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USBasp Help! 3 5995 October 22, 2015
by sask55
Would someone explain Proximity Sensor? 19 8281 May 04, 2015
by mongo
Need to replace Wall Watt 16 5509 May 02, 2015
by Ralphxyz
Connecting Mosfet 10 5135 April 10, 2015
by Noter
My new 3D Printer 44 20716 April 07, 2015
by Rick_S
AtMega 644 2 5155 September 06, 2014
by Rick_S
Switching between +5v and -5V 2 4208 August 07, 2014
by Rick_S
Are there hobby printers for my microproccessor? 4 4895 June 02, 2014
by JKITSON
Automated programming mode? 9 5184 April 08, 2014
by Rick_S
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 5 4752 January 30, 2014
by BobaMosfet
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 1 4785 January 28, 2014
by lailai
What kind of error is this? 4 4565 January 23, 2014
by Noter
How to double a DC voltage? 20 12016 January 12, 2014
by JKITSON
Is the code the driver? 2 4470 January 12, 2014
by Ralphxyz
Miniature headers 6 4685 January 01, 2014
by Ralphxyz
BLDC 8 4781 December 23, 2013
by esoderberg
I need help finding a terminal. 17 5379 November 26, 2013
by Rick_S
GLCD SPI problems 14 8646 November 10, 2013
by andyi
Moving on... 7 4573 November 08, 2013
by Pr0ject
Power supply questions 4 6154 October 31, 2013
by sask55
OLED 4 4344 October 29, 2013
by esoderberg
Thermocouple wiring?? 19 16437 September 22, 2013
by sask55
Opto Interrupter once again 14 9068 September 19, 2013
by scootergarrett
FFC/FPC connection ideas? 4 4748 September 10, 2013
by Ralphxyz
A3977 Stepper Motor Driver 42 11823 September 02, 2013
by Ralphxyz
USB cable specifications 7 6372 August 29, 2013
by Noter
Help with reading UART Stream on mac 9 5285 August 27, 2013
by Affarram
XMEGA Breakout 8 5652 August 26, 2013
by JKITSON
Can someone help me with LDOs? 5 4302 August 21, 2013
by BobaMosfet
lower voltage of sensor output LM335 5 4981 August 20, 2013
by Osarus
TQFP ATmega 168 capacitors 6 5019 August 01, 2013
by scootergarrett
Stepper Motor Programming 154 11768 July 21, 2013
by sask55
Low Voltage Level Translator That Fits the MCU and Breadboard 63 16401 June 18, 2013
by Noter
Two Wrongs Make it Right 3 4317 May 22, 2013
by meltbox360
accurate time for a real time clock 5 4916 April 08, 2013
by pcbolt
Using diode to drop voltage 12 66482 March 27, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Cannot understand the pins 3 4107 March 27, 2013
by oshjdf
Since it is kinda slow around here I thought I'd ask .... 6 4675 March 15, 2013
by sask55
What is the purpose of 1000 ohm resistor for LCD's pin 3? 10 8859 March 14, 2013
by mongo
Current vs Voltage 8 5745 March 14, 2013
by sask55
Control LED Stripes with 2N7000 MOSFET 3 5328 March 09, 2013
by lnino
Electric current 2 4089 March 08, 2013
by Ralphxyz
How to power up Sim908 module? 4 7038 March 07, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Limiting battery discharge? 12 9959 March 03, 2013
by mongo
feeding a 7805 with 24VDC for <25mA output? 11 9601 February 28, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Control electronic door opener 15 5174 February 24, 2013
by lnino
Relay Question 27 8447 February 19, 2013
by Noter
Rotary Encoder how to?? 21 8144 February 15, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Unipolar Stepper motor with ULN2003A, 4 5625 February 11, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Introductory circuit design books 2 5466 January 30, 2013
by pcbolt
Anyone know how to program an 8052 MCU? 8 5258 January 03, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Higher power supplies with ATMega168 (running higher voltage devices with lower powered ground) 4 4827 December 30, 2012
by BobaMosfet
edX Free MIT online course 4 5543 December 22, 2012
by pcbolt
handling microprocessor and static eletricity 22 4840 December 18, 2012
by JKITSON
Voltage Divider (Resistors) 9 5664 December 17, 2012
by GenHornet18
iphone-controlled R/C car project 2 4183 November 26, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Wire broke off in LCD pin 6 4238 November 26, 2012
by gsjbjt
Where to buy individual oscillators 8 4742 November 26, 2012
by Pew446
Need help using a 5v relay to trip a 12v relay 9 10350 November 18, 2012
by carlhako
SPI slave clock 6 4973 October 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 8 4348 October 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Why pick a crystal frequency of 14.7456 MHz? 16 31653 October 23, 2012
by Noter
NPN circuit connection quandry 4 4923 September 24, 2012
by edb
Simple I/O circuit 4 4579 September 23, 2012
by wadaltmon
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4346 September 21, 2012
by Davda
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4098 September 21, 2012
by Davda
LED - Common Anode 8 Segment Display 13 6932 September 20, 2012
by pcbolt
Can I Power the ATmega168 with 3.3 V? 4 4571 September 20, 2012
by karam
Measuring PWM Duty Cycle 6 6973 September 13, 2012
by dan_engbers
Electronics simulation 8 5203 August 31, 2012
by Chris100
LED Sign Help - How to control words 26 7389 August 27, 2012
by Rick_S
Help me on my learning path please :) 4 4482 August 20, 2012
by rblalock
louder sound 2 4250 August 18, 2012
by mongo
connector or cable for LCD display? 4 4468 August 13, 2012
by missle3944
Powering L.E.Ds 5 4601 August 09, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Wires in U.K 5 5070 August 08, 2012
by mikey6879
Bluetooth Please HELP! 3 4987 July 29, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Stepper Motor Motor Speed Control 13 8139 July 25, 2012
by sask55
Anything wrong with adding a large bypass capacitor? 6 7659 July 25, 2012
by bretm
Stepper Motor Direction Control 12 5464 July 21, 2012
by live4the1
Using Usbasp for attiny25 36 23000 July 21, 2012
by lnino
um help 6 4062 July 20, 2012
by Rick_S
Stepper Motor L298N/L297N controller 3 5116 July 18, 2012
by Ralphxyz
help me 11 4982 July 03, 2012
by Rick_S
Crystal Oscillator question 2 4383 July 02, 2012
by pcbolt
This will lead to more questions, how to use 20 volt battery to power projects and motors? 9 5700 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
HELP 3 4102 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Controlling Stepper Motors 35 15122 June 21, 2012
by mcguinnessdr
Geomagnetic vectors with a magnetoresistive sensor? 1 4221 June 19, 2012
by lcruz007
PT100 temperature sensor reading 1 6152 June 17, 2012
by RogerFL
Programmable current source 6 6224 June 14, 2012
by JamesFysh
Increase range of an IR LED. 4 5742 June 11, 2012
by mongo
HELP 6 4443 June 11, 2012
by mikeduff76
Running motor through the mircocontroller 8 4845 June 09, 2012
by mongo
How can I detect the signal from a key fob? 15 52663 May 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
i need a code 8 4844 May 15, 2012
by pcbolt
Clock Accuracy 30 9519 May 14, 2012
by HexManiac
Relays and Controlling them 9 4828 May 10, 2012
by sask55
Using Internal 8 MHz Oscillator 4 5086 May 09, 2012
by RogerFL
Powering your NerdKit 7 4662 April 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
output pin is 2.5v when low 7 4695 April 27, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Lm317 vs lm317t 2 7970 April 26, 2012
by BobaMosfet
nOOb looking for additional explanation 6 5076 April 24, 2012
by pcbolt
Programs will not run 6 4577 April 16, 2012
by E2MicroRobots
CE EMITTER_BIAS CONFIGURATION 12 5232 April 10, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Anyone used a 2 x 20 LCD? Which one? 10 4879 April 09, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Path Lights controller 2 4446 April 04, 2012
by pcbolt
Frequency Response and stability, how do you determine if your system is stable 7 4556 April 02, 2012
by Akeshish
Very fundamental problem of operating with out a ground?? 11 5107 April 02, 2012
by sask55
line-level output, regulator ICs and op-amps?? 3 4655 April 01, 2012
by JamesFysh
Question on LCD screen 5 4680 March 30, 2012
by billtaichi
Is this Capaciator Good 4 4638 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Oscilloscopes (for the umpteenth time) 5 5973 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Basic Electronics Tutorial to Complement Nerdkits? 5 5600 March 26, 2012
by Ralphxyz
PIR motion sensor to trigger home wireless camera problems 4 9306 March 23, 2012
by 6ofhalfdozen
Ground connector on power supplies?? 3 4742 March 15, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why TC negative connected to ground 3 6081 March 15, 2012
by mongo
Digital servo issues! 9 5292 March 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Brushless motor control 16 5622 March 12, 2012
by hevans
Windows not detecting device 3 4415 March 10, 2012
by hevans
Voltage throught MCU 5 4429 March 05, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Ignition Coil Driver 16 20330 March 02, 2012
by RevMoses
Rotary Encoder pinout (and other questions I am sure) 8 12201 March 02, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why do you pass a MIC Vout through a capacitor? 12 21625 March 01, 2012
by hevans
Up and running... 3 4223 March 01, 2012
by dvdsnyd
9v to vcc survivable? 5 4875 February 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Accurate AREF for accurate ADC voltage readings 4 5225 February 26, 2012
by carlhako
Problem with code (2 inputs) 12 4455 February 24, 2012
by Rick_S
programming lcd trubs 7 4565 February 19, 2012
by raccoons
17 super bright white LEDs at the same time...SAFE?! 5 5243 February 18, 2012
by Rick_S
Oscilloscope 15 6534 February 18, 2012
by Osarus
How far away can a LM34 be? 16 11069 February 14, 2012
by dcarter777
Need help understanding a relay schematic 4 5669 February 14, 2012
by Ralphxyz
It's true, we forget... 18 4858 February 12, 2012
by Farmerjoecoledge
Very Basic Batteries in a Series Question 12 12178 February 09, 2012
by mongo
Data transmission 3 5401 February 08, 2012
by amartinez
PowerLineCommunication(PLC) vs Wireless 3 5210 February 05, 2012
by mongo
CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY 6 6792 February 04, 2012
by met_fredrik
ADC reads fluctuating voltage when nothing is connected! 2 4723 February 03, 2012
by BobaMosfet
connencting two ics to port 3 4243 January 31, 2012
by tchilzer2
H bridge questions 6 5038 January 27, 2012
by tchilzer2
Voltage Regulators and Efficiency... 3 4790 January 24, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Voltage Drop when LEDs Flash 8 5205 January 23, 2012
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
LED Array - Wall power problems 14 5415 January 19, 2012
by sask55
How to measure floating (isolated) high DC voltage? 5 8545 January 17, 2012
by jfbrink
Mysteries of Capaciators in Reverse 9 5077 January 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Source of power? 19 5230 January 13, 2012
by mongo
symbol defined please? 4 4877 January 13, 2012
by sonicgadgets
Best zero cross detection IC 14 18308 January 07, 2012
by met_fredrik
How hot is too hot for the voltage regulator 3 4789 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Basic LED circuit properties 8 5012 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Getting Started 3 4479 January 05, 2012
by Stretch
Source of randomness for the hardware RNG 20 5674 January 02, 2012
by bodangly
SMD reflow 16 5796 December 27, 2011
by boxvic
kirchhoff's voltage law... 3 4734 December 25, 2011
by jbolfiil
Phase Shifter or time delay circuit? 7 5399 December 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Potentiometer 8 6401 December 23, 2011
by huzbum
Fun with Op-Amps 3 6620 December 22, 2011
by treymd
Do I need an H-Bridge? 14 5698 December 19, 2011
by n1cl3
Odessy of the minds 5 4927 December 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Having trouble uploading my program keep getting this error: Any ideas anyone. Thanks 2 4314 November 27, 2011
by sazD
Initial Load 2 4951 November 27, 2011
by missle3944
Using pushbuttons to increment position of servo 4 5699 November 23, 2011
by SpaceGhost
Yellow USB wire problem 15 6369 November 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Speakers with LEDs that light with the music 4 5019 November 14, 2011
by mongo
Strange behaviour with a DC motor 18 10206 November 10, 2011
by jfbrink
Servo Squitter Project 13 4779 November 09, 2011
by Heed
how do i run a program 4 4329 November 08, 2011
by Heed
Help!!! my grades are in jeopordy 3 4580 November 07, 2011
by Heed
Motor control question 2 4381 November 04, 2011
by hevans
Help driving a high voltage Piezo 6 10129 November 02, 2011
by buffetrand
9V transformer more like ~15V 2 4650 October 31, 2011
by hevans
Tick Tock Clock question about which pins and long load times from DASA. 1 4542 October 25, 2011
by apphilosophy
Why is reversing polarity a bad thing? 26 97967 October 24, 2011
by glendon
Measuring Capacitance 9 6072 October 24, 2011
by Ralphxyz
9 VDC 1000mA to much? 4 4675 October 21, 2011
by mongo
Hardware/software oscilloscope? 7 6429 October 19, 2011
by cyberion
R-2R ladder using random crap resistors 25 23409 October 16, 2011
by sask55
RxD / TxD Questions 10 8032 October 13, 2011
by Twarter369
Basic Electrical Toggle Switch question.. 5 4767 October 07, 2011
by scottmc94
Piezo Buzzer - help 6 4659 October 03, 2011
by scottmc94
Program Upload Error with initialload 17 4947 September 30, 2011
by nerdgirl
I'm Curious About The Breadboard 2 4445 September 27, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Any games for Learning Electronics? 12 14366 September 21, 2011
by sask55
Help re-purposing A Palm M100 Portable Keyboard. 3 6140 September 18, 2011
by Twarter369
I just bought a Oscilloscope!! 57 24693 September 16, 2011
by dgikuljot
Digital Multimeter will not show resistance! 12 13425 September 16, 2011
by bretm
Something fast and with a lot of memory... 5 4380 September 16, 2011
by 6ofhalfdozen
595 Shift Array, BC337 Transistor and Solenoid 9 7985 September 14, 2011
by BobaMosfet
4 Transistor H-Bridge Fail 46 14131 September 10, 2011
by bretm
Nerdkit/Arduino with EL wire 34 9112 September 10, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Question about frequency and duty cycles on a multimeter 9 5529 September 01, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Dim LED 3 4346 August 23, 2011
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
Embedding Multi-Core Processors 17 4856 August 23, 2011
by Twarter369
Easy Transistor Question 4 5513 August 20, 2011
by jimmyw404
Daisy chaining MC74MC595 Shift Registers 13 7473 August 18, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Building a coil?? 12 7291 August 12, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Programming the micro-controller 9 4764 July 26, 2011
by Rick_S
Advice needed for further projects with my nerdkit 3 4418 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
more questions about tempsensor.c code 4 4241 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
tempsensor.c code question 3 4182 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Which way does electricity flow? Positive-to-Negative or Vice Versa? 5 24355 July 22, 2011
by rboggs10
Converting input signal for ADC, impedance matching? 7 5507 July 20, 2011
by BobaMosfet
my lcd went blank except a little line that looks like a cursor 2 4917 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Temperature project unclear explanation of error in uncompiled code 5 4624 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
make file errors on initialload.c 6 4664 July 17, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Error: "Maybe it isn't a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?" 3 7491 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
the make file cant locate the libnerdkits 3 4332 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
avr macpack 3 4707 July 16, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
acd with 2 inputs? 18 4701 July 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Electro-magnetism. Concept check. 14 4810 July 13, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Battery clip wires 3 4241 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Electronics advice needed 3 4141 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
I cant get my lcd to work 5 4426 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
2-ROW LCD Only Displaying 2 Rows of 8 dark blocks.... 3 4683 July 10, 2011
by gcharris
Help Please **** I can only use a 9v battrey sent by Nerdkits 35 5137 July 03, 2011
by wintersdb
Switching Ground with a transistor 12 25504 June 28, 2011
by dgikuljot
Powering I2C remote device? 3 4655 June 27, 2011
by Ralphxyz
rechargeable battery for project 2 4878 June 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
TTL ULN2038 Question 40 7012 June 17, 2011
by Rick_S
Circuit board for monophonic signal generator 1 4952 June 15, 2011
by kayrock
4 Channel Voltage and Current Monitor 3 4962 June 15, 2011
by gcharris
"-U": The system could not find the file specified ERROR 6 4828 June 08, 2011
by pgdsmca
LCD Only showing 2 black Lines ????? 7 5467 June 06, 2011
by mja
A couple of questions 3 4567 June 06, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much should I strip? 3 4617 June 01, 2011
by mongo
How do I interface a Parallel-In Serial Out Shift Register with my microcontroller? 8 5104 June 01, 2011
by hevans
Motor Control/MCU power bus 5 4515 May 30, 2011
by esoderberg
How do I use two Serial or Parallel-in/serial out shift registers together? 2 4835 May 29, 2011
by Rick_S
Digital Input Question 4 4575 May 28, 2011
by frankdwest
PCB arrived 20 4563 May 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Save state data to EEPROM with power cutoff capacitor value? 4 5209 May 24, 2011
by gcharris
Calculating bypass capacitor 6 24281 May 19, 2011
by Ralphxyz
What shift register should I buy? 4 5160 May 09, 2011
by Noter
IR current 6 4863 May 05, 2011
by missle3944
Turning on COmputer without Switch 39 5603 May 04, 2011
by hariharan
Heat sensors 21 5971 May 04, 2011
by Hexorg
error 1 2 4454 May 02, 2011
by hevans
Transistor vs mosfet 13 12775 May 01, 2011
by Noter
PCB trace width calculator 3 6013 April 24, 2011
by esoderberg
OLED display 10 5737 April 23, 2011
by Rick_S
Power Supplies 17 6293 April 22, 2011
by BobBolinger
LCD & battery&USB 4 4374 April 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Amperage Multiplyer 6 5085 April 21, 2011
by Rick_S
ADC Theremin Help... 1 4542 April 20, 2011
by jasongillikin
RF and oscoliscope 2 5571 April 19, 2011
by mongo
Connecting to external control voltages 4 4506 April 19, 2011
by bretm
IR current question 7 4629 April 18, 2011
by BobaMosfet
What is the purpose of the resistor in this power supply? 4 5424 April 17, 2011
by rajabalu21
Not meeting input Voltage Threshold, amplify? and Do I need a buffer? (Button input, LED output) 14 5616 April 14, 2011
by bretm
USB cable issues (maybe fried) 7 4872 April 10, 2011
by uml_12
Basic projects 3 4547 April 09, 2011
by mongo
REFLOW oven 22 7516 April 07, 2011
by Rick_S
Why 5 volts is most widely used? 10 14945 April 07, 2011
by bretm
unexpected MCU rebooting 82 9623 April 05, 2011
by sask55
REFLOW Soldering 3 5527 April 05, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Setting baudrate for bluetooth connectivity 1 4848 March 31, 2011
by AbhishekBhat
Oscilation circuits 8 7204 March 30, 2011
by bretm
Black Display on LCD 6 4812 March 28, 2011
by Druidman
32kHz clock 2 4467 March 28, 2011
by Rick_S
Debouncing and External Interrupts 9 11778 March 27, 2011
by Mujda
Geiger Counter Schematic Help 3 12387 March 18, 2011
by mongo
Thermocouples, relays, and fun!!! 12 6685 March 16, 2011
by mongo
LCD problem 3 4856 March 08, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How do I determine the throw characteristics of a Relay 8 5491 March 08, 2011
by bretm
ATMega168 Microcontroller simple relay with timer examIple 3 5561 March 01, 2011
by Rick_S
Why does my LED light if i so much as get near the circuit 3 4566 February 26, 2011
by nckomodo
Using a 555 IC instead of a Crystal Oscillator? 6 8313 February 26, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Pushbutton on off code 3 5528 February 26, 2011
by amartinez
Why does my led light without the battery? 2 5452 February 26, 2011
by hevans
24 volt DC to 12 volt DC 6 12514 February 25, 2011
by JKITSON
How to Switch a Solenoid? 11 9274 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Farads and Capacitors 8 6148 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much to switch a relay? 3 9609 February 19, 2011
by Lusitania
My first Impression 6 4987 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Understanding battery life 3 6321 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Power Supply for LED's 4 5868 February 13, 2011
by sask55
Using Devices With Different Voltages 11 5520 February 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
High voltage lines 26 7726 February 02, 2011
by mongo
USB 3 4519 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Ultrasonic thickness gauge with the NerdKit; interference form capacitance? 12 5607 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Alternating LED circuit 4 5480 February 02, 2011
by Rick_S
Powering a Stepper Motor 5 6822 January 31, 2011
by il1019
Affordable oscilloscopes 43 15253 January 27, 2011
by BStory
"And"gate unfinished thought 2 4684 January 27, 2011
by Hexorg
replace MCU? 30 9807 January 26, 2011
by Jalex
Using a thermometer with the nerdkits microcontroller. 17 5260 January 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Multimeter! 12 7533 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
Generate a steady DC level from PWM signal 9 6181 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
My LED Cube so far 25 10965 January 24, 2011
by Keyster
what is a butterfly in hardwaring 3 5969 January 22, 2011
by Rick_S
USing Calculator as Keypad 5 5406 January 18, 2011
by dgikuljot
Counting 5 4644 January 18, 2011
by Jalex
How do I calculate the cutoff frequency...? 3 9292 January 17, 2011
by bretm
Programming 5 5516 January 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Induction loop actuator 7 5696 January 11, 2011
by Yourself
Begining 7 5780 January 09, 2011
by Jalex
Is Single-bit Memory Cell Diagram on Pg 14 Correct? 6 6164 January 09, 2011
by pacnwdude
uninterrupted power supply for NerdKit project 4 5486 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
RFB12B ... what are all this terms? >_< 5 4807 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
UART operating at 3.3V 1 5353 January 06, 2011
by Mujda
Data input voltage 6 5346 January 03, 2011
by Rick_S
MOSFET Question 7 5519 December 31, 2010
by Keyster
Transistor as a switch 5 5539 December 29, 2010
by Hexorg
Resistors 5 5900 December 28, 2010
by georgio
Problem with NPN Phototransistor 16 10851 December 28, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Problem with Voltage Regulator? 14 5757 December 28, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Relay ratings 2 5057 December 24, 2010
by mongo
Do LEDs need a series resistor to limit the current? 27 20421 December 19, 2010
by mongo
Safe, Easy and Inexpensive way to Control AC Power 3 4896 December 17, 2010
by mongo
Power Rectifier 7 7199 December 15, 2010
by Hexorg
Limitation of a battery on the NerdKit 18 7538 December 14, 2010
by danuke
This a decent oscilloscope? 8 5301 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Do resistors in series really add up? 8 6732 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Falstad circuit emulator in Java 1 6126 December 09, 2010
by bretm
L293 H-Bridge 15 6816 December 05, 2010
by devinsbusiness
Spark when using a flyback diode 3 7043 December 04, 2010
by Wheresmind
INA118 -- Instrumentation Amplifier 8 7222 December 02, 2010
by BobaMosfet
angular position sensors and multiplexing 9 6103 November 29, 2010
by d3adl0ck3
Solar cells in parallell, but no additional amperage 11 6627 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Op-amp not working 6 6895 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Python questions 4 5848 November 21, 2010
by tkopriva
CE Amp design 5 5414 November 12, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Is it possible to re-use parts from household appliances? 5 5291 November 05, 2010
by mongo
Confirming MCU clock is functioning 8 5156 November 05, 2010
by Mujda
PC4 not working?! 8 5017 November 04, 2010
by hapshetsut
Amplifiers 4 4962 October 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
supplying power and controlling 12V motors/fans 3 5836 October 12, 2010
by JerseyGun
Transistors Versus Diodes 4 5932 October 04, 2010
by Scythium
radio interference from NerdKit 11 5052 September 27, 2010
by Rob56
USB cable and Bluetooth dongle ... 9 9670 September 14, 2010
by Ralphxyz
solar project with light sensors 7 5529 September 11, 2010
by akajester
QFP and dreadboard 2 5420 September 02, 2010
by bretm
Getting power to the spinning part... 5 5271 August 31, 2010
by Hexorg
Need help with electronics using a op-amp 21 13252 August 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
morse code decoder 2 5385 August 26, 2010
by jonathan_m
Connecting to Computer 3 5365 August 25, 2010
by awesome
555 astable on breadboard 12 6880 August 22, 2010
by mongo
Digital Sound Recording System Need Help!! 1 4995 August 20, 2010
by xc2rx
Use 4 digit LED display using fewest possible outputs 2 5489 August 19, 2010
by hevans
mosfet 3 4754 August 13, 2010
by hevans
Good material on learning electronics. 8 5767 August 11, 2010
by TexanBackpacker
MCU Clock Implementation 2 4640 August 06, 2010
by Rick_S
Servo causes MCU to reset 4 7399 August 02, 2010
by mrobbins
More batteries = more voltage? 3 6588 July 23, 2010
by mongo
Building a motor driver/ESC for AC motor. 10 10011 July 09, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Using LM741 amp in the Piezoelectric Sound Meter Project 7 7056 July 02, 2010
by mongo
Electro Cardio Gram 4 5953 June 21, 2010
by Ralphxyz
How do I read very low voltages with the Nerdkit please? (0 to 20.0 mV) 3 4697 June 12, 2010
by Wobbler
Voltage Regulator 20 6429 June 10, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Converting Battery power to Wall Plug-in... 2 5978 June 09, 2010
by mongo
Bipolar and MOSFET transistors 3 6647 June 09, 2010
by CyberGod
high side mosfet led multiplexing 5 6277 June 07, 2010
by gnkarn
tempsensor, LM34DZ, specs. 4 5481 June 07, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Some questions (temp sensor + button) 4 4712 June 06, 2010
by Kafke
TSSOP IC! 4 5486 June 03, 2010
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