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Customer #217931 on SEN-11028 - Triple Axis Accelerometer & Gyro Breakout -...

Is it possible to assign 3 of these different I2C addresses, then have one Arduino read the values of those 3 boards to compare?I see that its address is 0x68 by default and can be changed to 0x69 by...

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Customer #216992 on SEN-10888 - LSM303DLMTR Breakout Board - Tilt Compensated...

Maybe you should note in the description this is working on 5v not 3.3vIt’s very frustrating when you realize by yourself after purchasing.

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Kamiquasi on SEN-10888 - LSM303DLMTR Breakout Board - Tilt Compensated Compass

Seems Member #136942 also pointed this out, 2 months ago. I would think that you can still make the board word by bypassing the 3.3V regulator as suggested by them as well.With the world increasingly...

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Customer #428370 on PRT-08708 - ProtoBoard - Bandicoot (SMD)

Oh, this is cool. It would be nice however to be able to stick in some 0.1" or 2mm headers on the sides, maybe just line two edges of this thing with little round pads w/holes in them to we can easily...

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Customer #145624 on CAB-11604 - USB OTG Cable - Female A to Micro A - 4"

This cable will not work with the OTG on the pcDuino which has a Micro B OTG connector like Olimex olinuxino WiFi.

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Customer #145624 on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board

The CAB-11604 OTG cable will not fit in the OTG connector of this board.

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Donzi on COM-11705 - Barrel Jack Power Switch - M-F (3")

Can it handle the output from a 12V car battery or 7Ahr Battery?

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Customer #416267 on WRL-11601 - RN42-XV Bluetooth Module - PCB Antenna

I’ve been reading and rereading articles for weeks now and I still can’t figure out this issue. Why is it that even if you get a Bluetooth module with an HID profile stack (eg the RN42-XV Bluetooth...

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scottellis on SEN-11028 - Triple Axis Accelerometer & Gyro Breakout - MPU-6050

You could use an I2C switch like thishttp://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/pca9546a.pdfThen the mpu’s can all stay at the same 0x68 address. We’re using 4 mpu-9150s this way on one of our boards. Cortex-M4...

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MikeGrusin on SEN-11028 - Triple Axis Accelerometer & Gyro Breakout - MPU-6050

As you’ve seen, two is easy, three is harder. Sometimes sensors will have a convenient reset line that lets you force all of them quiet except one, but sadly this one doesn’t appear to have that. If...

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MikeGrusin on COM-11705 - Barrel Jack Power Switch - M-F (3")

Not to start a car. But for up to a few hundred mA, no problem.

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amateurasu on COM-10597 - Clear Plastic Knob

Can these be removed from the encoder once attached? I’ve pulled hard enough that I am concerned that I might damage the encoder, but the knob is stuck pretty good.

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Customer #426561 on WRL-10854 - XBee Shield

i am living in mexico los mochis sinaloa and i wanna buy a lot of products. my question is, can you sent me the products to my city?

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Kamiquasi on WRL-10854 - XBee Shield

Hello! I’m sure they can mail to Mexico. Try placing item(s) you want in your shopping cart, then go to checkout, and you can check what shipping options are available to you. Note: shipping options...

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JoeWeatherBalloon on DEV-10744 - Mega Pro 3.3V

I received this board just this week. It was satisfying just looking at it. Can’t wait to try it – thanks for the enabling!

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Clew on BOB-09598 - MIDI Breakout

Does anyone know which holes TX(D1) and RX(D0) are on the board? They’re not labeled

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Customer #413137 on SEN-10586 - USB Weather Board

thanks for the feedback. i had read on the datasheet and i also had connect the usb board to my laptop which is success. the problem i have now is how to run it and is there any specific software...

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Customer #264666 on WRL-10822 - RN-XV WiFly Module - Wire Antenna

Is there any hope that there will be a library for this at any point in time? Or maybe some documentation relevant to Arduino?

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Customer #428657 on SEN-10740 - Evaluation Board for MLX90614 IR Thermometer

I have bought one of these evaluation boards and an ftdi basic. Using a raspberry pi I found that getting temperature readings was almost a plug and play exercise. It was a lot easier than I thought it...

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Customer #427454 on BMP085 Barometric Pressure Sensor Quickstart

I’m trying to do just the same. So far my code looks like this:float altitude; float prevAltitude = 0; float verticalSpeed = 0; void loop() { float pressure = bmp085GetPressure(bmp085ReadUP());...

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