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This blog contains the legacy personal blog posts of our members, other than our Top Members whose content has been migrated into individual blogs in this area. Our new platform does not have personal blogs so this is how we have preserved the personal blog posts of our members from the Jive platform. No new posts will be permitted in this blog. Instead, if you wish to create blog content, please post it in the blog in the most appropriate topic area.

  • i3 Detroit Week 3: Meet The Hackers

    e14 Contributor
    We've researched, we've brainstormed, we've debated, and now Team i3 is rolling up our sleeves to start hacking!  "But wait!" you say "Who *is* Team i3?"  We have hackers of all kinds, about a dozen of us in total.  We put together a v...

  • It Works !!!

    Judeling
    We had our Maker Faire over the weekend. We thought it a good time to present the project to a wider audience. A photo resister, a phone handset speaker some caps ,a 555 and we had a simple circuit to demos. It had to be simple because getting ready ...

  • AEC and Elesta Relays

    e14 Contributor
    The Elesta force guided relays utilize mechanically linked contacts to ensure that break and make contacts are never closed at the same time, providing an elegant switching solution.  If normally open load contacts should stick closed, the norma...

  • Felt Resistor

    AcklenX

  • New parts

    ordos18
    Yesterday we got new parts to our collection. We have LiPol batteries and rims. But we must wait for forms before we would be able to mold tires. It's a great progress.

  • Nowe części

    ordos18
    Wczoraj dostaliśmy nowe części do naszej kolekcji. Mamy już pakiety LiPol i gotowe felgi. Musimy jeszcze zaczekać na formy do opon i później przystąpić do odlewów. Jest coraz większy postęp.

  • An Excellent HF RFID Reader Module

    e14 Contributor
    Module NO.: JMY603C PCD model: NXP MFRC53101T/0FE,112MFRC53101T/0FE,112Antenna: IntegratedProtocol: ISO14443A and ISO14443BCPU: P89LPC932Working frequency: 13.56MHzCard supported: Mifare 1K/4K, FM11RF08, Ultra Light, DesFire, Mifare ProX, SR176, SRI5...

  • Umicore Solar Team

    e14 Contributor
    Momenteel is het Umicore Solar Team de 4de Belgische zonnewagen aan het ontwikkelen. De afgelopen maanden is het team volop bezig geweest met het ontwerp van hun eigen zonnewagen. Er werden reeds 3 concepten ontwikkeld en onderzocht. Vervolgens werd ...

  • Where are all the good circuits hiding

    AcklenX
    I remember a lot more simple circuits being available on the bbs's.  I guess it's been a while but this new bbs thing (the "internet" they call it), just does seem to have as many.  Any who, I have found a few black box-less radios (tx or r...

  • Begining

    ordos18
    Three students of University of Science and Technology in Cracow (Poland) got funding from Farnell in connection with organizing robotic festival ROBOCOMP ( www.robocomp.info ) and because of that arised project of buidling mini-sumo robot.At the beg...

  • Początki

    ordos18
    Zebrało się trzech studentów AGH, dostali dofinansowanie od Farnella w związku z organizowanymi zawodami robotów ROBOCOMP ( www.robocomp.info - Zapraszamy! ) i tak powstał projekt budowy turniejowego robota minisumo.Początkowo potrzebne są pomysły i ...

  • For the big kids

    AcklenX
    An electronics project kit wouldn't really be much of a kit if it didn't come with the circuits ready to build.  Here are some of the circuits we propose to build with this project.  We may even finish one or two!!DMM*AMM* - never have I wr...

  • It's for the kids

    AcklenX
    ...or all circuits are not created equal.  We want our project to have a broad reach and appeal to children (and educators) at many different levels.  But what sort of circuit can grab a hold of an elementary school aged child and make them...

  • To felt or not to felt

    AcklenX
    While we initially recognized that a white board had certain advantages over a felt board, you really realize it until you've created dedicated pieces for each.  That is to say not just sticking felt pieces onto a whiteboard with a magnet, but s...

  • Keeping up with mobile app development.

    Chris_Pinter
    April 5, 2011 Every since the early days of the smart  phone, mobile application have been creating added value to the cellular  phone industry.   The business strategy for creating apps usually  follows one of two marke...

  • Basically, What is strategic planning?

    Chris_Pinter
    Strategic Planning 101                                      ...

  • PinterEC becomes a qualified vendor for the BC government.

    Chris_Pinter
    April 6, 2011   Pinter Electronics Consultants Inc. (PinterEC) became a qualified project management  firm for the British Colombian Government earlier this week.   Negotiations started back in September of 2010 and only...

  • Felt Photos!!

    AcklenX
    or not!  Jive is having problems (or my paranoid employers proxy server)

  • Felt!!

    AcklenX
    What kid doens't have fond memories of story time with a felt board  (aside from - I have a terrible memory)?  Any who I've been playing  around with felt representations of our electronics components (colors,  sizes, shapes).&nbs...

  • Week Three - Mind the Fields

    Hackerspace_Charlotte
    Hello from week three!  You'll have to excuse the tardiness a little bit.  We do an open house event called Hacker Friday on the first Friday of every month, so that took a bit.  We also try to do a science-y door game, and this month...

  • Farnell și Freescale doresc să vă invite la un  seminar virtual unic, GRATUIT!

    e14 Contributor
    Fie că sunteți deja inginer proiectant sau student în acest domeniu, suntem siguri că doriți să fiți la curent cu toate noile tehnologii de vârf. De aceea, dorim să vă invităm la o prezentare despre:Microcontrolere Kinetis de 32 biți (ARM Cortex M4 ...

  • Společnosti Farnell a Freescale si vás dovolují pozvat na jedinečný BEZPLATNÝ webový seminář!

    laskowska
    Ať už jste konstrukční inženýr nebo ještě studujete, jsme si jisti, že chcete držet krok se všemi nejnovějšími a nejpokrokovějšími technologiemi. Proto bychom vás chtěli pozvat na následující prezentaci:32bitové mikrokontroléry Kinetis (jádro ARM Co...

  • Farnell i Freescale zapraszają Państwa na jedyne w swoim rodzaju BEZPŁATNE szkolenie internetowe (webinar)

    polska
    Niezależnie od tego, czy jesteś konstruktorem, czy studentem elektroniki, jesteśmy pewni, że chcesz być na bieżąco z najnowszymi technologiami i rozwiązaniami dostępnymi na rynku. Zatem zapraszamy Cię na prezentację: 32-bitowe mikrokontrolery K...

  • Initial Thermistor Testing

    [Noisebridge]BioBoard
    Ho All!  I'm Charlie and I imagine that I am a materials scientist - designing and manufacturing such things as rare earth magnets and medical devices.  My task is to address some of the temperature measurement aspects of the BioBoard - we ...

  • Video working?

    msanders
     Working?