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USBasp Help! 3 6017 October 22, 2015
by sask55
Would someone explain Proximity Sensor? 19 8309 May 04, 2015
by mongo
Need to replace Wall Watt 16 5525 May 02, 2015
by Ralphxyz
Connecting Mosfet 10 5158 April 10, 2015
by Noter
My new 3D Printer 44 20733 April 07, 2015
by Rick_S
AtMega 644 2 5172 September 06, 2014
by Rick_S
Switching between +5v and -5V 2 4225 August 07, 2014
by Rick_S
Are there hobby printers for my microproccessor? 4 4915 June 02, 2014
by JKITSON
Automated programming mode? 9 5201 April 08, 2014
by Rick_S
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 5 4767 January 30, 2014
by BobaMosfet
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 1 4807 January 28, 2014
by lailai
What kind of error is this? 4 4578 January 23, 2014
by Noter
How to double a DC voltage? 20 12035 January 12, 2014
by JKITSON
Is the code the driver? 2 4486 January 12, 2014
by Ralphxyz
Miniature headers 6 4698 January 01, 2014
by Ralphxyz
BLDC 8 4798 December 23, 2013
by esoderberg
I need help finding a terminal. 17 5396 November 26, 2013
by Rick_S
GLCD SPI problems 14 8662 November 10, 2013
by andyi
Moving on... 7 4591 November 08, 2013
by Pr0ject
Power supply questions 4 6174 October 31, 2013
by sask55
OLED 4 4360 October 29, 2013
by esoderberg
Thermocouple wiring?? 19 16470 September 22, 2013
by sask55
Opto Interrupter once again 14 9090 September 19, 2013
by scootergarrett
FFC/FPC connection ideas? 4 4762 September 10, 2013
by Ralphxyz
A3977 Stepper Motor Driver 42 11851 September 02, 2013
by Ralphxyz
USB cable specifications 7 6412 August 29, 2013
by Noter
Help with reading UART Stream on mac 9 5302 August 27, 2013
by Affarram
XMEGA Breakout 8 5674 August 26, 2013
by JKITSON
Can someone help me with LDOs? 5 4317 August 21, 2013
by BobaMosfet
lower voltage of sensor output LM335 5 4996 August 20, 2013
by Osarus
TQFP ATmega 168 capacitors 6 5032 August 01, 2013
by scootergarrett
Stepper Motor Programming 154 11800 July 21, 2013
by sask55
Low Voltage Level Translator That Fits the MCU and Breadboard 63 16432 June 18, 2013
by Noter
Two Wrongs Make it Right 3 4333 May 22, 2013
by meltbox360
accurate time for a real time clock 5 4936 April 08, 2013
by pcbolt
Using diode to drop voltage 12 66517 March 27, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Cannot understand the pins 3 4126 March 27, 2013
by oshjdf
Since it is kinda slow around here I thought I'd ask .... 6 4691 March 15, 2013
by sask55
What is the purpose of 1000 ohm resistor for LCD's pin 3? 10 8877 March 14, 2013
by mongo
Current vs Voltage 8 5765 March 14, 2013
by sask55
Control LED Stripes with 2N7000 MOSFET 3 5344 March 09, 2013
by lnino
Electric current 2 4105 March 08, 2013
by Ralphxyz
How to power up Sim908 module? 4 7054 March 07, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Limiting battery discharge? 12 9976 March 03, 2013
by mongo
feeding a 7805 with 24VDC for <25mA output? 11 9624 February 28, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Control electronic door opener 15 5191 February 24, 2013
by lnino
Relay Question 27 8472 February 19, 2013
by Noter
Rotary Encoder how to?? 21 8162 February 15, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Unipolar Stepper motor with ULN2003A, 4 5641 February 11, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Introductory circuit design books 2 5479 January 30, 2013
by pcbolt
Anyone know how to program an 8052 MCU? 8 5274 January 03, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Higher power supplies with ATMega168 (running higher voltage devices with lower powered ground) 4 4842 December 30, 2012
by BobaMosfet
edX Free MIT online course 4 5564 December 22, 2012
by pcbolt
handling microprocessor and static eletricity 22 4858 December 18, 2012
by JKITSON
Voltage Divider (Resistors) 9 5682 December 17, 2012
by GenHornet18
iphone-controlled R/C car project 2 4202 November 26, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Wire broke off in LCD pin 6 4256 November 26, 2012
by gsjbjt
Where to buy individual oscillators 8 4765 November 26, 2012
by Pew446
Need help using a 5v relay to trip a 12v relay 9 10375 November 18, 2012
by carlhako
SPI slave clock 6 4990 October 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 8 4365 October 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Why pick a crystal frequency of 14.7456 MHz? 16 31686 October 23, 2012
by Noter
NPN circuit connection quandry 4 4939 September 24, 2012
by edb
Simple I/O circuit 4 4598 September 23, 2012
by wadaltmon
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4357 September 21, 2012
by Davda
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4113 September 21, 2012
by Davda
LED - Common Anode 8 Segment Display 13 6954 September 20, 2012
by pcbolt
Can I Power the ATmega168 with 3.3 V? 4 4592 September 20, 2012
by karam
Measuring PWM Duty Cycle 6 6988 September 13, 2012
by dan_engbers
Electronics simulation 8 5218 August 31, 2012
by Chris100
LED Sign Help - How to control words 26 7405 August 27, 2012
by Rick_S
Help me on my learning path please :) 4 4493 August 20, 2012
by rblalock
louder sound 2 4266 August 18, 2012
by mongo
connector or cable for LCD display? 4 4483 August 13, 2012
by missle3944
Powering L.E.Ds 5 4620 August 09, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Wires in U.K 5 5083 August 08, 2012
by mikey6879
Bluetooth Please HELP! 3 5003 July 29, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Stepper Motor Motor Speed Control 13 8164 July 25, 2012
by sask55
Anything wrong with adding a large bypass capacitor? 6 7678 July 25, 2012
by bretm
Stepper Motor Direction Control 12 5497 July 21, 2012
by live4the1
Using Usbasp for attiny25 36 23020 July 21, 2012
by lnino
um help 6 4075 July 20, 2012
by Rick_S
Stepper Motor L298N/L297N controller 3 5131 July 18, 2012
by Ralphxyz
help me 11 4997 July 03, 2012
by Rick_S
Crystal Oscillator question 2 4399 July 02, 2012
by pcbolt
This will lead to more questions, how to use 20 volt battery to power projects and motors? 9 5718 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
HELP 3 4116 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Controlling Stepper Motors 35 15148 June 21, 2012
by mcguinnessdr
Geomagnetic vectors with a magnetoresistive sensor? 1 4238 June 19, 2012
by lcruz007
PT100 temperature sensor reading 1 6164 June 17, 2012
by RogerFL
Programmable current source 6 6246 June 14, 2012
by JamesFysh
Increase range of an IR LED. 4 5755 June 11, 2012
by mongo
HELP 6 4458 June 11, 2012
by mikeduff76
Running motor through the mircocontroller 8 4865 June 09, 2012
by mongo
How can I detect the signal from a key fob? 15 52712 May 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
i need a code 8 4859 May 15, 2012
by pcbolt
Clock Accuracy 30 9534 May 14, 2012
by HexManiac
Relays and Controlling them 9 4844 May 10, 2012
by sask55
Using Internal 8 MHz Oscillator 4 5102 May 09, 2012
by RogerFL
Powering your NerdKit 7 4680 April 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
output pin is 2.5v when low 7 4708 April 27, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Lm317 vs lm317t 2 7993 April 26, 2012
by BobaMosfet
nOOb looking for additional explanation 6 5095 April 24, 2012
by pcbolt
Programs will not run 6 4591 April 16, 2012
by E2MicroRobots
CE EMITTER_BIAS CONFIGURATION 12 5250 April 10, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Anyone used a 2 x 20 LCD? Which one? 10 4894 April 09, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Path Lights controller 2 4459 April 04, 2012
by pcbolt
Frequency Response and stability, how do you determine if your system is stable 7 4571 April 02, 2012
by Akeshish
Very fundamental problem of operating with out a ground?? 11 5130 April 02, 2012
by sask55
line-level output, regulator ICs and op-amps?? 3 4674 April 01, 2012
by JamesFysh
Question on LCD screen 5 4697 March 30, 2012
by billtaichi
Is this Capaciator Good 4 4660 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Oscilloscopes (for the umpteenth time) 5 5995 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Basic Electronics Tutorial to Complement Nerdkits? 5 5621 March 26, 2012
by Ralphxyz
PIR motion sensor to trigger home wireless camera problems 4 9324 March 23, 2012
by 6ofhalfdozen
Ground connector on power supplies?? 3 4761 March 15, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why TC negative connected to ground 3 6110 March 15, 2012
by mongo
Digital servo issues! 9 5312 March 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Brushless motor control 16 5641 March 12, 2012
by hevans
Windows not detecting device 3 4430 March 10, 2012
by hevans
Voltage throught MCU 5 4441 March 05, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Ignition Coil Driver 16 20349 March 02, 2012
by RevMoses
Rotary Encoder pinout (and other questions I am sure) 8 12225 March 02, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why do you pass a MIC Vout through a capacitor? 12 21659 March 01, 2012
by hevans
Up and running... 3 4237 March 01, 2012
by dvdsnyd
9v to vcc survivable? 5 4899 February 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Accurate AREF for accurate ADC voltage readings 4 5245 February 26, 2012
by carlhako
Problem with code (2 inputs) 12 4467 February 24, 2012
by Rick_S
programming lcd trubs 7 4584 February 19, 2012
by raccoons
17 super bright white LEDs at the same time...SAFE?! 5 5258 February 18, 2012
by Rick_S
Oscilloscope 15 6555 February 18, 2012
by Osarus
How far away can a LM34 be? 16 11089 February 14, 2012
by dcarter777
Need help understanding a relay schematic 4 5688 February 14, 2012
by Ralphxyz
It's true, we forget... 18 4872 February 12, 2012
by Farmerjoecoledge
Very Basic Batteries in a Series Question 12 12205 February 09, 2012
by mongo
Data transmission 3 5418 February 08, 2012
by amartinez
PowerLineCommunication(PLC) vs Wireless 3 5226 February 05, 2012
by mongo
CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY 6 6806 February 04, 2012
by met_fredrik
ADC reads fluctuating voltage when nothing is connected! 2 4752 February 03, 2012
by BobaMosfet
connencting two ics to port 3 4253 January 31, 2012
by tchilzer2
H bridge questions 6 5053 January 27, 2012
by tchilzer2
Voltage Regulators and Efficiency... 3 4807 January 24, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Voltage Drop when LEDs Flash 8 5222 January 23, 2012
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
LED Array - Wall power problems 14 5433 January 19, 2012
by sask55
How to measure floating (isolated) high DC voltage? 5 8560 January 17, 2012
by jfbrink
Mysteries of Capaciators in Reverse 9 5094 January 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Source of power? 19 5251 January 13, 2012
by mongo
symbol defined please? 4 4893 January 13, 2012
by sonicgadgets
Best zero cross detection IC 14 18323 January 07, 2012
by met_fredrik
How hot is too hot for the voltage regulator 3 4807 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Basic LED circuit properties 8 5031 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Getting Started 3 4504 January 05, 2012
by Stretch
Source of randomness for the hardware RNG 20 5693 January 02, 2012
by bodangly
SMD reflow 16 5813 December 27, 2011
by boxvic
kirchhoff's voltage law... 3 4747 December 25, 2011
by jbolfiil
Phase Shifter or time delay circuit? 7 5413 December 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Potentiometer 8 6423 December 23, 2011
by huzbum
Fun with Op-Amps 3 6635 December 22, 2011
by treymd
Do I need an H-Bridge? 14 5716 December 19, 2011
by n1cl3
Odessy of the minds 5 4939 December 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Having trouble uploading my program keep getting this error: Any ideas anyone. Thanks 2 4330 November 27, 2011
by sazD
Initial Load 2 4966 November 27, 2011
by missle3944
Using pushbuttons to increment position of servo 4 5713 November 23, 2011
by SpaceGhost
Yellow USB wire problem 15 6385 November 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Speakers with LEDs that light with the music 4 5035 November 14, 2011
by mongo
Strange behaviour with a DC motor 18 10219 November 10, 2011
by jfbrink
Servo Squitter Project 13 4796 November 09, 2011
by Heed
how do i run a program 4 4347 November 08, 2011
by Heed
Help!!! my grades are in jeopordy 3 4594 November 07, 2011
by Heed
Motor control question 2 4396 November 04, 2011
by hevans
Help driving a high voltage Piezo 6 10146 November 02, 2011
by buffetrand
9V transformer more like ~15V 2 4667 October 31, 2011
by hevans
Tick Tock Clock question about which pins and long load times from DASA. 1 4557 October 25, 2011
by apphilosophy
Why is reversing polarity a bad thing? 26 98022 October 24, 2011
by glendon
Measuring Capacitance 9 6088 October 24, 2011
by Ralphxyz
9 VDC 1000mA to much? 4 4688 October 21, 2011
by mongo
Hardware/software oscilloscope? 7 6447 October 19, 2011
by cyberion
R-2R ladder using random crap resistors 25 23436 October 16, 2011
by sask55
RxD / TxD Questions 10 8053 October 13, 2011
by Twarter369
Basic Electrical Toggle Switch question.. 5 4782 October 07, 2011
by scottmc94
Piezo Buzzer - help 6 4678 October 03, 2011
by scottmc94
Program Upload Error with initialload 17 4959 September 30, 2011
by nerdgirl
I'm Curious About The Breadboard 2 4458 September 27, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Any games for Learning Electronics? 12 14400 September 21, 2011
by sask55
Help re-purposing A Palm M100 Portable Keyboard. 3 6158 September 18, 2011
by Twarter369
I just bought a Oscilloscope!! 57 24718 September 16, 2011
by dgikuljot
Digital Multimeter will not show resistance! 12 13445 September 16, 2011
by bretm
Something fast and with a lot of memory... 5 4394 September 16, 2011
by 6ofhalfdozen
595 Shift Array, BC337 Transistor and Solenoid 9 8002 September 14, 2011
by BobaMosfet
4 Transistor H-Bridge Fail 46 14150 September 10, 2011
by bretm
Nerdkit/Arduino with EL wire 34 9132 September 10, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Question about frequency and duty cycles on a multimeter 9 5546 September 01, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Dim LED 3 4359 August 23, 2011
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
Embedding Multi-Core Processors 17 4873 August 23, 2011
by Twarter369
Easy Transistor Question 4 5541 August 20, 2011
by jimmyw404
Daisy chaining MC74MC595 Shift Registers 13 7495 August 18, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Building a coil?? 12 7307 August 12, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Programming the micro-controller 9 4777 July 26, 2011
by Rick_S
Advice needed for further projects with my nerdkit 3 4432 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
more questions about tempsensor.c code 4 4256 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
tempsensor.c code question 3 4198 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Which way does electricity flow? Positive-to-Negative or Vice Versa? 5 24369 July 22, 2011
by rboggs10
Converting input signal for ADC, impedance matching? 7 5522 July 20, 2011
by BobaMosfet
my lcd went blank except a little line that looks like a cursor 2 4933 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Temperature project unclear explanation of error in uncompiled code 5 4639 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
make file errors on initialload.c 6 4678 July 17, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Error: "Maybe it isn't a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?" 3 7509 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
the make file cant locate the libnerdkits 3 4350 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
avr macpack 3 4721 July 16, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
acd with 2 inputs? 18 4715 July 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Electro-magnetism. Concept check. 14 4826 July 13, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Battery clip wires 3 4257 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Electronics advice needed 3 4155 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
I cant get my lcd to work 5 4441 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
2-ROW LCD Only Displaying 2 Rows of 8 dark blocks.... 3 4695 July 10, 2011
by gcharris
Help Please **** I can only use a 9v battrey sent by Nerdkits 35 5154 July 03, 2011
by wintersdb
Switching Ground with a transistor 12 25526 June 28, 2011
by dgikuljot
Powering I2C remote device? 3 4665 June 27, 2011
by Ralphxyz
rechargeable battery for project 2 4891 June 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
TTL ULN2038 Question 40 7033 June 17, 2011
by Rick_S
Circuit board for monophonic signal generator 1 4970 June 15, 2011
by kayrock
4 Channel Voltage and Current Monitor 3 4974 June 15, 2011
by gcharris
"-U": The system could not find the file specified ERROR 6 4840 June 08, 2011
by pgdsmca
LCD Only showing 2 black Lines ????? 7 5490 June 06, 2011
by mja
A couple of questions 3 4582 June 06, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much should I strip? 3 4633 June 01, 2011
by mongo
How do I interface a Parallel-In Serial Out Shift Register with my microcontroller? 8 5119 June 01, 2011
by hevans
Motor Control/MCU power bus 5 4533 May 30, 2011
by esoderberg
How do I use two Serial or Parallel-in/serial out shift registers together? 2 4850 May 29, 2011
by Rick_S
Digital Input Question 4 4594 May 28, 2011
by frankdwest
PCB arrived 20 4581 May 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Save state data to EEPROM with power cutoff capacitor value? 4 5231 May 24, 2011
by gcharris
Calculating bypass capacitor 6 24315 May 19, 2011
by Ralphxyz
What shift register should I buy? 4 5174 May 09, 2011
by Noter
IR current 6 4879 May 05, 2011
by missle3944
Turning on COmputer without Switch 39 5619 May 04, 2011
by hariharan
Heat sensors 21 5987 May 04, 2011
by Hexorg
error 1 2 4469 May 02, 2011
by hevans
Transistor vs mosfet 13 12795 May 01, 2011
by Noter
PCB trace width calculator 3 6030 April 24, 2011
by esoderberg
OLED display 10 5752 April 23, 2011
by Rick_S
Power Supplies 17 6307 April 22, 2011
by BobBolinger
LCD & battery&USB 4 4387 April 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Amperage Multiplyer 6 5099 April 21, 2011
by Rick_S
ADC Theremin Help... 1 4559 April 20, 2011
by jasongillikin
RF and oscoliscope 2 5586 April 19, 2011
by mongo
Connecting to external control voltages 4 4519 April 19, 2011
by bretm
IR current question 7 4647 April 18, 2011
by BobaMosfet
What is the purpose of the resistor in this power supply? 4 5437 April 17, 2011
by rajabalu21
Not meeting input Voltage Threshold, amplify? and Do I need a buffer? (Button input, LED output) 14 5632 April 14, 2011
by bretm
USB cable issues (maybe fried) 7 4885 April 10, 2011
by uml_12
Basic projects 3 4559 April 09, 2011
by mongo
REFLOW oven 22 7533 April 07, 2011
by Rick_S
Why 5 volts is most widely used? 10 14964 April 07, 2011
by bretm
unexpected MCU rebooting 82 9646 April 05, 2011
by sask55
REFLOW Soldering 3 5543 April 05, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Setting baudrate for bluetooth connectivity 1 4871 March 31, 2011
by AbhishekBhat
Oscilation circuits 8 7223 March 30, 2011
by bretm
Black Display on LCD 6 4827 March 28, 2011
by Druidman
32kHz clock 2 4484 March 28, 2011
by Rick_S
Debouncing and External Interrupts 9 11808 March 27, 2011
by Mujda
Geiger Counter Schematic Help 3 12412 March 18, 2011
by mongo
Thermocouples, relays, and fun!!! 12 6700 March 16, 2011
by mongo
LCD problem 3 4871 March 08, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How do I determine the throw characteristics of a Relay 8 5508 March 08, 2011
by bretm
ATMega168 Microcontroller simple relay with timer examIple 3 5576 March 01, 2011
by Rick_S
Why does my LED light if i so much as get near the circuit 3 4580 February 26, 2011
by nckomodo
Using a 555 IC instead of a Crystal Oscillator? 6 8330 February 26, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Pushbutton on off code 3 5552 February 26, 2011
by amartinez
Why does my led light without the battery? 2 5465 February 26, 2011
by hevans
24 volt DC to 12 volt DC 6 12529 February 25, 2011
by JKITSON
How to Switch a Solenoid? 11 9300 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Farads and Capacitors 8 6161 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much to switch a relay? 3 9629 February 19, 2011
by Lusitania
My first Impression 6 5009 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Understanding battery life 3 6343 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Power Supply for LED's 4 5887 February 13, 2011
by sask55
Using Devices With Different Voltages 11 5538 February 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
High voltage lines 26 7747 February 02, 2011
by mongo
USB 3 4532 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Ultrasonic thickness gauge with the NerdKit; interference form capacitance? 12 5622 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Alternating LED circuit 4 5497 February 02, 2011
by Rick_S
Powering a Stepper Motor 5 6839 January 31, 2011
by il1019
Affordable oscilloscopes 43 15275 January 27, 2011
by BStory
"And"gate unfinished thought 2 4701 January 27, 2011
by Hexorg
replace MCU? 30 9834 January 26, 2011
by Jalex
Using a thermometer with the nerdkits microcontroller. 17 5274 January 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Multimeter! 12 7545 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
Generate a steady DC level from PWM signal 9 6199 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
My LED Cube so far 25 10987 January 24, 2011
by Keyster
what is a butterfly in hardwaring 3 5984 January 22, 2011
by Rick_S
USing Calculator as Keypad 5 5422 January 18, 2011
by dgikuljot
Counting 5 4661 January 18, 2011
by Jalex
How do I calculate the cutoff frequency...? 3 9305 January 17, 2011
by bretm
Programming 5 5533 January 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Induction loop actuator 7 5716 January 11, 2011
by Yourself
Begining 7 5798 January 09, 2011
by Jalex
Is Single-bit Memory Cell Diagram on Pg 14 Correct? 6 6178 January 09, 2011
by pacnwdude
uninterrupted power supply for NerdKit project 4 5504 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
RFB12B ... what are all this terms? >_< 5 4823 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
UART operating at 3.3V 1 5369 January 06, 2011
by Mujda
Data input voltage 6 5359 January 03, 2011
by Rick_S
MOSFET Question 7 5540 December 31, 2010
by Keyster
Transistor as a switch 5 5556 December 29, 2010
by Hexorg
Resistors 5 5921 December 28, 2010
by georgio
Problem with NPN Phototransistor 16 10876 December 28, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Problem with Voltage Regulator? 14 5772 December 28, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Relay ratings 2 5068 December 24, 2010
by mongo
Do LEDs need a series resistor to limit the current? 27 20442 December 19, 2010
by mongo
Safe, Easy and Inexpensive way to Control AC Power 3 4914 December 17, 2010
by mongo
Power Rectifier 7 7217 December 15, 2010
by Hexorg
Limitation of a battery on the NerdKit 18 7555 December 14, 2010
by danuke
This a decent oscilloscope? 8 5320 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Do resistors in series really add up? 8 6750 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Falstad circuit emulator in Java 1 6141 December 09, 2010
by bretm
L293 H-Bridge 15 6833 December 05, 2010
by devinsbusiness
Spark when using a flyback diode 3 7057 December 04, 2010
by Wheresmind
INA118 -- Instrumentation Amplifier 8 7239 December 02, 2010
by BobaMosfet
angular position sensors and multiplexing 9 6119 November 29, 2010
by d3adl0ck3
Solar cells in parallell, but no additional amperage 11 6646 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Op-amp not working 6 6910 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Python questions 4 5867 November 21, 2010
by tkopriva
CE Amp design 5 5426 November 12, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Is it possible to re-use parts from household appliances? 5 5307 November 05, 2010
by mongo
Confirming MCU clock is functioning 8 5177 November 05, 2010
by Mujda
PC4 not working?! 8 5030 November 04, 2010
by hapshetsut
Amplifiers 4 4975 October 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
supplying power and controlling 12V motors/fans 3 5854 October 12, 2010
by JerseyGun
Transistors Versus Diodes 4 5947 October 04, 2010
by Scythium
radio interference from NerdKit 11 5065 September 27, 2010
by Rob56
USB cable and Bluetooth dongle ... 9 9686 September 14, 2010
by Ralphxyz
solar project with light sensors 7 5549 September 11, 2010
by akajester
QFP and dreadboard 2 5446 September 02, 2010
by bretm
Getting power to the spinning part... 5 5285 August 31, 2010
by Hexorg
Need help with electronics using a op-amp 21 13268 August 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
morse code decoder 2 5397 August 26, 2010
by jonathan_m
Connecting to Computer 3 5383 August 25, 2010
by awesome
555 astable on breadboard 12 6894 August 22, 2010
by mongo
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by xc2rx
Use 4 digit LED display using fewest possible outputs 2 5502 August 19, 2010
by hevans
mosfet 3 4773 August 13, 2010
by hevans
Good material on learning electronics. 8 5782 August 11, 2010
by TexanBackpacker
MCU Clock Implementation 2 4658 August 06, 2010
by Rick_S
Servo causes MCU to reset 4 7415 August 02, 2010
by mrobbins
More batteries = more voltage? 3 6603 July 23, 2010
by mongo
Building a motor driver/ESC for AC motor. 10 10050 July 09, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Using LM741 amp in the Piezoelectric Sound Meter Project 7 7069 July 02, 2010
by mongo
Electro Cardio Gram 4 5971 June 21, 2010
by Ralphxyz
How do I read very low voltages with the Nerdkit please? (0 to 20.0 mV) 3 4710 June 12, 2010
by Wobbler
Voltage Regulator 20 6446 June 10, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Converting Battery power to Wall Plug-in... 2 5994 June 09, 2010
by mongo
Bipolar and MOSFET transistors 3 6664 June 09, 2010
by CyberGod
high side mosfet led multiplexing 5 6292 June 07, 2010
by gnkarn
tempsensor, LM34DZ, specs. 4 5500 June 07, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Some questions (temp sensor + button) 4 4725 June 06, 2010
by Kafke
TSSOP IC! 4 5503 June 03, 2010
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