tristan on SparkFun at the National Robotics Challenge and Fuse Factory in Ohio!
YES! Sparkfun in Ohio! I’m definitely coming to NRC to see you guys!
View ArticleCustomer #116780 on WRL-11713 - pcDuino - WiFi Dongle
I have setup the wireless connection just like in the sparkfun tutorial but in the Wireless Network status menu it just says ‘device not ready.’If I plug the dongle in I see this in dmesg1627.460000]...
View ArticleJohnnyD on COM-10330 - PlayStation 2 Compatible Controller
Here’s an Arduino shield for the PS2 Controller on Tindie:https://tindie.com/shops/DexterIndustries/arduino-playstation-dualshock-shield/
View ArticleFusedIon on COM-11270 - Blower - Squirrel Cage (12V)
Now, since mine arrived today, it occurred to me that this would be nice if it was waterproof. So my question is: Is it waterproof and if not, how can I waterproof it?
View ArticleValentin on BOB-10859 - L6470 Stepper Driver Breakout
I made another solution: 1º- I make my own ABS_POS register read function:// Read ABS_POS register. void SPI_Receive_ABS_POS(volatile void * pData){ // Send GetParam command, with ABS_POS register...
View Articlerj44319 on TOL-11789 - Solder Paste - 30g (Leaded)
Lead solder is accepted for use in population of boards for automotive, aerospace, and aviation. This is to prevent solder whiskers from developing with Lead free paste.
View Articlemattgilbert on BOB-00765 - Ethernet Interface Board - ENC28J60
Olimex tells me it’s a 600 Ohm, 0.5A ferrite bead in 0805 package
View Articlebrennen on Engineering Roundtable - RFID Garage Door "Open Sesame!"
Did.. did Nathan just lose his #*(% and zapped the comments? Fourth!For the record, so far today I have personally received three in-house bug reports and this comment about the thing where deleted...
View ArticleEmcee Grady on Engineering Roundtable - RFID Garage Door "Open Sesame!"
Full tutorial for that project is here in case anyone is looking for it.
View ArticleNate on COM-11644 - OpenSegment Serial Display - 20mm (Red)
Really interesting question. Unfortunately there’s almost no GPIOs left. You might be able to hook into the TX pin on the board (other than during bootloading, OpenSegment currently doesn’t transmit...
View ArticleCustomer #415101 on TOL-10240 - Solder - 20' Sample (0.020") Special Blend
FYI I almost destroyed my board trying to use this solder with your TOL-09507 30W iron. Granted I’m just now picking up soldering again but after hopping down to RadioShack to get some old fashioned...
View Articlebrennen on DEV-11546 - Raspberry Pi - Model B
To clarify this a bit, we’ve got that many on order, but we won’t be getting them all at once the next time a shipment shows up (more’s the pity). I expect that we’ll continue getting ~500 at a time...
View ArticleCustomer #415101 on PRT-10614 - ProtoBoard - Koala (USB+PTH)
Missing the data sheet under the Documents section: https://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Prototyping/General/ProtoBoardv1-DS.pdf
View ArticleKamiquasi on Engineering Roundtable - RFID Garage Door "Open Sesame!"
In the meanwhile, feel free to imagine some really impressive internet drama happening behind the scenes.Who needs imagination when you’ve got the feeds? :D
View ArticleVitaliy (obdsol.com) on WIG-09555 - OBD-II UART
The vast majority of CAN peripherals do not expose the SOF or CRC (although if the CRC is wrong, the STN1110 will append “DATA ERROR”).This is what the standard request/response looks like:010018 DA F1...
View ArticleCustomer #400316 on WRL-10269 - Bluetooth Modem - BlueSMiRF Silver
Thank you sir. You just saved my life.
View ArticleChris on SparkFun at the National Robotics Challenge and Fuse Factory in Ohio!
Ohio? Wish I knew we were going to Columbus! My family lives there. I still remember the big Smith Brothers Hardware fire back in the 90’s. Check out COSI and Micro Center while you’re in town.
View ArticleCustomer #399355 on COM-11323 - EL Sequencer
Really great tutorial!Just wondering if this is hard programmed into the Arduino and just left on it’s own? Is it possible to do this but with an Xbee wired directly to your computer(FDI to USB) and...
View ArticleCustomer #204371 on ROB-11498 - Spider Controller
No one will ever use more than 640K of ram….
View Articlemerlin_r68 on WRL-11634 - XBee-Pro 900 XSC S3B Wire
As noted in the comments, plugging this module into an XBee Explorer module will cause X-CTU to lock up when trying to communicate with it. I unsoldered the RSSI resistor (broke off a solder pad in the...
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