Atomic on Ladder Logic
When I was a kid we didn’t have no fancy fang-dangled PLC thingamajig. We wanted to crush cans we just put ‘em on the floor and stomped on 'em.Cool machine though!
View ArticleSTrRedWolf on BOB-09558 - ATX Connector Breakout Board
Dumb question, but I see a -12V (negative 12 volts) line. What’s with that?
View ArticleJHuber on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!
Pinwheels with lights and a microcontroller. One model would just have lights that would randomly turn on when the pinwheel turned. Another would be a POV that would use a gyro to measure the spinning...
View ArticleKamiquasi on BOB-09558 - ATX Connector Breakout Board
It’s part of the ATX Power supplyz standard. The -12V was to deal with RS232 Voltage levels as far as I know, and isn’t really used much anymore. If you meant more generically “negative volts? what’s...
View ArticleCustomer #444920 on MIT's David Sengeh visits SparkFun
This is very nice story for reading.http://www.salvagebikesauction.com
View ArticlePocketBrain on TOL-11763 - S.H.O.V.E.L.
I already have a titanium spork. But it doesn’t have knife, bottle opener, or para cord! :–)
View ArticleCustomer #233261 on BOB-09868 - Breakout Board for ADMP401 MEMS Microphone
I was wondering what your process was for reflowing the Mems?
View ArticleCustomer #444951 on SEN-10937 - 3-Axis Gyro/Accelerometer IC - MPU-6050
Is there a way to zero calibrate the MPU6050? I’ve been storing a quaternion at calibration time and subtracting it from the readings. That takes a bit of CPU time. I noticed that Jeff Rowberg’s code...
View ArticleRed Angel on COM-10856 - Resistor Network - 10K Ohm (6-pin bussed)
The descriptionThis Single In-Line component is actually 5 individual 10K Ohm resistors that share a common terminal on pin 6 (denoted with a black dot).May somebody help me find the black dot, please?...
View ArticleEvilGenius121 on SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Best name on the board: Electric Marmot or Team Dodging Potholes (personally I would’ve done Team Autobot)
View Articler0kud on COM-09117 - Rotary Encoder
Thank you! This is by far the best working code I’ve found for this encoder.
View ArticleFrank on Engineering Roundtable - Bandsaw Coolant System
Does the catch system catch all of the coolant? I want to do this, but it looks like it would splash all over the floor.
View ArticleCalif on SparkFun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Noticed there were actual manned cameras with someone switching. When will technology reach the point where we can actually view a recording of a complete vehicle run?
View ArticleBalashiFan5 on According to Pete - Spectra Symbol Contest and Workspace Tour!
how about a sticker boards? Something with ATiny and others with LEDs and the such. Then you could use copper tape or conductive tape to make your circuits.
View ArticleCustomer #435132 on LCD-09352 - Graphic LCD Serial Backpack
Ideally, I would assume this backpack should work with any KS0108B compliant controller (with 6-7V power level) for e.g. NT7108. Has anyone tried this or can think of any major issues that suggests...
View Articlemattdero on The First-Ever Complete Teardown of Google Glass
With all the money I spend through you guys, I paid for this by myself.But seriously, thanks for sponsoring this teardown. It’s stuff like this that keeps me coming back and supporting Sparkfun. You...
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