new Arduino entry. The entry changes because of the frequency, not the voltage. If you are just changing the operating voltage you should be fine.
View ArticleCustomer #425952 on WRL-10414 - XBee 2mW Wire Antenna - Series 2 (ZigBee Mesh)
Hello, I recently bought 2 units to communicate between two Arduino 2560 but I don’t find how to do the setup. I got an ERROR when I try to change the ATMY parameter as describe in the suggested link...
View ArticleCustomer #356589 on Engineer Thursday - Using the Wake on Shake
Is there a tutorial for the etextile project that Dia created? The 7 cube is more complex than I want to do. I’d really like to replicate the stuffed animal project that uses Lily Twinkle and Make on...
View ArticleCustomer #442444 on BOB-09370 - DC/DC Converter Breakout
Can i use this for getting 5.2V from 4.9V 2a?
View ArticleLUX on The AVC Is Less Than Two Weeks Away!
Yep, service animals are excluded. Feel free to bring your friendly service animal to AVC.
View ArticleJakeR on The Moment of Truth
For high power circuits or if I don’t have a current limiting supply at hand (a sad day) I like the Switch ‘n Feel method. I begin by turning on the power for as little time as I can
View ArticleJerryRigged on The Moment of Truth
That’s an awesome idea for checking the PCB, especially if it’s parts are very short (SMD) an you can lay it flat. I’ve used my digital camera for the same purpose. I was attempting to fix a burned PCB...
View ArticleScooter2084 on WRL-10823 - Bluetooth SMD Module - RN-42-HID
Wrote some example code and a RN-42 library for Arduino that helps with sending raw reports for keyboards. https://github.com/silverball
View ArticleCustomer #380181 on COM-10314 - Game Controller Triggers (left/right pair)
Are those alps pots?
View ArticleEvilTwin on The AVC Is Less Than Two Weeks Away!
So that’s where all the “scrap boards” were re-purposed to.
View Articlenanogear on The Moment of Truth
A not grounded pin in a GM862GPS pcb evaluation kit gave me headaches for a pair of days until discovered the error. The truth is that it was fun afterall !!!
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