MikeGrusin on CEL-10741 - ADH8066 Evaluation Board
That’s correct. Technically you only need to disable the line from the FTDI to the cell module, labeled RX on the board, to prevent bus contention (two sources driving the line at the same time, which...
View Articlediz on Your April Caption Contest
SparkFun catalogs…pornography for robots. Notice how he’s polishing his pipe.
View ArticleCustomer #368957 on Your April Caption Contest
SparkFun knew it was time to shut down their SkyNet division when the robots started building weapons.
View ArticleSarcasticSoap on WIG-11569 - Papilio VGA Wing
This could be used with non-papilio projects (ie. Arduino, TI Launchpads, insert any microcontroller or FPGA, etc). I was looking for something like this months ago and ended up doing my own.
View ArticleCustomer #397882 on ROB-11057 - Wild Thumper Controller Board
Could you make a tutorial on getting started with the wild thumper controller? I have looked on the internet and all of the demo tutorials are very vague.
View ArticleAmicableNinja on WRL-11634 - XBee-Pro 900 XSC S3B Wire
Was just about to quote the same line.
View ArticleAmicableNinja on Your April Caption Contest
Nanobots…needing more “nano” before human trials. (Awww…blast, past deadline! Oh well :P )
View ArticleAfterthis101 on 3D Models of SparkFun Parts!
I use C4D for my CAD work as well. I will usually just export the models as OBJ or STL files. I for one would certainly like straight C4D files, if possible.
View ArticleME heat o nator on New Product Friday: HUB-ee Buggy Robot
Ha ha. (caption contest was yesterday. No more humor allowed.)
View Articlenetamorfosis on Your April Caption Contest
clever enough to win, there are only 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who doesn’t
View ArticleCustomer #80004 on Your April Caption Contest
Guard duty sucks. My FETs are killing me!
View ArticleSir. MiDri on COM-09029 - LED Light Bar - Red
Just got mine, fairly bright would say each LED is around 700MCD for the red.
View ArticleGavingineer on PRT-11351 - Enclosure - Aluminum (120x95x35mm)
Also you could use the rubber bumpers SparkFun sells and put those where the mounting holes go or where ever you wish.
View ArticleCharlie in Columbus on ROB-11666 - HUB-ee Wheel - 120:1 Metric
Are there any torque numbers for these wheels? How heavy of a load can they support and push?
View Articlerbarris on WIG-11569 - Papilio VGA Wing
How do you get 8-bit color out of it? I would think you could get 3x3x3 = 27 colors ? i.e. for any color pin you could drive the final voltage to 0, ½, or 1x supply.
View Articleechoskope on 3D Models of SparkFun Parts!
The STEP models from McMaster-Carr will import into Altium with out a problem, if that information is any help.
View ArticleCustomer #430725 on WRL-00691 - Transceiver nRF24L01+ Module with Chip Antenna
On-board 3.3V LDO Regulator (3.3 to 7V supply allowed)… This information is correct?
View ArticlePeterG on Your April Caption Contest
“Congratulations! At this point your Bright Bunny kit is complete! (Note that due to normal variations in parts, Bright Bunny’s appearance and operation may differ slightly from kit to kit.)”
View Articleeewestcoaster on WIG-11568 - Papilio Audio Wing
Can we get a part number for the audio connectors? Also, please start offering these for sale – the long thin footprint works a lot better for my designs than the one you guys currently have available....
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