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  • Tada!

    sasquatch84
    Well, it works!  I glued everything into an old soldering iron container and added a little extra heatsink onto the 7805.  I may be a terrible gardener, but at least those strawberries will be well watered! Thanks to everyone who helped me ...

  • Go Kart V2 - Controller Diagnostics

    rsc
    I disassembled the controller and tested the CM600 IGBT, and it was OK.  Tested it with a 12V lamp, and it turned on and off with the gate trigger. Great!I set up a 24V supply and wired up the controller to a temporary brake switch and throttle ...

  • Let's try this again

    sasquatch84
    Ok, so I grabbed another Nano and got it all wired up like the last one.  I soldered a diode directly onto the solenoid valve contacts.  Maybe I should have just put it on the circuit board?  Anyone think I should?  Let me know.&n...

  • Aaaaaargh!

    sasquatch84
    So I got everything hooked up/soldered together and it was all working great.  The relay was clicking on when I wanted it to.  The power supply had everything going without any smoke or flames.  And then I hooked up the solenoid valve ...

  • Power Supply for Nano

    sasquatch84
    So I am planning on using the Arduino nano for the brains of my garden watering project.  I have a 12 volt power converter I kept from an old set of boot dryers that fell apart years ago.  I know that the Nano can handle the volts but seein...

  • Go Kart V2

    rsc
    I've been tripping over my broken electric go kart in the garage for a few years now, I think it's time to rebuild it.If I get chosen for the IoT on Wheels design challenge, I'll add some microprocessor control and monitoring.The batterie...

  • Et Voila

    sasquatch84

  • Garden Watering Apparatus

    sasquatch84
    Few things make me more upset than losing something.  I had ordered an adafruit 12volt solenoid valve for my automatic garden watering project but was so busy for the first part of the summer with work that I just put it on the shelf.  Now ...

  • Arbiter Fuzz Face Effects Pedal - Silicon Transistors

    Andy Betts
    Following on from my first haphazard foray into pedal building with the Colorsound Power boost fiasco, I can safely say that it was frustrating, educational and entertaining in equal measures. To this end I've decided to start blog posts detailing my...

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  • South of France - Port au l'Espiguette

    glosvaper

  • Using spreadsheets (Excel) for simple computations and approximations

    koudelad
    I created this blog post from the information I originally posted in this thread: If I Had a Hammer  made by . 1) Using Excel (or other spreadsheets) to compute/visualize the data.I will consider the STMicroelectronics  H...

  • So...ummm whats going on everyone?

    gam3t3ch
    what ya all doing? hmmm?  I am just procrastinating on getting to my bench tonight....heading there after this but...one of them days.   Maybe ill just chill with a IDE tonight.

  • Arduino Starter Kit

    willygeek
    Well, the Arduino Starter kit I won from  you guys has arrived.I plan to keep everyone up to date on my progress through the projects in the book accompanying the kit, but progress may be a bit slow as I also plan to use this as a means of intro...

  • Just a...

    gam3t3ch

  • Need input on my MPConnector Set 3/4inch 23.5mm

    gam3t3ch
    So I thought I would share as I know sometimes people want to build something but they are not sure what or just need something for prototyping I came up with some blocks that fit on 3/4 inch EMT Conduit, 23.5mm as I have a ton of it left over from m...

  • IOT Enabled Power Outlet using WeMOS

    oksbwn
                        This is a simple project to make IOT enabled power outlet. This video is around WeMOS and demonstrates how to use WeMOS with thingspeak...

  • Just a little note on sketchup and stl exports not being nice that need repair. (how to repair them)

    gam3t3ch
    So I have been working on the final design on my MPWire Stripper today so much work on this project cant wait to see it running.   Anyways so prototyping went well so I decided time to get final design done and printed out.  Using goog...

  • Automatic Arduino Garden-Watering Project

    sasquatch84
    This is the first entry of my first project since joining here.  I work a lot and would like to have my garden watered by my Arduino.  I want the water to turn on every morning at the same time for the same duration.  As far as parts g...

  • Wish I could join the IoT on Wheels Design Challenge

    gam3t3ch
    Man some of these contests are killer,  the prizes on this one are off the chart.   I would love to take part in it but wow have a feeling I would have to sell my soul to get anything near as good as anyone else lol

  • ROHM's Arduino Shield for Easier and Faster Stepper Motor Driver Designs

    rohm_eu
    ROHM’s Arduino-basedevaluation kit (EVK) supportsthe evaluation of its motor driver devices and enables, facilitate andaccelerate customers’ developments. Designed as a ‘shield’ to plug directly into the Arduino main board,this EVK integrates a ROHM’...

  • Looking at the DMX 512 protocol with a Keysight EDUX1002A scope

    beacon_dave
    First outing with an entry-level Keysight Technologies Infiniivision  EDUX1002AEDUX1002A digital storage oscilloscope Keysight EDUX1002AKeysight EDUX1002A The particular task chosen was to look at the DMX 512 protocol generated from a Chauv...

  • When you have a idea but it just doesn't go as planned

    gam3t3ch
    So I am still working on my project putting a ton of time in it but since I am not working at the moment I have the time to immerse myself into my projects a bit before the wife gets after me so if you have seen my previous blog posts you know what I...

  • carputer project

    cooper_si
    I'm currently building a pi to be an audio player and more in my 2007 MINI Cooper S. I have sourced and fitted a touch screen into the speedo housing which is causing me a few headaches to get working but I'll get there. I'll eventua...

  • AggreGate Server on Nanopi NEO

    vasilina_st
    We’ve tested AggreGate Server on Nanopi NEO, one of the smallest Linux-based single-board PCs.Despite its small size, this device simply rules! It has RAM 512 Mb on board, 1,2 GHz quad-core CPU, 10/100M Ethernet network interface, and many other inte...