TheOutlander
TheOutlander
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RE: What's on your bench?

@sean451 ...and you are using the evil breadboard power supply!

3 years ago
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RE: Reliable and reasonably priced Canadian online sources for electrical components?

So, @dronebot-workshop and I have probably bumped into each other at some point. I apologize, Bill, if I reached in front of you for the last "widget"...

3 years ago
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RE: Elego breadboard power supply only providing 4.96V

@dronebot-workshop Not in the above, but I did check with a fan running on what I thought was the 5v output. I'll rerun tests with a load tonight.

3 years ago
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RE: Soldering stations for beginners?

Thanks for the advice, @codecage . I usually wait until my skill surpasses my tools to upgrade. Always a difficult process to clearly identify if the ...

3 years ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi Pico - Control the (I/O) World

@codecage I was just reading that! I bought new tips which improved things dramatically - I obviously have a maintenance issue.

3 years ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi Pico - Control the (I/O) World

I've never soldered header pins onto a PCB....wish me luck. Maybe I should have asked the supplier for some DOA Pico's to train on 🤔

3 years ago
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RE: Identifying code loaded on Arduino

@codecage Snuck this into a simple blink sketch since I had to pull apart a bunch of wires from my RPI today. Had some gibberish from one board, I'll ...

3 years ago
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RE: Elego breadboard power supply only providing 4.96V

I'll test tomorrow with USB plugged in rather than barrel jack, but yes....I was going to clip the leads and use only the other rail (backup)

3 years ago
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RE: Elego breadboard power supply only providing 4.96V

@yurkshirelad You made me look! I have 2 breadboard power supplies (bought at the same time). I went and checked and sure enough, one of them was no...

3 years ago
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RE: What's on your bench?

@supercharlie There is some space on your desk that is void of wires. You need to expand the Jetson's footprint 😆

3 years ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi Pico - Control the (I/O) World

I wanted an outing so I actually went to the store to pick them up, in the snowstorm, a couple of weeks back! Always an adventure!

3 years ago
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RE: What's on your bench?

Today's messy bench segment - converting some old Dell laptop power supplies to use with projects by cutting off the square connector and adding a mor...

3 years ago
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RE: Identifying code loaded on Arduino

Good idea on serial output to ID the code. I added the hostname and IP address to the display of my temp/humidity sensor when it restarts (displays fo...

3 years ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi Pico - Control the (I/O) World

@yurkshirelad Mine were $8.95 at a Montreal store, my usual source of supply were our of stock. I think we are seeing price and availability fluctuati...

3 years ago
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