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USBasp Help! 3 5899 October 22, 2015
by sask55
Would someone explain Proximity Sensor? 19 8172 May 04, 2015
by mongo
Need to replace Wall Watt 16 5399 May 02, 2015
by Ralphxyz
Connecting Mosfet 10 5051 April 10, 2015
by Noter
My new 3D Printer 44 20634 April 07, 2015
by Rick_S
AtMega 644 2 5094 September 06, 2014
by Rick_S
Switching between +5v and -5V 2 4140 August 07, 2014
by Rick_S
Are there hobby printers for my microproccessor? 4 4821 June 02, 2014
by JKITSON
Automated programming mode? 9 5102 April 08, 2014
by Rick_S
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 5 4677 January 30, 2014
by BobaMosfet
Shuttering with the Nerdkit & piezo buzzer (Can't post in Support, gives error) 1 4709 January 28, 2014
by lailai
What kind of error is this? 4 4506 January 23, 2014
by Noter
How to double a DC voltage? 20 11921 January 12, 2014
by JKITSON
Is the code the driver? 2 4391 January 12, 2014
by Ralphxyz
Miniature headers 6 4611 January 01, 2014
by Ralphxyz
BLDC 8 4702 December 23, 2013
by esoderberg
I need help finding a terminal. 17 5300 November 26, 2013
by Rick_S
GLCD SPI problems 14 8566 November 10, 2013
by andyi
Moving on... 7 4509 November 08, 2013
by Pr0ject
Power supply questions 4 6077 October 31, 2013
by sask55
OLED 4 4275 October 29, 2013
by esoderberg
Thermocouple wiring?? 19 16298 September 22, 2013
by sask55
Opto Interrupter once again 14 8960 September 19, 2013
by scootergarrett
FFC/FPC connection ideas? 4 4685 September 10, 2013
by Ralphxyz
A3977 Stepper Motor Driver 42 11710 September 02, 2013
by Ralphxyz
USB cable specifications 7 6245 August 29, 2013
by Noter
Help with reading UART Stream on mac 9 5211 August 27, 2013
by Affarram
XMEGA Breakout 8 5575 August 26, 2013
by JKITSON
Can someone help me with LDOs? 5 4236 August 21, 2013
by BobaMosfet
lower voltage of sensor output LM335 5 4910 August 20, 2013
by Osarus
TQFP ATmega 168 capacitors 6 4957 August 01, 2013
by scootergarrett
Stepper Motor Programming 154 11443 July 21, 2013
by sask55
Low Voltage Level Translator That Fits the MCU and Breadboard 63 16098 June 18, 2013
by Noter
Two Wrongs Make it Right 3 4235 May 22, 2013
by meltbox360
accurate time for a real time clock 5 4849 April 08, 2013
by pcbolt
Using diode to drop voltage 12 66320 March 27, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Cannot understand the pins 3 4045 March 27, 2013
by oshjdf
Since it is kinda slow around here I thought I'd ask .... 6 4606 March 15, 2013
by sask55
What is the purpose of 1000 ohm resistor for LCD's pin 3? 10 8774 March 14, 2013
by mongo
Current vs Voltage 8 5675 March 14, 2013
by sask55
Control LED Stripes with 2N7000 MOSFET 3 5253 March 09, 2013
by lnino
Electric current 2 4025 March 08, 2013
by Ralphxyz
How to power up Sim908 module? 4 6966 March 07, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Limiting battery discharge? 12 9851 March 03, 2013
by mongo
feeding a 7805 with 24VDC for <25mA output? 11 9360 February 28, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Control electronic door opener 15 5107 February 24, 2013
by lnino
Relay Question 27 8372 February 19, 2013
by Noter
Rotary Encoder how to?? 21 8063 February 15, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Unipolar Stepper motor with ULN2003A, 4 5546 February 11, 2013
by Ralphxyz
Introductory circuit design books 2 5409 January 30, 2013
by pcbolt
Anyone know how to program an 8052 MCU? 8 5185 January 03, 2013
by BobaMosfet
Higher power supplies with ATMega168 (running higher voltage devices with lower powered ground) 4 4769 December 30, 2012
by BobaMosfet
edX Free MIT online course 4 5456 December 22, 2012
by pcbolt
handling microprocessor and static eletricity 22 4762 December 18, 2012
by JKITSON
Voltage Divider (Resistors) 9 5590 December 17, 2012
by GenHornet18
iphone-controlled R/C car project 2 4108 November 26, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Wire broke off in LCD pin 6 4177 November 26, 2012
by gsjbjt
Where to buy individual oscillators 8 4662 November 26, 2012
by Pew446
Need help using a 5v relay to trip a 12v relay 9 10228 November 18, 2012
by carlhako
SPI slave clock 6 4902 October 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 8 4282 October 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Why pick a crystal frequency of 14.7456 MHz? 16 31235 October 23, 2012
by Noter
NPN circuit connection quandry 4 4862 September 24, 2012
by edb
Simple I/O circuit 4 4512 September 23, 2012
by wadaltmon
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4293 September 21, 2012
by Davda
Flow of Electricity through this circuit 1 4018 September 21, 2012
by Davda
LED - Common Anode 8 Segment Display 13 6838 September 20, 2012
by pcbolt
Can I Power the ATmega168 with 3.3 V? 4 4512 September 20, 2012
by karam
Measuring PWM Duty Cycle 6 6898 September 13, 2012
by dan_engbers
Electronics simulation 8 5141 August 31, 2012
by Chris100
LED Sign Help - How to control words 26 7301 August 27, 2012
by Rick_S
Help me on my learning path please :) 4 4420 August 20, 2012
by rblalock
louder sound 2 4185 August 18, 2012
by mongo
connector or cable for LCD display? 4 4406 August 13, 2012
by missle3944
Powering L.E.Ds 5 4535 August 09, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Wires in U.K 5 5005 August 08, 2012
by mikey6879
Bluetooth Please HELP! 3 4918 July 29, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Stepper Motor Motor Speed Control 13 7930 July 25, 2012
by sask55
Anything wrong with adding a large bypass capacitor? 6 7581 July 25, 2012
by bretm
Stepper Motor Direction Control 12 5377 July 21, 2012
by live4the1
Using Usbasp for attiny25 36 22912 July 21, 2012
by lnino
um help 6 3994 July 20, 2012
by Rick_S
Stepper Motor L298N/L297N controller 3 5046 July 18, 2012
by Ralphxyz
help me 11 4908 July 03, 2012
by Rick_S
Crystal Oscillator question 2 4294 July 02, 2012
by pcbolt
This will lead to more questions, how to use 20 volt battery to power projects and motors? 9 5622 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
HELP 3 4047 June 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Controlling Stepper Motors 35 15038 June 21, 2012
by mcguinnessdr
Geomagnetic vectors with a magnetoresistive sensor? 1 4153 June 19, 2012
by lcruz007
PT100 temperature sensor reading 1 6083 June 17, 2012
by RogerFL
Programmable current source 6 6143 June 14, 2012
by JamesFysh
Increase range of an IR LED. 4 5676 June 11, 2012
by mongo
HELP 6 4375 June 11, 2012
by mikeduff76
Running motor through the mircocontroller 8 4776 June 09, 2012
by mongo
How can I detect the signal from a key fob? 15 52449 May 24, 2012
by Ralphxyz
i need a code 8 4779 May 15, 2012
by pcbolt
Clock Accuracy 30 9448 May 14, 2012
by HexManiac
Relays and Controlling them 9 4749 May 10, 2012
by sask55
Using Internal 8 MHz Oscillator 4 5017 May 09, 2012
by RogerFL
Powering your NerdKit 7 4601 April 27, 2012
by Ralphxyz
output pin is 2.5v when low 7 4625 April 27, 2012
by BobaMosfet
Lm317 vs lm317t 2 7874 April 26, 2012
by BobaMosfet
nOOb looking for additional explanation 6 5026 April 24, 2012
by pcbolt
Programs will not run 6 4520 April 16, 2012
by E2MicroRobots
CE EMITTER_BIAS CONFIGURATION 12 5154 April 10, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Anyone used a 2 x 20 LCD? Which one? 10 4813 April 09, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Path Lights controller 2 4381 April 04, 2012
by pcbolt
Frequency Response and stability, how do you determine if your system is stable 7 4495 April 02, 2012
by Akeshish
Very fundamental problem of operating with out a ground?? 11 5043 April 02, 2012
by sask55
line-level output, regulator ICs and op-amps?? 3 4589 April 01, 2012
by JamesFysh
Question on LCD screen 5 4594 March 30, 2012
by billtaichi
Is this Capaciator Good 4 4562 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Oscilloscopes (for the umpteenth time) 5 5890 March 29, 2012
by mongo
Basic Electronics Tutorial to Complement Nerdkits? 5 5498 March 26, 2012
by Ralphxyz
PIR motion sensor to trigger home wireless camera problems 4 9231 March 23, 2012
by 6ofhalfdozen
Ground connector on power supplies?? 3 4676 March 15, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why TC negative connected to ground 3 5977 March 15, 2012
by mongo
Digital servo issues! 9 5208 March 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Brushless motor control 16 5547 March 12, 2012
by hevans
Windows not detecting device 3 4343 March 10, 2012
by hevans
Voltage throught MCU 5 4354 March 05, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Ignition Coil Driver 16 20247 March 02, 2012
by RevMoses
Rotary Encoder pinout (and other questions I am sure) 8 11996 March 02, 2012
by Ralphxyz
Why do you pass a MIC Vout through a capacitor? 12 21329 March 01, 2012
by hevans
Up and running... 3 4137 March 01, 2012
by dvdsnyd
9v to vcc survivable? 5 4801 February 26, 2012
by RogerFL
Accurate AREF for accurate ADC voltage readings 4 5153 February 26, 2012
by carlhako
Problem with code (2 inputs) 12 4388 February 24, 2012
by Rick_S
programming lcd trubs 7 4504 February 19, 2012
by raccoons
17 super bright white LEDs at the same time...SAFE?! 5 5179 February 18, 2012
by Rick_S
Oscilloscope 15 6456 February 18, 2012
by Osarus
How far away can a LM34 be? 16 10977 February 14, 2012
by dcarter777
Need help understanding a relay schematic 4 5598 February 14, 2012
by Ralphxyz
It's true, we forget... 18 4787 February 12, 2012
by Farmerjoecoledge
Very Basic Batteries in a Series Question 12 11594 February 09, 2012
by mongo
Data transmission 3 5340 February 08, 2012
by amartinez
PowerLineCommunication(PLC) vs Wireless 3 5147 February 05, 2012
by mongo
CAPACITIVE POWER SUPPLY 6 6720 February 04, 2012
by met_fredrik
ADC reads fluctuating voltage when nothing is connected! 2 4643 February 03, 2012
by BobaMosfet
connencting two ics to port 3 4183 January 31, 2012
by tchilzer2
H bridge questions 6 4975 January 27, 2012
by tchilzer2
Voltage Regulators and Efficiency... 3 4719 January 24, 2012
by JimFrederickson
Voltage Drop when LEDs Flash 8 5140 January 23, 2012
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
LED Array - Wall power problems 14 5344 January 19, 2012
by sask55
How to measure floating (isolated) high DC voltage? 5 8470 January 17, 2012
by jfbrink
Mysteries of Capaciators in Reverse 9 5004 January 15, 2012
by Rick_S
Source of power? 19 5144 January 13, 2012
by mongo
symbol defined please? 4 4819 January 13, 2012
by sonicgadgets
Best zero cross detection IC 14 18205 January 07, 2012
by met_fredrik
How hot is too hot for the voltage regulator 3 4723 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Basic LED circuit properties 8 4950 January 06, 2012
by boxvic
Getting Started 3 4411 January 05, 2012
by Stretch
Source of randomness for the hardware RNG 20 5604 January 02, 2012
by bodangly
SMD reflow 16 5717 December 27, 2011
by boxvic
kirchhoff's voltage law... 3 4676 December 25, 2011
by jbolfiil
Phase Shifter or time delay circuit? 7 5337 December 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Potentiometer 8 6308 December 23, 2011
by huzbum
Fun with Op-Amps 3 6551 December 22, 2011
by treymd
Do I need an H-Bridge? 14 5628 December 19, 2011
by n1cl3
Odessy of the minds 5 4863 December 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Having trouble uploading my program keep getting this error: Any ideas anyone. Thanks 2 4247 November 27, 2011
by sazD
Initial Load 2 4899 November 27, 2011
by missle3944
Using pushbuttons to increment position of servo 4 5625 November 23, 2011
by SpaceGhost
Yellow USB wire problem 15 6309 November 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Speakers with LEDs that light with the music 4 4961 November 14, 2011
by mongo
Strange behaviour with a DC motor 18 10144 November 10, 2011
by jfbrink
Servo Squitter Project 13 4705 November 09, 2011
by Heed
how do i run a program 4 4265 November 08, 2011
by Heed
Help!!! my grades are in jeopordy 3 4524 November 07, 2011
by Heed
Motor control question 2 4309 November 04, 2011
by hevans
Help driving a high voltage Piezo 6 10031 November 02, 2011
by buffetrand
9V transformer more like ~15V 2 4588 October 31, 2011
by hevans
Tick Tock Clock question about which pins and long load times from DASA. 1 4466 October 25, 2011
by apphilosophy
Why is reversing polarity a bad thing? 26 97241 October 24, 2011
by glendon
Measuring Capacitance 9 6006 October 24, 2011
by Ralphxyz
9 VDC 1000mA to much? 4 4618 October 21, 2011
by mongo
Hardware/software oscilloscope? 7 6370 October 19, 2011
by cyberion
R-2R ladder using random crap resistors 25 23186 October 16, 2011
by sask55
RxD / TxD Questions 10 7931 October 13, 2011
by Twarter369
Basic Electrical Toggle Switch question.. 5 4697 October 07, 2011
by scottmc94
Piezo Buzzer - help 6 4595 October 03, 2011
by scottmc94
Program Upload Error with initialload 17 4880 September 30, 2011
by nerdgirl
I'm Curious About The Breadboard 2 4380 September 27, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Any games for Learning Electronics? 12 13959 September 21, 2011
by sask55
Help re-purposing A Palm M100 Portable Keyboard. 3 6075 September 18, 2011
by Twarter369
I just bought a Oscilloscope!! 57 24575 September 16, 2011
by dgikuljot
Digital Multimeter will not show resistance! 12 13303 September 16, 2011
by bretm
Something fast and with a lot of memory... 5 4323 September 16, 2011
by 6ofhalfdozen
595 Shift Array, BC337 Transistor and Solenoid 9 7907 September 14, 2011
by BobaMosfet
4 Transistor H-Bridge Fail 46 14039 September 10, 2011
by bretm
Nerdkit/Arduino with EL wire 34 9013 September 10, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Question about frequency and duty cycles on a multimeter 9 5461 September 01, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Dim LED 3 4283 August 23, 2011
by Rocket_Man_Jeff
Embedding Multi-Core Processors 17 4795 August 23, 2011
by Twarter369
Easy Transistor Question 4 5443 August 20, 2011
by jimmyw404
Daisy chaining MC74MC595 Shift Registers 13 7400 August 18, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Building a coil?? 12 7208 August 12, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Programming the micro-controller 9 4701 July 26, 2011
by Rick_S
Advice needed for further projects with my nerdkit 3 4350 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
more questions about tempsensor.c code 4 4186 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
tempsensor.c code question 3 4117 July 22, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Which way does electricity flow? Positive-to-Negative or Vice Versa? 5 24275 July 22, 2011
by rboggs10
Converting input signal for ADC, impedance matching? 7 5451 July 20, 2011
by BobaMosfet
my lcd went blank except a little line that looks like a cursor 2 4858 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Temperature project unclear explanation of error in uncompiled code 5 4564 July 20, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
make file errors on initialload.c 6 4613 July 17, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Error: "Maybe it isn't a butterfly/AVR109 but a AVR910 device?" 3 7405 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
the make file cant locate the libnerdkits 3 4273 July 17, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
avr macpack 3 4642 July 16, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
acd with 2 inputs? 18 4636 July 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Electro-magnetism. Concept check. 14 4735 July 13, 2011
by BobaMosfet
Battery clip wires 3 4188 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
Electronics advice needed 3 4080 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
I cant get my lcd to work 5 4363 July 10, 2011
by codenamejupiterx
2-ROW LCD Only Displaying 2 Rows of 8 dark blocks.... 3 4614 July 10, 2011
by gcharris
Help Please **** I can only use a 9v battrey sent by Nerdkits 35 5074 July 03, 2011
by wintersdb
Switching Ground with a transistor 12 25404 June 28, 2011
by dgikuljot
Powering I2C remote device? 3 4594 June 27, 2011
by Ralphxyz
rechargeable battery for project 2 4819 June 23, 2011
by BobaMosfet
TTL ULN2038 Question 40 6936 June 17, 2011
by Rick_S
Circuit board for monophonic signal generator 1 4872 June 15, 2011
by kayrock
4 Channel Voltage and Current Monitor 3 4888 June 15, 2011
by gcharris
"-U": The system could not find the file specified ERROR 6 4763 June 08, 2011
by pgdsmca
LCD Only showing 2 black Lines ????? 7 5368 June 06, 2011
by mja
A couple of questions 3 4491 June 06, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much should I strip? 3 4560 June 01, 2011
by mongo
How do I interface a Parallel-In Serial Out Shift Register with my microcontroller? 8 5043 June 01, 2011
by hevans
Motor Control/MCU power bus 5 4444 May 30, 2011
by esoderberg
How do I use two Serial or Parallel-in/serial out shift registers together? 2 4781 May 29, 2011
by Rick_S
Digital Input Question 4 4512 May 28, 2011
by frankdwest
PCB arrived 20 4496 May 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Save state data to EEPROM with power cutoff capacitor value? 4 5143 May 24, 2011
by gcharris
Calculating bypass capacitor 6 24180 May 19, 2011
by Ralphxyz
What shift register should I buy? 4 5098 May 09, 2011
by Noter
IR current 6 4794 May 05, 2011
by missle3944
Turning on COmputer without Switch 39 5524 May 04, 2011
by hariharan
Heat sensors 21 5895 May 04, 2011
by Hexorg
error 1 2 4393 May 02, 2011
by hevans
Transistor vs mosfet 13 12684 May 01, 2011
by Noter
PCB trace width calculator 3 5955 April 24, 2011
by esoderberg
OLED display 10 5675 April 23, 2011
by Rick_S
Power Supplies 17 6225 April 22, 2011
by BobBolinger
LCD & battery&USB 4 4318 April 22, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Amperage Multiplyer 6 5022 April 21, 2011
by Rick_S
ADC Theremin Help... 1 4468 April 20, 2011
by jasongillikin
RF and oscoliscope 2 5496 April 19, 2011
by mongo
Connecting to external control voltages 4 4437 April 19, 2011
by bretm
IR current question 7 4570 April 18, 2011
by BobaMosfet
What is the purpose of the resistor in this power supply? 4 5354 April 17, 2011
by rajabalu21
Not meeting input Voltage Threshold, amplify? and Do I need a buffer? (Button input, LED output) 14 5553 April 14, 2011
by bretm
USB cable issues (maybe fried) 7 4813 April 10, 2011
by uml_12
Basic projects 3 4486 April 09, 2011
by mongo
REFLOW oven 22 7445 April 07, 2011
by Rick_S
Why 5 volts is most widely used? 10 14825 April 07, 2011
by bretm
unexpected MCU rebooting 82 9501 April 05, 2011
by sask55
REFLOW Soldering 3 5442 April 05, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Setting baudrate for bluetooth connectivity 1 4784 March 31, 2011
by AbhishekBhat
Oscilation circuits 8 7130 March 30, 2011
by bretm
Black Display on LCD 6 4751 March 28, 2011
by Druidman
32kHz clock 2 4409 March 28, 2011
by Rick_S
Debouncing and External Interrupts 9 11651 March 27, 2011
by Mujda
Geiger Counter Schematic Help 3 12254 March 18, 2011
by mongo
Thermocouples, relays, and fun!!! 12 6625 March 16, 2011
by mongo
LCD problem 3 4793 March 08, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How do I determine the throw characteristics of a Relay 8 5420 March 08, 2011
by bretm
ATMega168 Microcontroller simple relay with timer examIple 3 5498 March 01, 2011
by Rick_S
Why does my LED light if i so much as get near the circuit 3 4508 February 26, 2011
by nckomodo
Using a 555 IC instead of a Crystal Oscillator? 6 8232 February 26, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Pushbutton on off code 3 5449 February 26, 2011
by amartinez
Why does my led light without the battery? 2 5397 February 26, 2011
by hevans
24 volt DC to 12 volt DC 6 12448 February 25, 2011
by JKITSON
How to Switch a Solenoid? 11 9187 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Farads and Capacitors 8 6080 February 23, 2011
by Ralphxyz
How much to switch a relay? 3 9538 February 19, 2011
by Lusitania
My first Impression 6 4918 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Understanding battery life 3 6246 February 16, 2011
by devinsbusiness
Power Supply for LED's 4 5812 February 13, 2011
by sask55
Using Devices With Different Voltages 11 5455 February 05, 2011
by BobaMosfet
High voltage lines 26 7648 February 02, 2011
by mongo
USB 3 4463 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Ultrasonic thickness gauge with the NerdKit; interference form capacitance? 12 5541 February 02, 2011
by Jalex
Alternating LED circuit 4 5414 February 02, 2011
by Rick_S
Powering a Stepper Motor 5 6754 January 31, 2011
by il1019
Affordable oscilloscopes 43 15079 January 27, 2011
by BStory
"And"gate unfinished thought 2 4618 January 27, 2011
by Hexorg
replace MCU? 30 9717 January 26, 2011
by Jalex
Using a thermometer with the nerdkits microcontroller. 17 5178 January 25, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Multimeter! 12 7473 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
Generate a steady DC level from PWM signal 9 6120 January 25, 2011
by Jalex
My LED Cube so far 25 10894 January 24, 2011
by Keyster
what is a butterfly in hardwaring 3 5905 January 22, 2011
by Rick_S
USing Calculator as Keypad 5 5344 January 18, 2011
by dgikuljot
Counting 5 4564 January 18, 2011
by Jalex
How do I calculate the cutoff frequency...? 3 9225 January 17, 2011
by bretm
Programming 5 5443 January 14, 2011
by Ralphxyz
Induction loop actuator 7 5630 January 11, 2011
by Yourself
Begining 7 5716 January 09, 2011
by Jalex
Is Single-bit Memory Cell Diagram on Pg 14 Correct? 6 6097 January 09, 2011
by pacnwdude
uninterrupted power supply for NerdKit project 4 5426 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
RFB12B ... what are all this terms? >_< 5 4749 January 09, 2011
by mrobbins
UART operating at 3.3V 1 5276 January 06, 2011
by Mujda
Data input voltage 6 5283 January 03, 2011
by Rick_S
MOSFET Question 7 5427 December 31, 2010
by Keyster
Transistor as a switch 5 5472 December 29, 2010
by Hexorg
Resistors 5 5831 December 28, 2010
by georgio
Problem with NPN Phototransistor 16 10778 December 28, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Problem with Voltage Regulator? 14 5686 December 28, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Relay ratings 2 4994 December 24, 2010
by mongo
Do LEDs need a series resistor to limit the current? 27 20345 December 19, 2010
by mongo
Safe, Easy and Inexpensive way to Control AC Power 3 4828 December 17, 2010
by mongo
Power Rectifier 7 7123 December 15, 2010
by Hexorg
Limitation of a battery on the NerdKit 18 7465 December 14, 2010
by danuke
This a decent oscilloscope? 8 5238 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Do resistors in series really add up? 8 6663 December 14, 2010
by danuke
Falstad circuit emulator in Java 1 6058 December 09, 2010
by bretm
L293 H-Bridge 15 6749 December 05, 2010
by devinsbusiness
Spark when using a flyback diode 3 6961 December 04, 2010
by Wheresmind
INA118 -- Instrumentation Amplifier 8 7126 December 02, 2010
by BobaMosfet
angular position sensors and multiplexing 9 6032 November 29, 2010
by d3adl0ck3
Solar cells in parallell, but no additional amperage 11 6558 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Op-amp not working 6 6828 November 24, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Python questions 4 5792 November 21, 2010
by tkopriva
CE Amp design 5 5339 November 12, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Is it possible to re-use parts from household appliances? 5 5232 November 05, 2010
by mongo
Confirming MCU clock is functioning 8 5091 November 05, 2010
by Mujda
PC4 not working?! 8 4949 November 04, 2010
by hapshetsut
Amplifiers 4 4899 October 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
supplying power and controlling 12V motors/fans 3 5766 October 12, 2010
by JerseyGun
Transistors Versus Diodes 4 5856 October 04, 2010
by Scythium
radio interference from NerdKit 11 4988 September 27, 2010
by Rob56
USB cable and Bluetooth dongle ... 9 9612 September 14, 2010
by Ralphxyz
solar project with light sensors 7 5458 September 11, 2010
by akajester
QFP and dreadboard 2 5359 September 02, 2010
by bretm
Getting power to the spinning part... 5 5215 August 31, 2010
by Hexorg
Need help with electronics using a op-amp 21 13176 August 30, 2010
by Ralphxyz
morse code decoder 2 5330 August 26, 2010
by jonathan_m
Connecting to Computer 3 5314 August 25, 2010
by awesome
555 astable on breadboard 12 6820 August 22, 2010
by mongo
Digital Sound Recording System Need Help!! 1 4934 August 20, 2010
by xc2rx
Use 4 digit LED display using fewest possible outputs 2 5431 August 19, 2010
by hevans
mosfet 3 4695 August 13, 2010
by hevans
Good material on learning electronics. 8 5697 August 11, 2010
by TexanBackpacker
MCU Clock Implementation 2 4582 August 06, 2010
by Rick_S
Servo causes MCU to reset 4 7306 August 02, 2010
by mrobbins
More batteries = more voltage? 3 6524 July 23, 2010
by mongo
Building a motor driver/ESC for AC motor. 10 9926 July 09, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Using LM741 amp in the Piezoelectric Sound Meter Project 7 7001 July 02, 2010
by mongo
Electro Cardio Gram 4 5877 June 21, 2010
by Ralphxyz
How do I read very low voltages with the Nerdkit please? (0 to 20.0 mV) 3 4641 June 12, 2010
by Wobbler
Voltage Regulator 20 6357 June 10, 2010
by Ralphxyz
Converting Battery power to Wall Plug-in... 2 5913 June 09, 2010
by mongo
Bipolar and MOSFET transistors 3 6582 June 09, 2010
by CyberGod
high side mosfet led multiplexing 5 6220 June 07, 2010
by gnkarn
tempsensor, LM34DZ, specs. 4 5420 June 07, 2010
by BobaMosfet
Some questions (temp sensor + button) 4 4647 June 06, 2010
by Kafke
TSSOP IC! 4 5426 June 03, 2010
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