Edison517 on TOL-10997 - 6" Digital Calipers
I received these calipers today, and they seem like they're catching ever so slightly...almost like there's rust or corrosion on the caliper bar...can I use WD40 or something to clean / lubricate them...
View ArticleRetroTech on COM-08546 - 7-Segment Display - LED (Red)
Did you forget to use a resistor?
View Articlechartle on According to Pete - The Adventures of Little Dude
Cheaper?!? As Director of Engineering I just figured those parts um kind of fell off the back of the shelf. ;-)
View ArticlezoeBear on WIG-11125 - Audio-Sound Breakout - WTV020SD
Is there any Mac compatible audio converter out there that anyone has come across? Or an online one?
View Articlecwilt on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board
Anyone else looked at the sample provided for uart?#!/bin/bash cd `dirname $0` if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then echo "Usage: $0 MESSAGE" exit 1 else msg=$1 fi delay=3 uart_id=1 rate=115200 setup() { uart_id=1...
View ArticleWillus on SEN-10656 - Color Light Sensor - Avago ADJD-S311-CR999
I was wondering if anyone knew the smallest size object that this could detect the color of or discern. In other words, if I have a series of lines with different colors, how thin can these lines be...
View ArticleCustomer #212640 on PRT-00743 - Break Away Female Headers - Swiss Machine Pin
+1 for pointing out the realities of a small business.
View ArticleGooseSG on SparkFun at POSSCON 2013
Finally something that SparkFun is attending and that I would love to go to and it is only 70 miles away!! Too bad I am on-call that week and have to be at work.
View ArticleMupeg on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board
Not exactly what you are asking for but it would be kind of cool to run PD on the thing and wrap the IO API (which is written in c) into a pd external of some sort.
View ArticleSixEcho on SEN-11171 - FlyCamOne eco V2
I bought one of these and I cannot get it to turn on. Tried using a model helicopter li-po single cell, and also regulated dc. An LED turns on when I connect it to the computer, but that's it. Did...
View ArticleMcLaser on COM-09906 - Laser Module - Green
Anyone knows what is the pulse width for this particular laser?
View ArticleIgnacioV on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board
You'll probably have to use the hardware UART with a e.g. PL2303 for serial access to get it going. From there you can tell it to start SSH on boot.
View Articlerb1015 on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board
Thanks for the useful response. Good to hear that you are working to improve the concerns that I noted and I'll be looking forward to the updates.If you have the time, why is it the GPU's on these SOC...
View ArticleCustomer #416310 on COM-09341 - Concave Button - Green
I will probably roll the dice as is, then worst case senerio if they do fail change my circuit and use an inverter to change the DC power source into a AC curcuit. I will check all switches prior to...
View ArticleElectro on Q & A with Geek Express
My best wishes for you and for your concept Tarek, I absolutely love the idea, it solves many problems, I really mean it, many problemsNow I want to move from Dubai to Beirut :P
View ArticleCustomer #331768 on SEN-11282 - Barometric Pressure Sensor - BMP085 Breakout
At this point I've tried at least 4 different Arduino sketches for this sensor and keep getting the same data which is obviously wrong: Temperature: -57.70 C Pressure: 179446 Pa Standard Atmosphere:...
View Articlea1ronzo on SEN-11345 - Geiger Counter
Are you saying that every 750ms you get a registered count (i.e. LED lights)? That isn't normal. However, there is some noise from the oscillator on the tube, but the Vmax through the TTL circuit is no...
View ArticleKDraz on DEV-08937 - LilyPad XBee
Are there any clear directions, perhaps diagrams, on how to connect this to a Lilypad Arduino? The "additional information" site does not contain any except for a graphic used in a different project...
View ArticleKshatrya on TOL-10286 - Analog Panel Meter - 0 to 20mA
As Taper mentioned, there should be a zero adjuster on the front panel. If it's still off after zeroing it, you may have to add external series or parallel adjustment resistors.
View ArticleCustomer #383849 on SEN-11651 - Fingerprint Scanner - 5V TTL
In this Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s0WRSgCJLIg ... What color in the cable is Rx and What is Tx? - at 1:04 min (Green or White)
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