HelicopterGuy on AVC 2013 recap
And bask you should! It was a amazing event, and the competitors really stepped it up this year! Already looking forward to next year, and what new surprises and additions you come up with. (cough,...
View ArticleM-Short on PRT-10470 - Polymer Lithium Ion Battery - 1500mAh 11.1v
It should work fine. As for how long it depends on a lot of factors, but lets say your Arduino is using 5mA and the EL wire another 10mA. That leaves you with 100h. Check out exactly how much power EL...
View ArticleM-Short on DEV-11114 - Arduino Pro Mini 328 - 3.3V/8MHz
Yes, if you power the board through the RAW pin it goes through a 3.3V regulator and so the board runs at 3.3V with 3.3V I/Os. If you power the board through a VCC pin though the board will run at...
View ArticleM-Short on ROB-11699 - Big Easy Driver
You should be able to do that. You can do a lot more with a microcontroller, but if you just need a steady pulse than a 555 should work fine
View Articleandy4us on AVC 2013 recap
Dressed like that, I was waiting for Nick to start singing YMCA !
View ArticleNPoole on AVC 2013 recap
I mean, I’m not gonna stand here and tell you that hasn’t happened…
View ArticleRobertC. on AVC 2013 recap
I’m thinking about it… We might just make some tweaks to the air and ground and see where that takes us. seems like we need to make more obstacles, or at least more bonus opportunities.
View ArticleCustomer #449259 on WIG-10216 - Logomatic v2 Serial SD Datalogger
For the record, it looks like the A/D channels read 10-bit values (0-1023) from 0 to 3.3V. Correct me if I’m wrong.
View ArticleCustomer #449274 on COM-00312 - Darlington Driver 8-Channel ULN2803 DIP
Does this come with a housing to be soldered on to a PCB? Do you sell them?
View ArticleTeslaFan on AVC 2013 recap
The list of winners doesn’t really mean anything to me without context. Pictures of the winning robots? Short synopsis on the tech used? What were the final scores of each run? elapsed time? Bonuses?...
View Articlesgrace on AVC 2013 recap
Oh so disturbing…EDIT: I thought I had stopped having the nightmares, but now that Mr. Poole brought it back up… I will start having them again. So… Thank you.
View ArticlePaul Smith on AVC 2013 recap
Aw yea they did. I have the 80s gym shorts tan line to prove it.
View ArticleDia on AVC 2013 recap
Where can you buy EVERYTHING you should not own? Amazon!http://www.amazon.com/Ladies-Gold-Shiny-Sequin-Shorts/dp/B0061FHKOC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1372107608&sr=8-1&keywords=gold+sequin+shorts
View ArticleBunnyProf on CAB-11301 - SparkFun USB Mini-B Cable - 6 Foot
Bright red! Awesome for educators. My students seem to walk off with these, and while I am sure its an accident the red will make it easier to spot!
View ArticleBascadet on SEN-11486 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - MPU-9150 Breakout
Just to clarify: this board does not need a logic level converter.Forgive me if I’m wrong, but it works fine on the Uno’s 3.3V
View ArticleBunnyProf on LAB-11762 - LilyPack Lab Pack
This is a great value compared to buying the components separately. I wish it came with IC hooks instead (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/501) as my students are tearing apart the contacts on their...
View Articlesoundman98 on AVC 2013 recap
i consider it especially ironic(given both the openness of the community and of sparkfun) that even after multiple years of this, i can use one hand to count the number of builds that actually publish...
View ArticleCustomer #13003 on AVC 2013 recap
I wrote two blog post entries about the winning Doping class effort… See: Part i http://unreasonablerocket.blogspot.com/2013/06/i-just-returned-from-sparkfun-2013-avc.html Part II:...
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