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Customer #444066 on PRT-11037 - Alligator Test Leads - Multicolored 10 Pack

I would appreciate it being sent asap. thank you

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Dylan Moore on SEN-11345 - Geiger Counter

Howdy kiddos, I’m looking into making something that can ballpark the amount of detected radiation. I’ve done a bit of reading, and at the very end (of course), I discovered this great Q&A. I...

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Customer #104730 on SEN-11828 - RFID Reader ID-20LA (125 kHz)

So, does this mean that I can use this directly with the raspberry pi?

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Arduino Dude on COM-11694 - Silicon Nitride Igniter - 12V

Well now all you need is this, some PVC pipe, the solenoid valve that you guys sell, that air pump, and an Arduino with some circuitry. Slap it all together, add a lighter fluid fuel tank and bravo,...

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Paul Smith on Engineering Roundtable - Bandsaw Coolant System

DC177E is correct, the pump is ours. I’m not entirely sure of it’s lifespan with chips going through it, but there should be very little if any. It has a pretty strong impeller too. For the filter, I...

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Comrad_Durandal on PRT-11797 - Enclosure for pcDuino/Arduino - Clear

WARNING – The screws that mate the halves of the enclosure will cam out -very- easily. See if you can find replacement Torx bolts with the same screw threads to replace them with. Also, once in the...

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Customer #443465 on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace...

a rectangular LED matrix could also be used insted of the seven segment one. This could teach how to control a matrix with arduino for those of us that dont yet know how.

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Paul Smith on Ladder Logic

Now hold on. Before you get your caps lock ready, yes I know PLCs are still used in everything everywhere and can be quite modern. I’m talking about really old PLCs. The ones that didn’t interface to a...

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MattM. on Ladder Logic

Good article! I do control system retrofits for utility generators, thankfully I have not had to extract programming from something that old, yet, most of the time we’re adding so many new components...

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Dave Mueller on Ladder Logic

24 hour clock with tenths of seconds.

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jma89 on Ladder Logic

I’ve seen everything from vacuum tubes & pneumatics…I would love to see a system running on vacuum tubes and pneumatics. Any chance you could get some pictures/video of how they operated, or is...

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HelicopterGuy on Ladder Logic

Nice build, and nice article. I did an event years (and years) ago, in which I got to program a fully articulated giant dinosaur, using a PLC and only a keypad controller much like the one shown. So...

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Customer #435459 on WRL-10414 - XBee 2mW Wire Antenna - Series 2 (ZigBee Mesh)

My first XBee experience. So far cannot make it work :) I have: A couple of XBee 2mW Series 2 (ZigBee Mesh) Bee Adapter (V1.4) from ElecFreaks.com FTDU USB Serial Driver to see this adapter as USB...

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joesugar on Ladder Logic

Love the sound that the air makes as the plunger is retracted. And every project needs a big red button.

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jmlynesjr on Ladder Logic

Many if not most roller-coasters since the 1970s have been controlled by PLCs. Allen-Bradley was involved and pushed to continuously provide faster and higher capacity PLCs for this application...

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michael_yoyo on Ladder Logic

It’s worth a mention that new PLC’s are entirely capable, can be fault tolerant and completely redundant, with hot swap modules and redundant fiber optic network and I/O connections. Some have web...

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Customer #444314 on Ladder Logic

Sorry to say the GE Series One Junior can be programmed by a computer! Check out AutomationDirect series 305 PLCs.

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Nate on COM-11644 - OpenSegment Serial Display - 20mm (Red)

Unfortunately I’m not enough of a PicAxe expert to write them. If anyone else does (or if you do!) please let us know and we’ll roll the examples into the github repo + docs and give lots of thanks to...

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sgrace on Ladder Logic

What has always surprised me about PLC is that it wasn’t too long ago you’d have a closet of these things controlling something fairly simple, and now the cutting edge 16nm FinFET transistors are...

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Customer #255632 on COM-09926 - LED Light Pipe 0.6" Round

With Robert?

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