Hi, I'm using the 6050. I thought you would only need one axis for a self balancing robot, am I right? If that is the case then you just need to deduc...

I have a blue pill. I was attracted by the low power and am considering it for Eric's power monitor.

Hi Peter, With your present set up the electrodes will corrode away over time and dissolve into the soil and that can be bad for the plant. Can I sugg...

The LDR pins is connected to ground and is in series with an resistor of 1MΩ connected to the 3.3V supply. The LDR and the resistor form a voltage di...

The 6050 does not need the shift, you do. The 6050 will operate once you power it up, it then loads the information gathered into pairs of memory loc...

The tails of old tell stories of dark magic long forgotten in the age of man so I may be wrong about this but ... its all down to how long it takes. A...

Don't get me wrong Mint does networking just fine. My grumble is only about the software used to configure the network. The Mint visual interface is ...

My vote is for mint, I'm using it on my main computer and my only grumble would be the way it handles networking. It's a dual boot with Win10, so I g...

All these GPS satellite things are over my head.

Hi Scott, I'm not offended in fact I find the Phase Dock quite fun and I'm always interested in new products. I'm just trying to give an opinion from...

Everything is on Ebay, I just did a quick look for the prices so you may be able to get a better price. Stand Offs @ £7.39 These are M3 so I also have...

Hi Scott, I can see it has it's uses especially in industry where you need your prototype to look good for the client. I can't see an advantage for a...

Why is someone 3D printing plastic mounts when you can get a big bag of them from China for next to nothing?

It took me a while before I understood bit-shifting so I'll post here for everyone who has not got it. We read two registers from the device (6050 in ...

I don't know if this will help but I'm pulling the data from the 6050 with the following code: void getGyro() { short int gyroXout = (wiringPiI2CReadR...