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Arduino IR Remote Control
theorycircuit @ instructables.com shows us how to use TSOP 1738 IR receiver with your Arduino Board. By using arduino and IR Receiver TSOP 1738 (in our project, you can use any ir receiver available) we can decode any infrared remote code into hex or some other format. Before...
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Weller WSD81i soldering station now with a cleaning set for free
Reliable "industrial" station WSD81i for excellent price and a set with a value of 40 Eur as a free bonus – that´s our gift to you. Innovated soldering station Weller WSD81i was in-depth introduced to you in our article Weller WSD81i soldering station doesn´t need a...
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SparkFun: A look inside some common power supplies
MTaylor @ sparkfun.com takes a look inside different power supplies he has on his box. Power supplies are everywhere these days. With the advent of switching power supplies, the cost of high-current supplies has radically dropped. Maybe you’ve noticed how the large, heavy,...
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SRF01 Sensor teardown and reverse engineering
Jaanus Kalde wanted to know why his SRF01 sensor fails after dropping from the air so he did a reverse engineering on it. I needed small ultrasonic sensors for a flying sensor. So I got the smallest one - SRF01. Quite nice unit, works down to 0 cm. There were some problems with it -...
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Little Helper: an ARM powered mobile device
Phillip Schuster has build a portable device featuring some ports to connect stuff like sensors and other circuits and some menu driven user interface to trigger various modules doing tests, reading data etc. Working in my lab with electronics I came across different little...
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Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) Topologies (part I)
Microchip's application note describes the basics of different SMPS topologies: The industry drive toward smaller, lighter and more efficient electronics has led to the development of the Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS). There are several topologies commonly used to implement SMPS....
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Replacement LED driver for AN6877
Dilshan Jayakody has designed a board to replace AN6877 base LED drivers using discreet transistors. He writes: AN6877 is linear AF level meter IC produced by Panasonic and it is commonly found on many audio equipment. This chip is no longer manufactured by Panasonic and finding...
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Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Create your own GUI with TkInter and Python
educ8s.tv shows us how to build a graphical user interface on Raspberry Pi using TkInter and Python. Having a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a touch screen makes controlling your Raspberry Pi so much easier. With Python and TkInter one can develop his own GUI very easily. In this...
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