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USBasp Help! 3 5656 October 22, 2015
by sask55
Would someone explain Proximity Sensor? 19 7850 May 04, 2015
by mongo
Need to replace Wall Watt 16 5160 May 02, 2015
by Ralphxyz
Connecting Mosfet 10 4837 April 10, 2015
by Noter
My new 3D Printer 44 20387 April 07, 2015
by Rick_S
AtMega 644 2 4949 September 06, 2014
by Rick_S
Switching between +5v and -5V 2 3994 August 07, 2014
by Rick_S
Are there hobby printers for my microproccessor? 4 4587 June 02, 2014
by JKITSON
Automated programming mode? 9 4891 April 08, 2014
by Rick_S
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 5 4498 January 30, 2014
by BobaMosfet
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 1 4458 January 28, 2014
by lailai
What kind of error is this? 4 4366 January 23, 2014
by Noter
How to double a DC voltage? 20 11659 January 12, 2014
by JKITSON
Is the code the driver? 2 4164 January 12, 2014
by Ralphxyz
Miniature headers 6 4466 January 01, 2014
by Ralphxyz
BLDC 8 4493 December 23, 2013
by esoderberg
I need help finding a terminal. 17 5032 November 26, 2013
by Rick_S
GLCD SPI problems 14 8342 November 10, 2013
by andyi
Moving on... 7 4330 November 08, 2013
by Pr0ject
Power supply questions 4 5807 October 31, 2013
by sask55
OLED 4 4066 October 29, 2013
by esoderberg
Thermocouple wiring?? 19 15933 September 22, 2013
by sask55
Opto Interrupter once again 14 8669 September 19, 2013
by scootergarrett
FFC/FPC connection ideas? 4 4522 September 10, 2013
by Ralphxyz
A3977 Stepper Motor Driver 42 11408 September 02, 2013
by Ralphxyz
USB cable specifications 7 5886 August 29, 2013
by Noter
Help with reading UART Stream on mac 9 4939 August 27, 2013
by Affarram
XMEGA Breakout 8 5326 August 26, 2013
by JKITSON
Can someone help me with LDOs? 5 4062 August 21, 2013
by BobaMosfet
lower voltage of sensor output LM335 5 4736 August 20, 2013
by Osarus
TQFP ATmega 168 capacitors 6 4766 August 01, 2013
by scootergarrett
Stepper Motor Programming 154 10918 July 21, 2013
by sask55
Low Voltage Level Translator That Fits the MCU and Breadboard 63 15538 June 18, 2013
by Noter
Two Wrongs Make it Right 3 4053 May 22, 2013
by meltbox360
accurate time for a real time clock 5 4670 April 08, 2013
by pcbolt
Using diode to drop voltage 12 65697 March 27, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Cannot understand the pins 3 3888 March 27, 2013
by oshjdf
Since it is kinda slow around here I thought I'd ask .... 6 4368 March 15, 2013
by sask55
What is the purpose of 1000 ohm resistor for LCD's pin 3? 10 8511 March 14, 2013
by mongo
Current vs Voltage 8 5443 March 14, 2013
by sask55
Control LED Stripes with 2N7000 MOSFET 3 5082 March 09, 2013
by lnino
Electric current 2 3870 March 08, 2013
by Ralphxyz
How to power up Sim908 module? 4 6812 March 07, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Limiting battery discharge? 12 9461 March 03, 2013
by mongo
feeding a 7805 with 24VDC for <25mA output? 11 8862 February 28, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Control electronic door opener 15 4903 February 24, 2013
by lnino
Relay Question 27 8145 February 19, 2013
by Noter
Rotary Encoder how to?? 21 7806 February 15, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Unipolar Stepper motor with ULN2003A, 4 5337 February 11, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Introductory circuit design books 2 5253 January 30, 2013
by pcbolt
Anyone know how to program an 8052 MCU? 8 4980 January 03, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Higher power supplies with ATMega168 (running higher voltage devices with lower powered ground) 4 4590 December 30, 2012
by BobaMosfet
edX Free MIT online course 4 5182 December 22, 2012
by pcbolt
handling microprocessor and static eletricity 22 4543 December 18, 2012
by JKITSON
Voltage Divider (Resistors) 9 5400 December 17, 2012
by GenHornet18
iphone-controlled R/C car project 2 3946 November 26, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Wire broke off in LCD pin 6 4033 November 26, 2012
by gsjbjt
Where to buy individual oscillators 8 4519 November 26, 2012
by Pew446
Need help using a 5v relay to trip a 12v relay 9 9886 November 18, 2012
by carlhako
SPI slave clock 6 4709 October 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 8 4134 October 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Why pick a crystal frequency of 14.7456 MHz? 16 30573 October 23, 2012
by Noter
NPN circuit connection quandry 4 4690 September 24, 2012
by edb
Simple I/O circuit 4 4346 September 23, 2012
by wadaltmon
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4142 September 21, 2012
by Davda
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 3794 September 21, 2012
by Davda
LED - Common Anode 8 Segment Display 13 6517 September 20, 2012
by pcbolt
Can I Power the ATmega168 with 3.3 V? 4 4356 September 20, 2012
by karam
Measuring PWM Duty Cycle 6 6719 September 13, 2012
by dan_engbers
Electronics simulation 8 5007 August 31, 2012
by Chris100
LED Sign Help - How to control words 26 7083 August 27, 2012
by Rick_S
Help me on my learning path please :) 4 4263 August 20, 2012
by rblalock
louder sound 2 4031 August 18, 2012
by mongo
connector or cable for LCD display? 4 4253 August 13, 2012
by missle3944
Powering L.E.Ds 5 4375 August 09, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Wires in U.K 5 4848 August 08, 2012
by mikey6879
Bluetooth Please HELP! 3 4764 July 29, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Stepper Motor Motor Speed Control 13 7664 July 25, 2012
by sask55
Anything wrong with adding a large bypass capacitor? 6 7385 July 25, 2012
by bretm
Stepper Motor Direction Control 12 5158 July 21, 2012
by live4the1
Using Usbasp for attiny25 36 22641 July 21, 2012
by lnino
um help 6 3846 July 20, 2012
by Rick_S
Stepper Motor L298N/L297N controller 3 4878 July 18, 2012
by Ralphxyz
help me 11 4731 July 03, 2012
by Rick_S
Crystal Oscillator question 2 4138 July 02, 2012
by pcbolt
This will lead to more questions, how to use 20 volt battery to power projects and motors? 9 5409 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
HELP 3 3895 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Controlling Stepper Motors 35 14770 June 21, 2012
by mcguinnessdr
Geomagnetic vectors with a magnetoresistive sensor? 1 4006 June 19, 2012
by lcruz007
PT100 temperature sensor reading 1 5923 June 17, 2012
by RogerFL
Programmable current source 6 5846 June 14, 2012
by JamesFysh
Increase range of an IR LED. 4 5513 June 11, 2012
by mongo
HELP 6 4215 June 11, 2012
by mikeduff76
Running motor through the mircocontroller 8 4578 June 09, 2012
by mongo
How can I detect the signal from a key fob? 15 50155 May 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
i need a code 8 4615 May 15, 2012
by pcbolt
Clock Accuracy 30 9248 May 14, 2012
by HexManiac
Relays and Controlling them 9 4564 May 10, 2012
by sask55
Using Internal 8 MHz Oscillator 4 4846 May 09, 2012
by RogerFL
Powering your NerdKit 7 4432 April 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
output pin is 2.5v when low 7 4456 April 27, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Lm317 vs lm317t 2 7645 April 26, 2012
by BobaMosfet
nOOb looking for additional explanation 6 4883 April 24, 2012
by pcbolt
Programs will not run 6 4342 April 16, 2012
by E2MicroRobots
CE EMITTER_BIAS CONFIGURATION 12 4971 April 10, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Anyone used a 2 x 20 LCD? Which one? 10 4652 April 09, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Path Lights controller 2 4208 April 04, 2012
by pcbolt
Frequency Response and stability, how do you determine if your system is stable 7 4327 April 02, 2012
by Akeshish
Very fundamental problem of operating with out a ground?? 11 4840 April 02, 2012
by sask55
line-level output, regulator ICs and op-amps?? 3 4433 April 01, 2012
by JamesFysh
Question on LCD screen 5 4442 March 30, 2012
by billtaichi
Is this Capaciator Good 4 4387 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Oscilloscopes (for the umpteenth time) 5 5655 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Basic Electronics Tutorial to Complement Nerdkits? 5 5296 March 26, 2012
by Ralphxyz
PIR motion sensor to trigger home wireless camera problems 4 9002 March 23, 2012
by 6ofhalfdozen
Ground connector on power supplies?? 3 4511 March 15, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why TC negative connected to ground 3 5647 March 15, 2012
by mongo
Digital servo issues! 9 5012 March 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Brushless motor control 16 5370 March 12, 2012
by hevans
Windows not detecting device 3 4166 March 10, 2012
by hevans
Voltage throught MCU 5 4188 March 05, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Ignition Coil Driver 16 19921 March 02, 2012
by RevMoses
Rotary Encoder pinout (and other questions I am sure) 8 11683 March 02, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why do you pass a MIC Vout through a capacitor? 12 20780 March 01, 2012
by hevans
Up and running... 3 3971 March 01, 2012
by dvdsnyd
9v to vcc survivable? 5 4639 February 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Accurate AREF for accurate ADC voltage readings 4 4990 February 26, 2012
by carlhako
Problem with code (2 inputs) 12 4216 February 24, 2012
by Rick_S
programming lcd trubs 7 4274 February 19, 2012
by raccoons
17 super bright white LEDs at the same time...SAFE?! 5 4994 February 18, 2012
by Rick_S
Oscilloscope 15 6266 February 18, 2012
by Osarus
How far away can a LM34 be? 16 10679 February 14, 2012
by dcarter777
Need help understanding a relay schematic 4 5431 February 14, 2012
by Ralphxyz
It's true, we forget... 18 4609 February 12, 2012
by Farmerjoecoledge
Very Basic Batteries in a Series Question 12 11124 February 09, 2012
by mongo
Data transmission 3 5191 February 08, 2012
by amartinez
PowerLineCommunication(PLC) vs Wireless 3 4982 February 05, 2012
by mongo
CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY 6 6522 February 04, 2012
by met_fredrik
ADC reads fluctuating voltage when nothing is connected! 2 4467 February 03, 2012
by BobaMosfet
connencting two ics to port 3 4037 January 31, 2012
by tchilzer2
H bridge questions 6 4802 January 27, 2012
by tchilzer2
Voltage Regulators and Efficiency... 3 4539 January 24, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Voltage Drop when LEDs Flash 8 4925 January 23, 2012
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
LED Array - Wall power problems 14 5147 January 19, 2012
by sask55
How to measure floating (isolated) high DC voltage? 5 8265 January 17, 2012
by jfbrink
Mysteries of Capaciators in Reverse 9 4815 January 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Source of power? 19 4937 January 13, 2012
by mongo
symbol defined please? 4 4674 January 13, 2012
by sonicgadgets
Best zero cross detection IC 14 17784 January 07, 2012
by met_fredrik
How hot is too hot for the voltage regulator 3 4550 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Basic LED circuit properties 8 4776 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Getting Started 3 4264 January 05, 2012
by Stretch
Source of randomness for the hardware RNG 20 5442 January 02, 2012
by bodangly
SMD reflow 16 5533 December 27, 2011
by boxvic
kirchhoff's voltage law... 3 4510 December 25, 2011
by jbolfiil
Phase Shifter or time delay circuit? 7 5190 December 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Potentiometer 8 6055 December 23, 2011
by huzbum
Fun with Op-Amps 3 6346 December 22, 2011
by treymd
Do I need an H-Bridge? 14 5420 December 19, 2011
by n1cl3
Odessy of the minds 5 4711 December 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Having trouble uploading my program keep getting this error: Any ideas anyone. Thanks 2 4083 November 27, 2011
by sazD
Initial Load 2 4748 November 27, 2011
by missle3944
Using pushbuttons to increment position of servo 4 5424 November 23, 2011
by SpaceGhost
Yellow USB wire problem 15 6119 November 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Speakers with LEDs that light with the music 4 4798 November 14, 2011
by mongo
Strange behaviour with a DC motor 18 9869 November 10, 2011
by jfbrink
Servo Squitter Project 13 4529 November 09, 2011
by Heed
how do i run a program 4 4135 November 08, 2011
by Heed
Help!!! my grades are in jeopordy 3 4373 November 07, 2011
by Heed
Motor control question 2 4173 November 04, 2011
by hevans
Help driving a high voltage Piezo 6 9728 November 02, 2011
by buffetrand
9V transformer more like ~15V 2 4409 October 31, 2011
by hevans
Tick Tock Clock question about which pins and long load times from DASA. 1 4310 October 25, 2011
by apphilosophy
Why is reversing polarity a bad thing? 26 95896 October 24, 2011
by glendon
Measuring Capacitance 9 5829 October 24, 2011
by Ralphxyz
9 VDC 1000mA to much? 4 4465 October 21, 2011
by mongo
Hardware/software oscilloscope? 7 6185 October 19, 2011
by cyberion
R-2R ladder using random crap resistors 25 22588 October 16, 2011
by sask55
RxD / TxD Questions 10 7569 October 13, 2011
by Twarter369
Basic Electrical Toggle Switch question.. 5 4546 October 07, 2011
by scottmc94
Piezo Buzzer - help 6 4440 October 03, 2011
by scottmc94
Program Upload Error with initialload 17 4700 September 30, 2011
by nerdgirl
I'm Curious About The Breadboard 2 4243 September 27, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Any games for Learning Electronics? 12 13368 September 21, 2011
by sask55
Help re-purposing A Palm M100 Portable Keyboard. 3 5885 September 18, 2011
by Twarter369
I just bought a Oscilloscope!! 57 24273 September 16, 2011
by dgikuljot
Digital Multimeter will not show resistance! 12 12885 September 16, 2011
by bretm
Something fast and with a lot of memory... 5 4175 September 16, 2011
by 6ofhalfdozen
595 Shift Array, BC337 Transistor and Solenoid 9 7705 September 14, 2011
by BobaMosfet
4 Transistor H-Bridge Fail 46 13618 September 10, 2011
by bretm
Nerdkit/Arduino with EL wire 34 8818 September 10, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Question about frequency and duty cycles on a multimeter 9 5266 September 01, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Dim LED 3 4109 August 23, 2011
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
Embedding Multi-Core Processors 17 4636 August 23, 2011
by Twarter369
Easy Transistor Question 4 5258 August 20, 2011
by jimmyw404
Daisy chaining MC74MC595 Shift Registers 13 6975 August 18, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Building a coil?? 12 7012 August 12, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Programming the micro-controller 9 4549 July 26, 2011
by Rick_S
Advice needed for further projects with my nerdkit 3 4198 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
more questions about tempsensor.c code 4 4019 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
tempsensor.c code question 3 3972 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Which way does electricity flow? Positive-to-Negative or Vice Versa? 5 23954 July 22, 2011
by rboggs10
Converting input signal for ADC, impedance matching? 7 5290 July 20, 2011
by BobaMosfet
my lcd went blank except a little line that looks like a cursor 2 4715 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Temperature project unclear explanation of error in uncompiled code 5 4418 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
make file errors on initialload.c 6 4455 July 17, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Error: "Maybe it isn't a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?" 3 7232 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
the make file cant locate the libnerdkits 3 4106 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
avr macpack 3 4492 July 16, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
acd with 2 inputs? 18 4453 July 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Electro-magnetism. Concept check. 14 4526 July 13, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Battery clip wires 3 4061 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Electronics advice needed 3 3917 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
I cant get my lcd to work 5 4216 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
2-ROW LCD Only Displaying 2 Rows of 8 dark blocks.... 3 4451 July 10, 2011
by gcharris
Help Please **** I can only use a 9v battrey sent by Nerdkits 35 4841 July 03, 2011
by wintersdb
Switching Ground with a transistor 12 25083 June 28, 2011
by dgikuljot
Powering I2C remote device? 3 4423 June 27, 2011
by Ralphxyz
rechargeable battery for project 2 4645 June 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
TTL ULN2038 Question 40 6724 June 17, 2011
by Rick_S
Circuit board for monophonic signal generator 1 4682 June 15, 2011
by kayrock
4 Channel Voltage and Current Monitor 3 4708 June 15, 2011
by gcharris
"-U": The system could not find the file specified ERROR 6 4633 June 08, 2011
by pgdsmca
LCD Only showing 2 black Lines ????? 7 5162 June 06, 2011
by mja
A couple of questions 3 4331 June 06, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much should I strip? 3 4405 June 01, 2011
by mongo
How do I interface a Parallel-In Serial Out Shift Register with my microcontroller? 8 4881 June 01, 2011
by hevans
Motor Control/MCU power bus 5 4266 May 30, 2011
by esoderberg
How do I use two Serial or Parallel-in/serial out shift registers together? 2 4603 May 29, 2011
by Rick_S
Digital Input Question 4 4350 May 28, 2011
by frankdwest
PCB arrived 20 4341 May 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Save state data to EEPROM with power cutoff capacitor value? 4 4994 May 24, 2011
by gcharris
Calculating bypass capacitor 6 23840 May 19, 2011
by Ralphxyz
What shift register should I buy? 4 4938 May 09, 2011
by Noter
IR current 6 4649 May 05, 2011
by missle3944
Turning on COmputer without Switch 39 5345 May 04, 2011
by hariharan
Heat sensors 21 5702 May 04, 2011
by Hexorg
error 1 2 4180 May 02, 2011
by hevans
Transistor vs mosfet 13 12397 May 01, 2011
by Noter
PCB trace width calculator 3 5793 April 24, 2011
by esoderberg
OLED display 10 5481 April 23, 2011
by Rick_S
Power Supplies 17 6048 April 22, 2011
by BobBolinger
LCD & battery&USB 4 4165 April 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Amperage Multiplyer 6 4882 April 21, 2011
by Rick_S
ADC Theremin Help... 1 4310 April 20, 2011
by jasongillikin
RF and oscoliscope 2 5338 April 19, 2011
by mongo
Connecting to external control voltages 4 4296 April 19, 2011
by bretm
IR current question 7 4410 April 18, 2011
by BobaMosfet
What is the purpose of the resistor in this power supply? 4 5191 April 17, 2011
by rajabalu21
Not meeting input Voltage Threshold, amplify? and Do I need a buffer? (Button input, LED output) 14 5359 April 14, 2011
by bretm
USB cable issues (maybe fried) 7 4660 April 10, 2011
by uml_12
Basic projects 3 4318 April 09, 2011
by mongo
REFLOW oven 22 7267 April 07, 2011
by Rick_S
Why 5 volts is most widely used? 10 14456 April 07, 2011
by bretm
unexpected MCU rebooting 82 9264 April 05, 2011
by sask55
REFLOW Soldering 3 5244 April 05, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Setting baudrate for bluetooth connectivity 1 4632 March 31, 2011
by AbhishekBhat
Oscilation circuits 8 6952 March 30, 2011
by bretm
Black Display on LCD 6 4614 March 28, 2011
by Druidman
32kHz clock 2 4249 March 28, 2011
by Rick_S
Debouncing and External Interrupts 9 11383 March 27, 2011
by Mujda
Geiger Counter Schematic Help 3 11792 March 18, 2011
by mongo
Thermocouples, relays, and fun!!! 12 6433 March 16, 2011
by mongo
LCD problem 3 4658 March 08, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How do I determine the throw characteristics of a Relay 8 5226 March 08, 2011
by bretm
ATMega168 Microcontroller simple relay with timer examIple 3 5357 March 01, 2011
by Rick_S
Why does my LED light if i so much as get near the circuit 3 4362 February 26, 2011
by nckomodo
Using a 555 IC instead of a Crystal Oscillator? 6 7959 February 26, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Pushbutton on off code 3 5274 February 26, 2011
by amartinez
Why does my led light without the battery? 2 5238 February 26, 2011
by hevans
24 volt DC to 12 volt DC 6 12282 February 25, 2011
by JKITSON
How to Switch a Solenoid? 11 8910 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Farads and Capacitors 8 5893 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much to switch a relay? 3 9360 February 19, 2011
by Lusitania
My first Impression 6 4734 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Understanding battery life 3 6014 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Power Supply for LED's 4 5648 February 13, 2011
by sask55
Using Devices With Different Voltages 11 5265 February 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
High voltage lines 26 7423 February 02, 2011
by mongo
USB 3 4329 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Ultrasonic thickness gauge with the NerdKit; interference form capacitance? 12 5344 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Alternating LED circuit 4 5266 February 02, 2011
by Rick_S
Powering a Stepper Motor 5 6580 January 31, 2011
by il1019
Affordable oscilloscopes 43 14554 January 27, 2011
by BStory
"And"gate unfinished thought 2 4448 January 27, 2011
by Hexorg
replace MCU? 30 9445 January 26, 2011
by Jalex
Using a thermometer with the nerdkits microcontroller. 17 4999 January 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Multimeter! 12 7279 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
Generate a steady DC level from PWM signal 9 5930 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
My LED Cube so far 25 10715 January 24, 2011
by Keyster
what is a butterfly in hardwaring 3 5764 January 22, 2011
by Rick_S
USing Calculator as Keypad 5 5188 January 18, 2011
by dgikuljot
Counting 5 4379 January 18, 2011
by Jalex
How do I calculate the cutoff frequency...? 3 9023 January 17, 2011
by bretm
Programming 5 5236 January 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Induction loop actuator 7 5465 January 11, 2011
by Yourself
Begining 7 5536 January 09, 2011
by Jalex
Is Single-bit Memory Cell Diagram on Pg 14 Correct? 6 5923 January 09, 2011
by pacnwdude
uninterrupted power supply for NerdKit project 4 5272 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
RFB12B ... what are all this terms? >_< 5 4572 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
UART operating at 3.3V 1 5109 January 06, 2011
by Mujda
Data input voltage 6 5104 January 03, 2011
by Rick_S
MOSFET Question 7 5256 December 31, 2010
by Keyster
Transistor as a switch 5 5281 December 29, 2010
by Hexorg
Resistors 5 5632 December 28, 2010
by georgio
Problem with NPN Phototransistor 16 10496 December 28, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Problem with Voltage Regulator? 14 5485 December 28, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Relay ratings 2 4827 December 24, 2010
by mongo
Do LEDs need a series resistor to limit the current? 27 20107 December 19, 2010
by mongo
Safe, Easy and Inexpensive way to Control AC Power 3 4678 December 17, 2010
by mongo
Power Rectifier 7 5266 December 15, 2010
by Hexorg
Limitation of a battery on the NerdKit 18 7213 December 14, 2010
by danuke
This a decent oscilloscope? 8 5061 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Do resistors in series really add up? 8 6442 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Falstad circuit emulator in Java 1 5873 December 09, 2010
by bretm
L293 H-Bridge 15 6548 December 05, 2010
by devinsbusiness
Spark when using a flyback diode 3 6744 December 04, 2010
by Wheresmind
INA118 -- Instrumentation Amplifier 8 6922 December 02, 2010
by BobaMosfet
angular position sensors and multiplexing 9 5842 November 29, 2010
by d3adl0ck3
Solar cells in parallell, but no additional amperage 11 6347 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Op-amp not working 6 6649 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Python questions 4 5630 November 21, 2010
by tkopriva
CE Amp design 5 5129 November 12, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Is it possible to re-use parts from household appliances? 5 5074 November 05, 2010
by mongo
Confirming MCU clock is functioning 8 4901 November 05, 2010
by Mujda
PC4 not working?! 8 4748 November 04, 2010
by hapshetsut
Amplifiers 4 4744 October 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
supplying power and controlling 12V motors/fans 3 5603 October 12, 2010
by JerseyGun
Transistors Versus Diodes 4 5684 October 04, 2010
by Scythium
radio interference from NerdKit 11 4776 September 27, 2010
by Rob56
USB cable and Bluetooth dongle ... 9 9411 September 14, 2010
by Ralphxyz
solar project with light sensors 7 5301 September 11, 2010
by akajester
QFP and dreadboard 2 5197 September 02, 2010
by bretm
Getting power to the spinning part... 5 5072 August 31, 2010
by Hexorg
Need help with electronics using a op-amp 21 12937 August 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
morse code decoder 2 5187 August 26, 2010
by jonathan_m
Connecting to Computer 3 5144 August 25, 2010
by awesome
555 astable on breadboard 12 6665 August 22, 2010
by mongo
Digital Sound Recording System Need Help!! 1 4761 August 20, 2010
by xc2rx
Use 4 digit LED display using fewest possible outputs 2 5276 August 19, 2010
by hevans
mosfet 3 4548 August 13, 2010
by hevans
Good material on learning electronics. 8 5538 August 11, 2010
by TexanBackpacker
MCU Clock Implementation 2 4424 August 06, 2010
by Rick_S
Servo causes MCU to reset 4 7045 August 02, 2010
by mrobbins
More batteries = more voltage? 3 6355 July 23, 2010
by mongo
Building a motor driver/ESC for AC motor. 10 9632 July 09, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Using LM741 amp in the Piezoelectric Sound Meter Project 7 6826 July 02, 2010
by mongo
Electro Cardio Gram 4 5662 June 21, 2010
by Ralphxyz
How do I read very low voltages with the Nerdkit please? (0 to 20.0 mV) 3 4495 June 12, 2010
by Wobbler
Voltage Regulator 20 6183 June 10, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Converting Battery power to Wall Plug-in... 2 5740 June 09, 2010
by mongo
Bipolar and MOSFET transistors 3 6388 June 09, 2010
by CyberGod
high side mosfet led multiplexing 5 6060 June 07, 2010
by gnkarn
tempsensor, LM34DZ, specs. 4 5250 June 07, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Some questions (temp sensor + button) 4 4487 June 06, 2010
by Kafke
TSSOP IC! 4 5258 June 03, 2010
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