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LooseTooth on NeverNude Prototype

You are extremely funny. And so is AD. And, by all means, Go Gators, jorts and all.

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

If all your robot’s body parts are attached to each other anyway, you could use position encoders on all the joints (more accurate) or just do the vector math on your servo positions (cheaper).

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relaxing on DEV-08467 - LilyPad Tri-Color LED

Read the description again. It’s a common anode LED. To light up red, connect the red pin to ground so the current you’re supplying to the + pin can flow through the red LED. (For example, with Arduino...

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automaton on COM-08127 - MP3 Codec IC - VS1033D-L

I’d love to see a breakout board and some tutorials using this chip.

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builtbylane on CAB-10646 - Ribbon Cable - 6 wire (15ft)

what gauge are these?

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bboyho on SEN-08713 - Flexiforce Pressure Sensor - 1lb.

For information on how to calibrate your sensor go here =>http://www.tekscan.com/how-do-i-calibrate-my-flexiforce-sensor.

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bboyho on SEN-08685 - Flexiforce Pressure Sensor - 100lbs.

For information on how to calibrate your sensor go here =>http://www.tekscan.com/how-do-i-calibrate-my-flexiforce-sensor.

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bboyho on SEN-08712 - Flexiforce Pressure Sensor - 25lbs.

For information on how to calibrate your sensor go here =>http://www.tekscan.com/how-do-i-calibrate-my-flexiforce-sensor.

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Customer #268609 on WRL-11129 - Si4707 Weather Band Receiver Breakout

Could you post an example sketch using the SAME read and SAME clear functions on your site? All I’m getting for the status byte is 0xFF – I thought a logic HI indicated data was present. I have this...

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Nate on COM-11647 - OpenSegment Serial Display - 20mm (Blue)

Sorry you ran into troubles! We had an firmware bug with the first batch of displays that failed to check the solder jumpers. Looks like you fixed it yourself. Thank you. If you have any more issues...

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Nate on COM-11644 - OpenSegment Serial Display - 20mm (Red)

Sorry you ran into troubles! We had an firmware bug with the first batch of displays that failed to check the solder jumpers. Looks like you fixed it yourself. Thank you. If you have any more issues...

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trialex on NeverNude Prototype

Yeah, like the guy in the $6000 suit is going to be running a 5k raceC'MON!

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Customer #257341 on COM-09557 - Dual/Quad Power Amplifier - STA540

I was about to buy a different amp breakout (Adafruit’s MAX98306), but that model can’t be run through a secondary amp or mixer (it must drive speakers directly). However, this unit has a fixed gain;...

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FelixR on Making Your Own Solder Paste Stencils

Check this tutorial for making very good metal stencils at home: http://lowpowerlab.com/?p=483 How-to video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWUJtmgh55M Another video in which one of these stencils...

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MikeGrusin on CAB-10646 - Ribbon Cable - 6 wire (15ft)

AWG 28, as noted in the datasheet.

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Customer #429755 on CEL-09607 - Cellular Shield with SM5100B

Any one know the optimum delays for sending a sting as an SMS? I have a requirement to send the same message to five different phone numbers as quickly as can be done. Too long is a waste of time and...

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Customer #401464 on DEV-10999 - Pro Micro - 3.3V/8MHz

I plugged a USB cable into this and then into a iPhone AC/DC USB wall charger and it killed the Arduino. The Apple wall charger is rated 5V/1A, and I see on the schematic that the USB power goes...

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Customer #422329 on A ProMicro Installation and Arduino Briefing

I accidently uploaded a sketch with wrong board setting (I have 3.3V/8MHz board, I think the setting was for 5V board). After that, the serial connection (or usb) doesn’t work. Is there anyway to recover?

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n on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board

Does anyone know the operational temperature range for the pcDuino? I can’t find it in the documentation or on the pcduino site.

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sander on DEV-11712 - pcDuino - Dev Board

I am looking for examples where I can read from the arduino compatible headers using android. Does anybody know if these examples or can point me in the right direction?

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