erebus on Engineering Roundtable - Infrared Transmission with the IR Shark!
Odd how well Sparkfun can read my mind. I was just talking to my boss about making something to control her office heat pump so that it can be turned on before anyone gets to the building so that the...
View ArticleCustomer #421409 on PRT-11681 - Conductive Ribbon - 4-Conductor (Connector)
This particular product does not actually line up with the conductive ribbon sold as its compliment. The ribbon must be pushed and pulled slightly to get crimped right. Use your pliers to crimp the...
View Articleddegn on ROB-11578 - Mecanum wheels - 4 pack
The rubber rollers aren’t removable on the Vex wheels. They feel like they have ball bearing inside. When I give a roller a flip with a finger it takes about 4.5 seconds for the spinning to stop...
View ArticleCustomer #335961 on DEV-11055 - DIYDrones ArduIMU+ V3
surrounding metal and magnetic objects will affect the performance of magnetometer? i m using it on my robot and if yes how can i overcome this problem?
View Articlea1ronzo on DEV-11055 - DIYDrones ArduIMU+ V3
Yes, hard and soft iron (like in speakers or motors) or any magnetized material can affect the reading of the magnetometer and basically add or distort the magnetic field reading from the earth. Most...
View ArticleHily on WIG-11125 - Audio-Sound Breakout - WTV020SD
Try Corner / Edge Standoffs: http://nwazet.com/1-4-corner-edge-standoffs-set-of-4 They allow you to position the standoff wherever you need them as well as allow the board to be small. Or try TCEHCBS...
View ArticleCustomer #410309 on WRL-10532 - RF Link Receiver - 4800bps (434MHz)
Hi, I also have a Pro Micro and a TX&RX433. I try to use the virtualwire librairie but I am unsuccessful. Did you used it ? Did you do some adaptation ? thanks
View ArticleCustomer #423228 on DEV-10593 - Gameduino
I bought this to get text to display on a monitor. I’m having two arduinos talk to each other through rf transmitters/receivers. I receive characters perfectly fine but I cannot get the characters I...
View ArticleRyeMAC3 on Engineering Roundtable - Infrared Transmission with the IR Shark!
Don’t hold your breath. They promised us one over a month ago for the The Uncertain 7-Cube. Still waiting.
View ArticleNPoole on Engineering Roundtable - Infrared Transmission with the IR Shark!
Why? It’s been live for weeks: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/the-uncertain-7-cube/
View ArticleMTC_Joe on Engineering Roundtable - Infrared Transmission with the IR Shark!
Learn.sparkfun.com has had the uncertain 7 cube for a couple weeks. I’m pretty sure they even referenced to it in a previous blog post.
View ArticleAsaJ on PGM-09825 - Pocket AVR Programmer
I have been using this with Ubuntu 12.10, AVRdude and Arduino IDE quite happily. Worked out of the box, awesome possum, rock ‘n roll etc. Thanks for a great tool!A couple of tips: 1. Make sure the...
View ArticleCustomer #55947 on SEN-08419 - RFID Reader ID-12 (125 kHz)
Just a note that will spare anyone else from making this stupid mistake: Practically all of the RFID tags that are designed for implantation into animals or for general-purpose product tagging (such as...
View ArticleFlyByPC on PRT-10161 - USB LiPoly Charger - Single Cell
It still says 100mAh per hour in the description. Perhaps an accelerating rate of charge? ;–)
View ArticleAsaJ on BOB-00718 - Breakout Board for FT232RL USB to Serial
Me from the future again. It does work. Just get ur friggin fuses right or the baud rate won’t match. Also don’t buy sushi at the Piggly. Just trust me on that one.
View ArticleBigW on WRL-08482 - FM Radio Module Breakout Board - NS73M
Thx for the advice, but unfortunately didn’t help. I set register 0x06 to value b00011010 instead of b00011110. Also, I’m using I2C communication, don’t know if this matters… Next to changing the...
View ArticleCustomer #411736 on PRT-10217 - LiPo Charger Basic - Micro-USB
I agree, I think it should have been “at a rate of 500mAh per hour” or “at a rate of 500mA (period)”
View ArticleLefty4000 on Engineering Roundtable - Infrared Transmission with the IR Shark!
Ohhh I see, I never quite understood the whole infrared dealio entirely. Thanks!
View ArticleCustomer #423280 on SEN-11486 - 9 Degrees of Freedom - MPU-9150 Breakout
I can get the examples to work for only a few seconds, and then the 9150 seems to stop responding. When resetting the arduino it spews out data for a few more seconds and then dies again. Anyone else...
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