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by BobaMosfet
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by Ralphxyz
USBasp Help! 3 6075 October 22, 2015
by sask55
Would someone explain Proximity Sensor? 19 8364 May 04, 2015
by mongo
Need to replace Wall Watt 16 5564 May 02, 2015
by Ralphxyz
Connecting Mosfet 10 5199 April 10, 2015
by Noter
My new 3D Printer 44 20778 April 07, 2015
by Rick_S
AtMega 644 2 5209 September 06, 2014
by Rick_S
Switching between +5v and -5V 2 4262 August 07, 2014
by Rick_S
Are there hobby printers for my microproccessor? 4 4952 June 02, 2014
by JKITSON
Automated programming mode? 9 5239 April 08, 2014
by Rick_S
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 5 4806 January 30, 2014
by BobaMosfet
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 1 4841 January 28, 2014
by lailai
What kind of error is this? 4 4604 January 23, 2014
by Noter
How to double a DC voltage? 20 12092 January 12, 2014
by JKITSON
Is the code the driver? 2 4519 January 12, 2014
by Ralphxyz
Miniature headers 6 4730 January 01, 2014
by Ralphxyz
BLDC 8 4836 December 23, 2013
by esoderberg
I need help finding a terminal. 17 5437 November 26, 2013
by Rick_S
GLCD SPI problems 14 8739 November 10, 2013
by andyi
Moving on... 7 4640 November 08, 2013
by Pr0ject
Power supply questions 4 6206 October 31, 2013
by sask55
OLED 4 4395 October 29, 2013
by esoderberg
Thermocouple wiring?? 19 16531 September 22, 2013
by sask55
Opto Interrupter once again 14 9147 September 19, 2013
by scootergarrett
FFC/FPC connection ideas? 4 4802 September 10, 2013
by Ralphxyz
A3977 Stepper Motor Driver 42 11909 September 02, 2013
by Ralphxyz
USB cable specifications 7 6466 August 29, 2013
by Noter
Help with reading UART Stream on mac 9 5342 August 27, 2013
by Affarram
XMEGA Breakout 8 5703 August 26, 2013
by JKITSON
Can someone help me with LDOs? 5 4358 August 21, 2013
by BobaMosfet
lower voltage of sensor output LM335 5 5039 August 20, 2013
by Osarus
TQFP ATmega 168 capacitors 6 5065 August 01, 2013
by scootergarrett
Stepper Motor Programming 154 11891 July 21, 2013
by sask55
Low Voltage Level Translator That Fits the MCU and Breadboard 63 16564 June 18, 2013
by Noter
Two Wrongs Make it Right 3 4374 May 22, 2013
by meltbox360
accurate time for a real time clock 5 4971 April 08, 2013
by pcbolt
Using diode to drop voltage 12 66628 March 27, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Cannot understand the pins 3 4157 March 27, 2013
by oshjdf
Since it is kinda slow around here I thought I'd ask .... 6 4727 March 15, 2013
by sask55
What is the purpose of 1000 ohm resistor for LCD's pin 3? 10 8934 March 14, 2013
by mongo
Current vs Voltage 8 5802 March 14, 2013
by sask55
Control LED Stripes with 2N7000 MOSFET 3 5387 March 09, 2013
by lnino
Electric current 2 4134 March 08, 2013
by Ralphxyz
How to power up Sim908 module? 4 7084 March 07, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Limiting battery discharge? 12 10033 March 03, 2013
by mongo
feeding a 7805 with 24VDC for <25mA output? 11 9719 February 28, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Control electronic door opener 15 5229 February 24, 2013
by lnino
Relay Question 27 8516 February 19, 2013
by Noter
Rotary Encoder how to?? 21 8201 February 15, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Unipolar Stepper motor with ULN2003A, 4 5680 February 11, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Introductory circuit design books 2 5508 January 30, 2013
by pcbolt
Anyone know how to program an 8052 MCU? 8 5307 January 03, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Higher power supplies with ATMega168 (running higher voltage devices with lower powered ground) 4 4870 December 30, 2012
by BobaMosfet
edX Free MIT online course 4 5600 December 22, 2012
by pcbolt
handling microprocessor and static eletricity 22 4905 December 18, 2012
by JKITSON
Voltage Divider (Resistors) 9 5712 December 17, 2012
by GenHornet18
iphone-controlled R/C car project 2 4236 November 26, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Wire broke off in LCD pin 6 4287 November 26, 2012
by gsjbjt
Where to buy individual oscillators 8 4811 November 26, 2012
by Pew446
Need help using a 5v relay to trip a 12v relay 9 10451 November 18, 2012
by carlhako
SPI slave clock 6 5024 October 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 8 4398 October 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Why pick a crystal frequency of 14.7456 MHz? 16 31788 October 23, 2012
by Noter
NPN circuit connection quandry 4 4975 September 24, 2012
by edb
Simple I/O circuit 4 4628 September 23, 2012
by wadaltmon
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4390 September 21, 2012
by Davda
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4142 September 21, 2012
by Davda
LED - Common Anode 8 Segment Display 13 6996 September 20, 2012
by pcbolt
Can I Power the ATmega168 with 3.3 V? 4 4624 September 20, 2012
by karam
Measuring PWM Duty Cycle 6 7021 September 13, 2012
by dan_engbers
Electronics simulation 8 5259 August 31, 2012
by Chris100
LED Sign Help - How to control words 26 7455 August 27, 2012
by Rick_S
Help me on my learning path please :) 4 4527 August 20, 2012
by rblalock
louder sound 2 4303 August 18, 2012
by mongo
connector or cable for LCD display? 4 4522 August 13, 2012
by missle3944
Powering L.E.Ds 5 4654 August 09, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Wires in U.K 5 5126 August 08, 2012
by mikey6879
Bluetooth Please HELP! 3 5045 July 29, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Stepper Motor Motor Speed Control 13 8217 July 25, 2012
by sask55
Anything wrong with adding a large bypass capacitor? 6 7716 July 25, 2012
by bretm
Stepper Motor Direction Control 12 5541 July 21, 2012
by live4the1
Using Usbasp for attiny25 36 23069 July 21, 2012
by lnino
um help 6 4104 July 20, 2012
by Rick_S
Stepper Motor L298N/L297N controller 3 5159 July 18, 2012
by Ralphxyz
help me 11 5025 July 03, 2012
by Rick_S
Crystal Oscillator question 2 4427 July 02, 2012
by pcbolt
This will lead to more questions, how to use 20 volt battery to power projects and motors? 9 5746 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
HELP 3 4147 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Controlling Stepper Motors 35 15197 June 21, 2012
by mcguinnessdr
Geomagnetic vectors with a magnetoresistive sensor? 1 4270 June 19, 2012
by lcruz007
PT100 temperature sensor reading 1 6193 June 17, 2012
by RogerFL
Programmable current source 6 6295 June 14, 2012
by JamesFysh
Increase range of an IR LED. 4 5782 June 11, 2012
by mongo
HELP 6 4489 June 11, 2012
by mikeduff76
Running motor through the mircocontroller 8 4909 June 09, 2012
by mongo
How can I detect the signal from a key fob? 15 52821 May 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
i need a code 8 4894 May 15, 2012
by pcbolt
Clock Accuracy 30 9584 May 14, 2012
by HexManiac
Relays and Controlling them 9 4873 May 10, 2012
by sask55
Using Internal 8 MHz Oscillator 4 5133 May 09, 2012
by RogerFL
Powering your NerdKit 7 4714 April 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
output pin is 2.5v when low 7 4745 April 27, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Lm317 vs lm317t 2 8033 April 26, 2012
by BobaMosfet
nOOb looking for additional explanation 6 5129 April 24, 2012
by pcbolt
Programs will not run 6 4624 April 16, 2012
by E2MicroRobots
CE EMITTER_BIAS CONFIGURATION 12 5293 April 10, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Anyone used a 2 x 20 LCD? Which one? 10 4930 April 09, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Path Lights controller 2 4491 April 04, 2012
by pcbolt
Frequency Response and stability, how do you determine if your system is stable 7 4619 April 02, 2012
by Akeshish
Very fundamental problem of operating with out a ground?? 11 5162 April 02, 2012
by sask55
line-level output, regulator ICs and op-amps?? 3 4705 April 01, 2012
by JamesFysh
Question on LCD screen 5 4735 March 30, 2012
by billtaichi
Is this Capaciator Good 4 4701 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Oscilloscopes (for the umpteenth time) 5 6028 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Basic Electronics Tutorial to Complement Nerdkits? 5 5651 March 26, 2012
by Ralphxyz
PIR motion sensor to trigger home wireless camera problems 4 9357 March 23, 2012
by 6ofhalfdozen
Ground connector on power supplies?? 3 4794 March 15, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why TC negative connected to ground 3 6184 March 15, 2012
by mongo
Digital servo issues! 9 5345 March 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Brushless motor control 16 5675 March 12, 2012
by hevans
Windows not detecting device 3 4467 March 10, 2012
by hevans
Voltage throught MCU 5 4478 March 05, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Ignition Coil Driver 16 20411 March 02, 2012
by RevMoses
Rotary Encoder pinout (and other questions I am sure) 8 12270 March 02, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why do you pass a MIC Vout through a capacitor? 12 21776 March 01, 2012
by hevans
Up and running... 3 4270 March 01, 2012
by dvdsnyd
9v to vcc survivable? 5 4937 February 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Accurate AREF for accurate ADC voltage readings 4 5278 February 26, 2012
by carlhako
Problem with code (2 inputs) 12 4496 February 24, 2012
by Rick_S
programming lcd trubs 7 4629 February 19, 2012
by raccoons
17 super bright white LEDs at the same time...SAFE?! 5 5292 February 18, 2012
by Rick_S
Oscilloscope 15 6598 February 18, 2012
by Osarus
How far away can a LM34 be? 16 11136 February 14, 2012
by dcarter777
Need help understanding a relay schematic 4 5735 February 14, 2012
by Ralphxyz
It's true, we forget... 18 4909 February 12, 2012
by Farmerjoecoledge
Very Basic Batteries in a Series Question 12 12318 February 09, 2012
by mongo
Data transmission 3 5447 February 08, 2012
by amartinez
PowerLineCommunication(PLC) vs Wireless 3 5258 February 05, 2012
by mongo
CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY 6 6848 February 04, 2012
by met_fredrik
ADC reads fluctuating voltage when nothing is connected! 2 4783 February 03, 2012
by BobaMosfet
connencting two ics to port 3 4284 January 31, 2012
by tchilzer2
H bridge questions 6 5086 January 27, 2012
by tchilzer2
Voltage Regulators and Efficiency... 3 4837 January 24, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Voltage Drop when LEDs Flash 8 5274 January 23, 2012
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
LED Array - Wall power problems 14 5477 January 19, 2012
by sask55
How to measure floating (isolated) high DC voltage? 5 8596 January 17, 2012
by jfbrink
Mysteries of Capaciators in Reverse 9 5139 January 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Source of power? 19 5301 January 13, 2012
by mongo
symbol defined please? 4 4925 January 13, 2012
by sonicgadgets
Best zero cross detection IC 14 18366 January 07, 2012
by met_fredrik
How hot is too hot for the voltage regulator 3 4842 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Basic LED circuit properties 8 5064 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Getting Started 3 4538 January 05, 2012
by Stretch
Source of randomness for the hardware RNG 20 5726 January 02, 2012
by bodangly
SMD reflow 16 5850 December 27, 2011
by boxvic
kirchhoff's voltage law... 3 4780 December 25, 2011
by jbolfiil
Phase Shifter or time delay circuit? 7 5455 December 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Potentiometer 8 6463 December 23, 2011
by huzbum
Fun with Op-Amps 3 6680 December 22, 2011
by treymd
Do I need an H-Bridge? 14 5749 December 19, 2011
by n1cl3
Odessy of the minds 5 4975 December 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Having trouble uploading my program keep getting this error: Any ideas anyone. Thanks 2 4362 November 27, 2011
by sazD
Initial Load 2 4994 November 27, 2011
by missle3944
Using pushbuttons to increment position of servo 4 5745 November 23, 2011
by SpaceGhost
Yellow USB wire problem 15 6423 November 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Speakers with LEDs that light with the music 4 5071 November 14, 2011
by mongo
Strange behaviour with a DC motor 18 10260 November 10, 2011
by jfbrink
Servo Squitter Project 13 4838 November 09, 2011
by Heed
how do i run a program 4 4382 November 08, 2011
by Heed
Help!!! my grades are in jeopordy 3 4626 November 07, 2011
by Heed
Motor control question 2 4426 November 04, 2011
by hevans
Help driving a high voltage Piezo 6 10181 November 02, 2011
by buffetrand
9V transformer more like ~15V 2 4699 October 31, 2011
by hevans
Tick Tock Clock question about which pins and long load times from DASA. 1 4597 October 25, 2011
by apphilosophy
Why is reversing polarity a bad thing? 26 98237 October 24, 2011
by glendon
Measuring Capacitance 9 6128 October 24, 2011
by Ralphxyz
9 VDC 1000mA to much? 4 4722 October 21, 2011
by mongo
Hardware/software oscilloscope? 7 6478 October 19, 2011
by cyberion
R-2R ladder using random crap resistors 25 23533 October 16, 2011
by sask55
RxD / TxD Questions 10 8103 October 13, 2011
by Twarter369
Basic Electrical Toggle Switch question.. 5 4823 October 07, 2011
by scottmc94
Piezo Buzzer - help 6 4714 October 03, 2011
by scottmc94
Program Upload Error with initialload 17 4995 September 30, 2011
by nerdgirl
I'm Curious About The Breadboard 2 4493 September 27, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Any games for Learning Electronics? 12 14526 September 21, 2011
by sask55
Help re-purposing A Palm M100 Portable Keyboard. 3 6199 September 18, 2011
by Twarter369
I just bought a Oscilloscope!! 57 24772 September 16, 2011
by dgikuljot
Digital Multimeter will not show resistance! 12 13498 September 16, 2011
by bretm
Something fast and with a lot of memory... 5 4420 September 16, 2011
by 6ofhalfdozen
595 Shift Array, BC337 Transistor and Solenoid 9 8035 September 14, 2011
by BobaMosfet
4 Transistor H-Bridge Fail 46 14219 September 10, 2011
by bretm
Nerdkit/Arduino with EL wire 34 9180 September 10, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Question about frequency and duty cycles on a multimeter 9 5584 September 01, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Dim LED 3 4401 August 23, 2011
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
Embedding Multi-Core Processors 17 4910 August 23, 2011
by Twarter369
Easy Transistor Question 4 5578 August 20, 2011
by jimmyw404
Daisy chaining MC74MC595 Shift Registers 13 7532 August 18, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Building a coil?? 12 7348 August 12, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Programming the micro-controller 9 4811 July 26, 2011
by Rick_S
Advice needed for further projects with my nerdkit 3 4467 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
more questions about tempsensor.c code 4 4289 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
tempsensor.c code question 3 4242 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Which way does electricity flow? Positive-to-Negative or Vice Versa? 5 24405 July 22, 2011
by rboggs10
Converting input signal for ADC, impedance matching? 7 5550 July 20, 2011
by BobaMosfet
my lcd went blank except a little line that looks like a cursor 2 4959 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Temperature project unclear explanation of error in uncompiled code 5 4676 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
make file errors on initialload.c 6 4712 July 17, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Error: "Maybe it isn't a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?" 3 7545 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
the make file cant locate the libnerdkits 3 4390 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
avr macpack 3 4748 July 16, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
acd with 2 inputs? 18 4752 July 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Electro-magnetism. Concept check. 14 4860 July 13, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Battery clip wires 3 4287 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Electronics advice needed 3 4188 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
I cant get my lcd to work 5 4474 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
2-ROW LCD Only Displaying 2 Rows of 8 dark blocks.... 3 4729 July 10, 2011
by gcharris
Help Please **** I can only use a 9v battrey sent by Nerdkits 35 5187 July 03, 2011
by wintersdb
Switching Ground with a transistor 12 25580 June 28, 2011
by dgikuljot
Powering I2C remote device? 3 4691 June 27, 2011
by Ralphxyz
rechargeable battery for project 2 4921 June 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
TTL ULN2038 Question 40 7068 June 17, 2011
by Rick_S
Circuit board for monophonic signal generator 1 5010 June 15, 2011
by kayrock
4 Channel Voltage and Current Monitor 3 5005 June 15, 2011
by gcharris
"-U": The system could not find the file specified ERROR 6 4877 June 08, 2011
by pgdsmca
LCD Only showing 2 black Lines ????? 7 5550 June 06, 2011
by mja
A couple of questions 3 4620 June 06, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much should I strip? 3 4662 June 01, 2011
by mongo
How do I interface a Parallel-In Serial Out Shift Register with my microcontroller? 8 5152 June 01, 2011
by hevans
Motor Control/MCU power bus 5 4566 May 30, 2011
by esoderberg
How do I use two Serial or Parallel-in/serial out shift registers together? 2 4876 May 29, 2011
by Rick_S
Digital Input Question 4 4638 May 28, 2011
by frankdwest
PCB arrived 20 4621 May 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Save state data to EEPROM with power cutoff capacitor value? 4 5263 May 24, 2011
by gcharris
Calculating bypass capacitor 6 24386 May 19, 2011
by Ralphxyz
What shift register should I buy? 4 5198 May 09, 2011
by Noter
IR current 6 4913 May 05, 2011
by missle3944
Turning on COmputer without Switch 39 5680 May 04, 2011
by hariharan
Heat sensors 21 6031 May 04, 2011
by Hexorg
error 1 2 4500 May 02, 2011
by hevans
Transistor vs mosfet 13 12849 May 01, 2011
by Noter
PCB trace width calculator 3 6061 April 24, 2011
by esoderberg
OLED display 10 5782 April 23, 2011
by Rick_S
Power Supplies 17 6338 April 22, 2011
by BobBolinger
LCD & battery&USB 4 4418 April 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Amperage Multiplyer 6 5136 April 21, 2011
by Rick_S
ADC Theremin Help... 1 4604 April 20, 2011
by jasongillikin
RF and oscoliscope 2 5624 April 19, 2011
by mongo
Connecting to external control voltages 4 4557 April 19, 2011
by bretm
IR current question 7 4679 April 18, 2011
by BobaMosfet
What is the purpose of the resistor in this power supply? 4 5474 April 17, 2011
by rajabalu21
Not meeting input Voltage Threshold, amplify? and Do I need a buffer? (Button input, LED output) 14 5672 April 14, 2011
by bretm
USB cable issues (maybe fried) 7 4916 April 10, 2011
by uml_12
Basic projects 3 4586 April 09, 2011
by mongo
REFLOW oven 22 7565 April 07, 2011
by Rick_S
Why 5 volts is most widely used? 10 15035 April 07, 2011
by bretm
unexpected MCU rebooting 82 9704 April 05, 2011
by sask55
REFLOW Soldering 3 5578 April 05, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Setting baudrate for bluetooth connectivity 1 4904 March 31, 2011
by AbhishekBhat
Oscilation circuits 8 7284 March 30, 2011
by bretm
Black Display on LCD 6 4859 March 28, 2011
by Druidman
32kHz clock 2 4521 March 28, 2011
by Rick_S
Debouncing and External Interrupts 9 11882 March 27, 2011
by Mujda
Geiger Counter Schematic Help 3 12465 March 18, 2011
by mongo
Thermocouples, relays, and fun!!! 12 6734 March 16, 2011
by mongo
LCD problem 3 4912 March 08, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How do I determine the throw characteristics of a Relay 8 5549 March 08, 2011
by bretm
ATMega168 Microcontroller simple relay with timer examIple 3 5608 March 01, 2011
by Rick_S
Why does my LED light if i so much as get near the circuit 3 4610 February 26, 2011
by nckomodo
Using a 555 IC instead of a Crystal Oscillator? 6 8393 February 26, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Pushbutton on off code 3 5595 February 26, 2011
by amartinez
Why does my led light without the battery? 2 5502 February 26, 2011
by hevans
24 volt DC to 12 volt DC 6 12562 February 25, 2011
by JKITSON
How to Switch a Solenoid? 11 9341 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Farads and Capacitors 8 6197 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much to switch a relay? 3 9692 February 19, 2011
by Lusitania
My first Impression 6 5041 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Understanding battery life 3 6382 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Power Supply for LED's 4 5919 February 13, 2011
by sask55
Using Devices With Different Voltages 11 5579 February 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
High voltage lines 26 7791 February 02, 2011
by mongo
USB 3 4567 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Ultrasonic thickness gauge with the NerdKit; interference form capacitance? 12 5652 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Alternating LED circuit 4 5533 February 02, 2011
by Rick_S
Powering a Stepper Motor 5 6871 January 31, 2011
by il1019
Affordable oscilloscopes 43 15341 January 27, 2011
by BStory
"And"gate unfinished thought 2 4726 January 27, 2011
by Hexorg
replace MCU? 30 9879 January 26, 2011
by Jalex
Using a thermometer with the nerdkits microcontroller. 17 5315 January 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Multimeter! 12 7585 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
Generate a steady DC level from PWM signal 9 6229 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
My LED Cube so far 25 11018 January 24, 2011
by Keyster
what is a butterfly in hardwaring 3 6018 January 22, 2011
by Rick_S
USing Calculator as Keypad 5 5462 January 18, 2011
by dgikuljot
Counting 5 4696 January 18, 2011
by Jalex
How do I calculate the cutoff frequency...? 3 9332 January 17, 2011
by bretm
Programming 5 5558 January 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Induction loop actuator 7 5754 January 11, 2011
by Yourself
Begining 7 5845 January 09, 2011
by Jalex
Is Single-bit Memory Cell Diagram on Pg 14 Correct? 6 6208 January 09, 2011
by pacnwdude
uninterrupted power supply for NerdKit project 4 5531 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
RFB12B ... what are all this terms? >_< 5 4863 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
UART operating at 3.3V 1 5401 January 06, 2011
by Mujda
Data input voltage 6 5390 January 03, 2011
by Rick_S
MOSFET Question 7 5589 December 31, 2010
by Keyster
Transistor as a switch 5 5595 December 29, 2010
by Hexorg
Resistors 5 5960 December 28, 2010
by georgio
Problem with NPN Phototransistor 16 10908 December 28, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Problem with Voltage Regulator? 14 5801 December 28, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Relay ratings 2 5100 December 24, 2010
by mongo
Do LEDs need a series resistor to limit the current? 27 20496 December 19, 2010
by mongo
Safe, Easy and Inexpensive way to Control AC Power 3 4948 December 17, 2010
by mongo
Power Rectifier 7 7254 December 15, 2010
by Hexorg
Limitation of a battery on the NerdKit 18 7595 December 14, 2010
by danuke
This a decent oscilloscope? 8 5352 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Do resistors in series really add up? 8 6792 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Falstad circuit emulator in Java 1 6172 December 09, 2010
by bretm
L293 H-Bridge 15 6863 December 05, 2010
by devinsbusiness
Spark when using a flyback diode 3 7093 December 04, 2010
by Wheresmind
INA118 -- Instrumentation Amplifier 8 7282 December 02, 2010
by BobaMosfet
angular position sensors and multiplexing 9 6156 November 29, 2010
by d3adl0ck3
Solar cells in parallell, but no additional amperage 11 6687 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Op-amp not working 6 6949 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Python questions 4 5904 November 21, 2010
by tkopriva
CE Amp design 5 5458 November 12, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Is it possible to re-use parts from household appliances? 5 5346 November 05, 2010
by mongo
Confirming MCU clock is functioning 8 5212 November 05, 2010
by Mujda
PC4 not working?! 8 5061 November 04, 2010
by hapshetsut
Amplifiers 4 5008 October 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
supplying power and controlling 12V motors/fans 3 5882 October 12, 2010
by JerseyGun
Transistors Versus Diodes 4 5987 October 04, 2010
by Scythium
radio interference from NerdKit 11 5097 September 27, 2010
by Rob56
USB cable and Bluetooth dongle ... 9 9715 September 14, 2010
by Ralphxyz
solar project with light sensors 7 5580 September 11, 2010
by akajester
QFP and dreadboard 2 5483 September 02, 2010
by bretm
Getting power to the spinning part... 5 5318 August 31, 2010
by Hexorg
Need help with electronics using a op-amp 21 13304 August 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
morse code decoder 2 5424 August 26, 2010
by jonathan_m
Connecting to Computer 3 5411 August 25, 2010
by awesome
555 astable on breadboard 12 6927 August 22, 2010
by mongo
Digital Sound Recording System Need Help!! 1 5041 August 20, 2010
by xc2rx
Use 4 digit LED display using fewest possible outputs 2 5531 August 19, 2010
by hevans
mosfet 3 4802 August 13, 2010
by hevans
Good material on learning electronics. 8 5816 August 11, 2010
by TexanBackpacker
MCU Clock Implementation 2 4694 August 06, 2010
by Rick_S
Servo causes MCU to reset 4 7470 August 02, 2010
by mrobbins
More batteries = more voltage? 3 6645 July 23, 2010
by mongo
Building a motor driver/ESC for AC motor. 10 10109 July 09, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Using LM741 amp in the Piezoelectric Sound Meter Project 7 7102 July 02, 2010
by mongo
Electro Cardio Gram 4 6014 June 21, 2010
by Ralphxyz
How do I read very low voltages with the Nerdkit please? (0 to 20.0 mV) 3 4736 June 12, 2010
by Wobbler
Voltage Regulator 20 6488 June 10, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Converting Battery power to Wall Plug-in... 2 6022 June 09, 2010
by mongo
Bipolar and MOSFET transistors 3 6695 June 09, 2010
by CyberGod
high side mosfet led multiplexing 5 6328 June 07, 2010
by gnkarn
tempsensor, LM34DZ, specs. 4 5543 June 07, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Some questions (temp sensor + button) 4 4761 June 06, 2010
by Kafke
TSSOP IC! 4 5537 June 03, 2010
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