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Customer #447555 on WRL-10822 - RN-XV WiFly Module - Wire Antenna

Hey Bertie do you know of a tutorial for connecting an arduino pro mini with a wifly module?

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Customer #152017 on Whatever Happened to The Future?

Nick (sorry), great article.There are a few things we “know” about the future: population growth will continue exponentially, the processing power of computers will get faster, smaller, cheaper...

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Customer #447569 on PRT-11358 - USB Battery Pack - 1000 mAh

This pack works with raspberry pi model B?

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kgracey on ROB-11494 - Robotics Shield Kit for Arduino - Parallax

The Parallax Arduino ShieldBot comes now with a 5-cell AA pack, not the 4-cell AA pack shown in the photo. This was an upgrade we introduced after SparkFun started stocking the robot, so it’s Parallax'...

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Robomaniac on SEN-09836 - Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - ADXL345

In electronics, capacitors are really useful to remove “electronics noise” on your circuit. They are call decoupling capacitors. Please open page 19 of the datasheet and read the paragraph.A 1 μF...

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Customer #445722 on ROB-11699 - Big Easy Driver

Measure the voltage from TP1 to GND on the board. It’s in the manual. here’s an excerpt:If your BED uses .11 ohm sense resistors (all v1.2 and above BEDs): The range of the pot produces maximum motor...

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bzerk on SEN-11486 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - MPU-9150 Breakout

This is just awesome. I’m glad to see you really taking DMP usability to the next level. I’ve had my head up my ass, still using my original hack, and I never released my dual MPU solution. Your work...

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ATtiny Fan on SEN-10988 - TMP36 - Temperature Sensor

Could I grab your code? I am stumped on how to do the mv –> Celcius –> Farenheit conversion.

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Customer #446632 on PRT-00114 - Breadboard Power Supply 5V/3.3V

That was it! I took my soldering iron to the middle prong of the voltage regulator which had a bit of solder pretty close to the prong next to it and got it out with my solder sucker. Hooked it up and...

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Customer #444433 on BOB-10124 - RS-485 Breakout

Help please… Can someone please provide a schema on how to connect this boars?? I have in one side a device with RS485 that is sending out data (I just send out and I don’t need to read) and I would...

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bbotany on Whatever Happened to The Future?

We got the Future, and have more Future yet to come. …for certain values of “We”. The optimism is the part that we’re a little short on.I think the big difference is political. The generation outlining...

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Alexander Riccio on COM-11629 - 7-Segment Serial Display - White

Whoa @ the clock that plays life!

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LloydA on BOB-10304 - E-Paper Breakout Board

http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/06/18/e-paper-clock-in-a-sick-of-beige-case/

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PalmTreesandPICs on Whatever Happened to The Future?

“The Future” was provided to me by a TV show called “Beyond 2000”… Im still waiting for it.I think “The Future” will come after OUR generation finishes harvesting all the “Yak Fur”.We are the ones...

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bleudeciel16 on Your June Caption Contest

“Dino DNA!”

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Customer #447703 on WRL-11678 - RN-52 - Bluetooth Audio Module

I’ve been playing with the development kit. I specifically looking to use it as bluetooth PTT (push to talk). I can’t seem to find the right command to enable with a third party app running on android....

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Customer #447713 on SEN-09723 - Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout - BMA180

Hello, is there any way to interface BMA180 with a pic microcontroller? Does exist any example of code compatible with PIC mcus? Plz, i need answers its pressinggg!!!

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DC177E on Whatever Happened to The Future?

I think that at the moment (and this is my personal opinion) that we /are/ actually making some serious scientific headway, just not in such large scales as going to the moon. We’ve got things like a...

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HelicopterGuy on Special Sauce

That’s a great list, and not just for business. I particularly appreciate and try try to abide by number five. That passion for self-improvement was instilled in me by my grandfather, whose picture...

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Customer #324731 on Whatever Happened to The Future?

Maybe the future could start here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2FPZrbYWK0#t=90m05s

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