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Customer #446920 on IP Obesity

A bit late to the party, but there are some glaring oversights in this article which need to be addressed.A patent protects an idea, technique or process, not a product. I do not think any of the...

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MikeGrusin on COM-00107 - Voltage Regulator - 5V

A transformer is 0% efficient with DC.

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bss36504 on Engineer Thursday - Artistic PCBs in Eagle

I managed to import an image of the Chinese dragon called Suanni, as that was our project name at work. Made some rather snazzy coasters that came out nice. Gold plated lettering on the front, Suanni...

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MrPumpernickel on Engineer Thursday - Artistic PCBs in Eagle

I say, if you have logos and similar things already in vector format (such as in Illustrator) you should just skip doing the route of the import bitmap. Instead, save it out as a DXF file and import it...

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FMaz on COM-09938 - 10 Segment LED Bar Graph - Green

Sooo, resistance is not built-in ? :(

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FMaz on COM-09935 - 10 Segment LED Bar Graph - Red

You should sell exactly this, but with resistance built-in. Would be awesome. I have having to put resistance for LED… it’s a waste of breadboard.

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Customer #424170 on WRL-11373 - XBee Explorer Regulated

It’s difficult to get a solid connection to the pro mini with these guys without having to finalize your project (solder). If you wanna make sure everything works before soldering your you’re gonna...

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Customer #382389 on Your June Caption Contest

Mom,a bright light appeared and opened a vortex,sucking me into a parrell universe.all the cavemen were wearing coverings.they taste much better than our cavemen. what?, oh this thing? i think it was...

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Customer #442918 on SEN-09404 - Methane CNG Gas Sensor - MQ-4

there’s no hard short, but my voltage regulator still emits high temperature.

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Customer #446982 on The Geekiest Wedding Invites Ever

help me save my marriage Usually in relationships, if any disturbance occurred, women always to find the reaction of “What we should do when men take away”. These are silent and hidden in features....

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Customer #443465 on Your June Caption Contest

forgive my ignorance, but has the winner been announced yet? where?

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

A neo-pixel ring. Start with an ATtiny45 (in the smallest packaging), batteries to get to about 5 volts, 1-5 of the adafruit neopixels, and add a sensor like accelerometer, gyro, barometer/temp and...

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Billbo911 on TOL-11763 - S.H.O.V.E.L.

Photo contest needed! You using your S.H.O.V.E.L out in the wild. Remember, is more than just a tool for loading fuel into your system.

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Customer #436455 on SEN-10955 - Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - MMA8452Q

If anyone gets this working on a Due on either set of ports, please let me know.Thanks.

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Customer #442918 on PRT-10470 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 1500mAh 11.1v

Can i use the white header as the voltage output instead of the red and black wire? I plan to use it to power my servo and the red/black wire as other purpose

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Customer #442918 on PRT-11856 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 2200mAh 7.4v

I don’t have a T-plug connector, can i just connect my output to the white header?

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ari6126 on DEV-11285 - LilyPad Coin Cell Battery Holder - Switched - 20mm

On mine the switch popped right off. Maybe some glue under the two plastic pins that go through the board would help.

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Customer #445020 on PRT-11214 - MOSFET Power Controller

How thick do you think the connections inside the IC are? They did suggest using nothing higher than a 3.7V Li-Po. Check he datasheet and/or a trace width calculator. It is within spec.

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davervw on Your June Caption Contest

I’ve got your Arduino right here. Come and get it.

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RuralGuru on WRL-10822 - RN-XV WiFly Module - Wire Antenna

is there any arduino fio wifly project examples out there to start looking at

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