M-Short on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V
Email us at techsupport@sparkfun.com and we should be able to get you the files for the bootloader, although they should be the standard Mega2560 files just recompiled to run at 8MHz.
View ArticleM-Short on MaKey MaKey QuickStart Guide
Yes, Joylabz should have their own drivers/directions.
View ArticleM-Short on PRT-10804 - Breadboard Power Supply Stick 5V/3.3V
I soldered the headers to my board and then removed the plastic part of the headers, now the board sits flat on the breadboard which is nice.
View ArticleRobertC. on TOL-11296 - Power Supply - 12V/5V (2A)
I know your comment is a bit old, but have you contacted customer service? This shouldn’t have happened.
View ArticleCustomer #448315 on WIG-09555 - OBD-II UART
Cannot upgrade the WIG-09555 chip (stn1110) from V1.3a to latest firmware using ScanTools.net firmware updater STN1110… Here is the log:00:00.010: Updater v1.4.1 started. 00:01.351: Uploading...
View ArticleHelicopterGuy on Engineer Thursday - Bring on the Lasers!
If you are going to play with lasers – and lest’s face it, we’re all going to play with lasers – it is absolutely imperative that you wear the proper lens of eye protection for the type of laser you...
View ArticleFred on BOB-09964 - Breakout Board for Electret Microphone
I will add – this was extremely useful for understanding the functioning of the opamp circuit on this board – it has almost the exact same circuit as used on the BOB (about ¾ of the way down the...
View Articletabarr on Engineer Thursday - Bring on the Lasers!
Not stricitly laser related but interesting all the sameStratasys is buying another 3D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.
View Articlebrennen on Engineer Thursday - Bring on the Lasers!
don’t chew on the power suppliesArguably not specific to lasers.
View ArticleCustomer #362523 on PRT-10804 - Breadboard Power Supply Stick 5V/3.3V
I think my power supply stick is defective. I’ve tried many different power supplies an the second set of output pins. I’ve managed to use an arduino to step down the voltage into the Raspberry and it...
View ArticleCustomer #417778 on PRT-00731 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 110mAh
IF I plug 3 of these in to form a series… resulting in approx. 12v, will the protection circuit see that they are over voltage and shut these cells down??
View ArticleCustomer #16335 on ROB-09457 - Motor Driver 1A Dual TB6612FNG
Feature request. How about adding a resistor pad with cut out short between the PGND pins and the ground bus. With a trace off the PGND pin to the control header or just a hole would do. So we can...
View Article172pilot on Beatty Robotics builds Mars Rover, blows our minds
Definitely inspiring.. Those girls are going to go far in life. It’s so easy to focus on all the bad things that the news focuses on. It is great to see some good going on around here.
View ArticleDavid on Engineer Thursday - Bring on the Lasers!
Come on now…. A Laser isn’t truly Awesome until you have to get FAA clearance to fire the thing so you don’t run the risk of blinding some pilot in flight. :–) (Been there, done that.)
View ArticleKamiquasi on PRT-00731 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 110mAh
Nope. Each circuit measures across its own cell. The other cells basically don’t factor into it at all. This is actually at the heart of a load-balancing charger (which is what you’d need to charge the...
View Article172pilot on Special Sauce
This is an amazing list.. Several of these things are things that I have noted to myself in hindsight after helping to start, grow, and then watching a company fail.One thing I’d note is that it is...
View ArticleCustomer #436831 on Engineer Thursday - Bring on the Lasers!
Dr. Evil: You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads! Now evidently my cycloptic colleague informs me that that cannot be done....
View Articlersp on PRT-00553 - Break Away Male Headers - Right Angle
The pin lengths are really about 6mm x 3mm. The pins are 0.025" square. A dimensionally similar part, except it has only 36 pins, is Mouser part number 649-68016-236HLF.
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