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automaton on PRT-10967 - NCP1402-3.3V Step-Up Breakout

I’m trying to do the same thing and am having a hard time finding the inductor listed in the datasheet. Anyone have a link to where this part is available? I haven’t been able to find an exact...

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Customer #322759 on WRL-11373 - XBee Explorer Regulated

Question about using the DTR pin on the 6 pin header, I see on the schematic it is tied to dio3. The schematic does not show that it is pulled up to 5v. My question is: is the DTR pin on the header...

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Customer #124999 on Firework Igniter

Nice, to see someone else add electronics to the home fireworks show. I have been adding electronics to rocket launching before micro processors where born. Any timing was done with 555 timers and...

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Customer #451691 on KIT-10212 - Electronic Dice Kit

Is this possible to hack to program it?

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Customer #433232 on PRT-00338 - Coin Cell Battery - 20mm (CR2032)

How would I use more than one of these in a circuit? Can I stack them?

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ebird97 on PRT-09759 - Solar Panel - 10W

Correction: 16V 1.25A, you don’t increase your current capability by adding in series.

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MikeGrusin on PRT-09759 - Solar Panel - 10W

Oops! You’re right, good eye!

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Leif on COM-11759 - Infrared Remote Control

This looks awesome! Any tests or data on range yet!? I’d expect it is somewhat dependant on the receiver end (SEN-0855)… but I’d like to know what to expect so I can plan a project accordingly.

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GuySmiley on WIG-08652 - Key Counter PS2

Would this still work with a USB to PS2 adapter? Also, are there any other examples out there of what this thing can do?

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pelrun on Leap Motion Teardown

You usually find glue over inductors not because they’re mechanically flimsy, but because they’re noisy. Depending on the frequency of the signal passing through the inductor, it can make an annoying...

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Hobbytronics on WRL-10823 - Bluetooth SMD Module - RN-42-HID

What is the current firmware version on these modules? It would be nice if you showed this in the description so we know what we are getting as the firmware cannot be upgraded. The last few i bought...

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PalmTreesandPICs on SEN-11282 - Barometric Pressure Sensor - BMP085 Breakout

For the next revision, or any other breakout board with this orientation, can you please swap the power pins?if you do that, it will have the same pinout as the HIH-6130 bob…which has the perfect...

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Customer #452567 on SEN-10701 - Color Light Sensor Evaluation Board

I just got this working with an Atmega324 – will post some code soon.One annoyance – you can only read one register at a time. If you try:i2cstarti2csendaddress //write addressi2csendbyte //0x40, for...

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Customer #452583 on SEN-11295 - HIH6130 Humidity and Temperature Sensor Breakout

So, for this to work, I need two capacitors (see http://playground.arduino.cc//Main/HoneywellHumidIconTMDigitalHumidity-TemperatureSensors). They are 0.1 uF and 0.22 uF. The first one is easy to find...

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zestysauce on GPS-00177 - Antenna GPS Embedded SMA

has anyone had luck with this antenna? I’ve tried using it with the venus GPS and can’t seem to get a fix. If I use antenna GPS-00464 I get a fix however.

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Customer #451513 on COM-10442 - LED Tactile Button - Red

So are these TSD1265 or TSL12121? You have the datasheet from the TSL12121 and the drawing of the TSD1265. Having just got hold of a technical drawing of the TSL12121, it looks like the TSL12121 is...

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Customer #447155 on GPS-08975 - 66 Channel LS20031 GPS 5Hz Receiver

How does a 66 channel GPS help you when there are only 31 GPS satellites?

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Sleepwalker3 on PRT-10474 - XT60 Connectors - Male/Female Pair

…and still working on it – must be some drawing!

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dbvanhorn on PRT-10474 - XT60 Connectors - Male/Female Pair

You could take a picture with it sitting on a US $0.25 piece. At least anyone worldwide can work it out from that.

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qcard on Engineering Roundtable - DIY Pinball

Cool! I like pinball machines too. Here’s my DIY machine!

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