Joeisi on The STEMosphere is almost here!
I really like the push for STEM. I think it is a worthwhile program. Best of luck to this event and all others like it.
View ArticleEmcee Grady on The STEMosphere is almost here!
Thanks! It’s an initiative we’re excited to be a part of. If you don’t already know about it, check out our educational tour starting later this year.
View ArticleCamalaio_ on TOL-08967 - Liquid Flux Pen - Water Soluble
A bit late on the reply, but common household hot water tanks hold water around 60C (140F). Basically all that is needed hot tap water that isn’t super hard, and a brush wouldn’t hurt. Deposits from...
View Articlea1ronzo on PRT-10255 - LiPower - Boost Converter
This board isn’t designed to be used as a battery charger. It is a buck/boost regulator board. I think what you are looking for is the Powercell.
View Articlepeschuster on DEV-09476 - WIZnet Serial-to-Ethernet Gateway - WIZ110SR
Can anyone recommend a good enclosure for the board? I am planning to use it as a single unit.
View Articlecapt jim on DEV-11088 - SatUplink Shield
If you are having trouble, make sure the voltage to the satellite transmitter is good, that is critical and the reason G* spec’s lithium primary cells, they maintain their cell voltage ‘till near...
View ArticleRodCole on GPS-10920 - Venus GPS Logger with SMA Connector
Mike, I have my GPS logging now and it shows a 3D Fix in the GPS Utility. I can see NMEA sentences in the command window. I told it to write to both memory and flash. The output file is in binary...
View ArticleCustomer #409816 on PRT-10139 - ADH8066 SMD Connector
There is a much better quality drawing of the connector hereHope that helps
View ArticleCustomer #404241 on ROB-10267 - EasyDriver Stepper Motor Driver
Has anyone else experienced trouble with overheating of the A3967 chip on this board? I have found that when a stepper motor is connected, after a few minutes the chip becomes quite hot. About 4...
View ArticleDC177E on SEN-10740 - Evaluation Board for MLX90614 IR Thermometer
Great idea: those sensors are always a slight pain to work with. However, why use an ATmega328? Would an ATtiny(85) not have been a better choice for such a “smart sensor” board?
View ArticleCustomer #322759 on BOB-11502 - SX1509 16 Output I/O Expander Breakout
This is a fantastic i2c 16 channel io port expander with level shifting. The only things I would suggest is to re-layout the boards i2c pins and add thru holes on the corners so standoffs could be used...
View ArticleCustomer #333894 on DEV-11285 - LilyPad Coin Cell Battery Holder - Switched
Same thing happened to me. The casing just popped off and the joints don’t take rosen core solder very well, at least when I tried it.
View ArticleCustomer #418816 on WRL-08665 - XBee 1mW Wire Antenna - Series 1 (802.15.4)
did you get this to work i am trying to do the same thing. have an xbee control a dig pot.
View ArticleCustomer #363104 on PRT-09095 - DIP Sockets Solder Tail - 24-Pin 0.6"
why you can’t carry the .300" ones? i need to use them with some MAX7219CNG, and the wirewrap ones don’t work for my needs
View ArticleNate on DEV-09530 - OpenLog
Hi all – please checkout new v3.2 of OpenLog. The config file now allows you to override the emergency check.
View ArticleCustomer #411401 on DEV-11168 - AVR ISP Shield - PTH Kit
So would a configuration for those two and the 40 pin atmega32 work? I have the pinouts of each here but don’t realy know what can and cant be connected. http://avrprogrammers.com/atmega32bd.php...
View ArticleCustomer #423376 on WIG-10216 - Logomatic v2 Serial SD Datalogger
Ok.. this took me a while to figure out- hopefully my comments will save someone some time. I have Windows 7- in order to format the SD card to FAT16 I had to download a free utility called...
View Articleshadowphreak on KIT-10935 - Simon Says - Surface Mount Soldering Kit
Just finished assembling mine, and nearly everything works. My only problem is that LED4 (red on my assembly) is dim during normal operation. It does shine brightly when first powered on, but is barely...
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