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Toni_K on SEN-10736 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - Razor IMU

Contact tech support and they can help you out. Sounds like something in your code may not be running correctly.

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R0B0T1CS on ROB-10267 - EasyDriver Stepper Motor Driver

Please clarify above text: “EasyDriver requires a 7V to 30V supply to power the motor and can power any voltage of stepper motor”. Is that “any” voltage between 7 and 30v?

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sgrace on DEV-11838 - Papilio Pro LX9

I want to mention, the datasheet provided is only a FRACTION of the documentation the Spartan-6 has. I recommend going to Xilinx’s website and downloading DocNav which contains all the documentation...

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mellis on PGM-11460 - Tiny AVR Programmer

Interesting. The programmer shouldn’t need much power itself. Do you have anything connected to it (besides the ATtiny)?

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AlexMay on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

Linear, individually-addressable RGB LED array. i2c, SPI, UART interface to on-board ATmega 328. Awesome if it had conductive sewing points for an external battery pack with the option to install...

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PocketBrain on DEV-09718 - FTDI Cable 5V

Awww, why not populate the TXLED and RXLED and use a translucent potting compound? :–)

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syndicated on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

Can you overlay it on one of those metal “slap bracelets” from the 80’s?Embed plastic fiber-optic strands connected to RGB LEDs, controlled by a Nordic nRF51822 or similar. LiPo + inductive charging or...

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SimplEEngineering on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace...

It’s a shame that flexible e-paper (or oleds) hasn’t hit mainstream enough to be hobby cheap. A flexible break-out for a flexible screen would be amazing.Oooo. How about a flexible capacitive touch...

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Blueblast88 on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

flex simon kit? or flex-duino of some sort?

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Raighteye on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

I think you should look at the possibilities it gives e-textile projects. I think that you can sew into the flexible circuit with a sewing machine. What means that we E-textile fans don’t have to spend...

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WonderSlug on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

First thing that comes to mind is flexable controls and feedback for a grip based remote. Steering wheel, bicycle grips, motorcycle grips with feedback available right there. Possible for remote...

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wilafau on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

A geo-logger. Combine an openlog & gps (GPS-11571) w/ some button cells or small lipo into a strip that can be integrated into a dog/cat collar or a bracelet. It would be a lot of fun to find out...

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GregFR on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

How about arduino compatible paper products, like a greeting card with a built in arduino that can be used with conductive paint to create cool animated greeting cards or posters etc… The flexible...

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rsp on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

Indispensable on my bench are two more items: A Panavise and a good magnifier lamp. And I’ve been bitten by a Variac, so I’d use a full Lexan enclosure and a GFCI outlet if I had one of those darn...

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Pinkerton on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

A flex circuit (with a 32u4 and some led’s and maybe some male usb pad) sandwiched between 2 pieces of cardstock = A fancy E-Business Card

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BritKnight on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

For e-textiles, where having some sort of slidepot or other large input would be too unwieldy, it would be cool to use one of their softpots coupled with an LED bar-graph and controller that remembers...

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Ezman on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

Flexible strip in your shoe with piezo wafers implemented into the places that absorb the most force. Use some type of nifty cuff-shaped regulator circuit that wraps inside of the collar to get it down...

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Hoobert on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

A Proto Snap type product that helps showcases the abilities of flexible circuits. Something like a Danger Shield: Flexible Edition. Maybe replace the snap perforations with “cut here” lines printed on...

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MikeGrusin on COM-11323 - EL Sequencer

Unfortunately the XBee protocol requires two-way communication, even if you’re only sending data in one direction. When a packet of data is received, it is checked for errors. If the data is OK, an...

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krdarrah1234 on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!

A smart shoe insert? Could have a ton of sensing capability and programmed to your foot, so that you can type with your toes! There’s some obvious details that would need to be worked out, like the...

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