Legacy Personal Blogs

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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.

Farnell #75Years Twitter Competition

Sarribas

This competition is run by Premier Farnell plc (Premier Farnell or we, our, us) on the following terms and conditions (the T&Cs).During the period from 14th May 2014 (9am GMT) to 16th May 2014 (5pm GMT) and the period from 21st May 2014 (9am GMT)...
- 13 May 2014
Celebrating 75 Years of High Service

Sarribas
- 13 May 2014
Rapiro Remote Control Projects

e14 Contributor

I have completed three options for controlling the Rapiro Robot using the modified Rapiro Sample Program Arduino sketch that added the option to turn off servo power. It can be downloaded at this link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5...
- 8 May 2014
test mention of mention2

e14 Contributor

test mention of user mention2 Alan went into how USB can be odd based on device used, packet type + size, modes, and general weirdness can affect performance. USB is one of those things we all have to deal with and likely will for a long time.&n...
- 7 May 2014
It's been a while... soooooo

funinalaska

Ok, It has been a while since I made a blog post here.There are many reasons for this, most of them revolve around family and health matters.But enough of that. Time for an update on my endeavors in building and creating First off the Thermomete...
- 7 May 2014
Farnell Batman Competition

Sarribas

This competition is run by Premier Farnell plc (Premier Farnell or we, our, us) on the following terms and conditions (the T&Cs).During the period from 6th May 2014 (9am GMT) to 9th May 2014 (5pm GMT), any person who gives an answer to the Farnel...
- 6 May 2014
C2000 Based Motor Control Workshops in Germany!

e14 Contributor

Register here: http://ow.ly/wwzg1 Let us know if you're attending!
- 6 May 2014
Amazon wearable technology store: Marketing with it

e14 Contributor

Our society is quickly moving more towards wearable technology, which means your company needs to start focusing on ways to market in more technology-friendly ways. Of course, Amazon has already recognized that it is going to be the next best thing a...
- 5 May 2014
test

e14 Contributor

test
- 4 May 2014
Encender y apagar un led con BS2

e14 Contributor

Este es el primero delos programas para BASIC Stamp editado con PBASIC de PARALLAXprograma y simulación con POTEUS<<< Encender y apagar un led >>>>
- 4 May 2014
RIoTboard User Manual

e14 Contributor

Just a temporary mirror for the RIoTboard user manual while the main file is misbehaving Attachments:community.element14.com/.../RIoTboard_5F00_User_5F00_Manual_5F00_v1.1.pdfRIoTboard_User_Manual_v1.1.pdf
- 1 May 2014
Polymer And Hybrid Capacitors Are Road Ready! Panasonics Polymer for Automotive applications

simone@panasonic

Polymer capacitors are seeing increasing use in automotive electronic applications. Panasonics polymer and hybrid capacitors meet the following automotive production requirements: OS-CON, Hybrid and POSCAP models comply with...
- 30 Apr 2014
From STEM to STEAM – Arts Education: Key to Growing Next Gen Technology Innovators

ipsdesigners

Growing next gen technology innovators requires a word change- from STEM to STEAM. The case for STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and its supreme importance to a thriving economy has been successfully made in both the busines...
- 29 Apr 2014
First to Market with Emerging Technology: The Agony and the Ecstasy

ipsdesigners

Being the first to market with emerging technology is a challenging yet rewarding mission. About 3 years ago, IPS was contracted by Motorola Solutions to productize a headset computer, now known as the Motorola HC1. It is one of the most interesting ...
- 29 Apr 2014
Electrónica -La Resistancia

e14 Contributor

La resistencia o resistor
- 29 Apr 2014
Getting started with Gertduino - A Faire trial...

doorknob

Things have been pretty quiet for me on the blogging front for the last week, but I have a good excuse. I have been getting ready to show off my work-in-progress all-sky camera (two of them, actually) at the Westport (CT) Mini Maker Faire, sched...
- 27 Apr 2014
Kat Scott is building a desktop Pick and Place! The element14 Interview

sophikravitz

Katherine Scott, software lead and co-founder at Tempo Automation. She is building a desktop Pick and Place machine which aims to automate the “slowest, most distracting, and expensive step of the electronics prototyping process: surface mount assemb...
- 23 Apr 2014
MicroUPS - UPS for Raspberry, BeagleBone, Cubieboard

e14 Contributor

www.youtube.com/watchHello all,MicroUPS is a project started on Indiegogo.com crowd-funding platform.Here is the link There is also Facebook public fanpage if you wish to share with your friends.MicroUPS is a new device for microcomputers like Raspber...
- 23 Apr 2014
4 Transistors to put your Parts Kit

baldengineer

The other day I was working on a project in the TechShop in Austin. A recent student of my Arduino Programming class asked me how to make his motor spin. So I started to talk about needing a transistor and they asked the question "what is...
- 22 Apr 2014
Puglia participa en jornadas de puertas abiertas en Bruselas Este ano

e14 Contributor

l ’ pugliese Agencia de tecnología e innovación ’ participa en jornadas de puertas abiertas "Semana Europea de las regiones y ciudades", celebrada en Bruselas del 5 al 8 de octubre ’.Los mejore smartphone chinos son la moda entre los aficionados a la...
- 22 Apr 2014
Which brand of 3d printer is best?

e14 Contributor

I have trouble in selecting an affordable and high quality 3d printer. There are so many manufactures, I don't which to choose. If you have bought one of them, please share your experience with me. 1.MakerBot Replicator 2X2.LulzBot TAZ 3.03.uniq...
- 22 Apr 2014
Getting started with Gertduino - It's alive!

doorknob

I'm installing pyFirmata on the Pi to communicate with the StandardFirmata sketch on the Gertduino. I had already installed the pySerial library a couple of blog posts ago in order to enable the program-to-program sample code that I tested. ...
- 20 Apr 2014
Getting started with Gertduino - Firmata FTW

doorknob

Firmata is a serial communication protocol designed for transferring data between (for example) a microcontroller board and a host computer. Software running on the host (the Pi, in this case) can control, either by reading or writing to, ports on th...
- 19 Apr 2014
Getting started with Gertduino - Are we there yet?

doorknob

Slowly but surely I've been plodding through my phased approach to testing communication between the Pi and the Gertduino via the serial port. So far it has been delightfully drama-free. It took just a few minutes of effort to load and run the c...
- 19 Apr 2014
EZPE series – Panasonic Film Cap for DC-link and DC filter applications

simone@panasonic

With the EZPE series Panasonic developed a series that is supporting with advanced technologies these requirements. It is an ideal alternative for electrolytic capacitor as of improved energy efficiency, higher voltage and ripple current level and de...
- 17 Apr 2014