Here is a really small side project that I developed while working on something else… I had to test a RC speed controller that I wanted to use to control an electric car window motor, and for the 100th time I was facing the same dilemma: find 8 batteries for my remote control, dismount the […]
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My E-Paper boards finally arrived. They look awesome. I totally nailed the cutouts for the e-paper display. They’re perfect. The ribbon connectors on the display fit nicely through the slots. They clip right into the breakout board, which is perfectly aligned over the holes for the 7-pin headerThey clip right into the breakout board, which
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I bought an antique telegraph sounder a while back, and I’ve been working on a project that will click out emails from my Etsy store when I get an order. I’ve gone through several generations, and come up with something I really like. What follows is a description of my process for going from concept
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Write messages and show animations on this palm-sized heart-shaped LED display. Works seamlessly with Arduino, and requires only three pins to control. Want a heart matrix of your very own? You can buy this DIY kit for $17.95 on the product page. How does it work? Three shift registers control two LED matrices, each with
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Well-proven Piher potentiometers with a dust-proof construction will ensure a reliable operation to your devices. Resistive trimmers of the Spanish company Piher may be familiar to you already from our article – We became an authorized Piher distributor. This time we enlarged our offer with rotary potentiometers of the PC16 series in a wide range
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By: Alex Danovich,President San Francisco Circuits We live in an exciting time where we see a resurgence in electronics as a hobby. Mass production has wiped out a generation or two of kids learning to build radios from scratch with their mom or dad. In the good old days, not sure when, you had companies
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−Inhaltsverzeichnis flux probe theory of operation circuit explanation Fotos Notes flux probe FluxProbe is a test prod for measuring currents without touching the conductor it is flowing through. More acurately it is measuring the magnetic flux. This way you can measure currents on PCB traces without having to put a resistor in between. This test
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This article shows you how to build a very simple FM transmitter from thirteen components, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and a 9v battery. This project was designed to be mounted on a PCB, however you don’t have to. You could construct the project on Vero board (strip board) or any other 0.1” pitch style
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To reach a maximum mechanical stability, many Sonitron piezo components are now available even with a foam tape. Sonitron piezo components feature a high reliability, resistance to harsh conditions and also to vibrations. Despite these features, usually one of the weakest points (as for the vibration-resistance) is the joint of leads with a PCB. That´s
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The last step in my PCB design process normally is the silkscreen. When I try to design a nice helpful silkscreen, I often find my self wondering “How small can I make the text?” or “If I put this text over a via, will it still be readable?”. Usually I end up digging around some
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