lynne had this crazy idea to build a piece of clothing that would give you feedback about your surroundings using sonar . she started with a carefully selected thrift store jacket. she wanted something that looked good and also provided plenty of places to hide electronics. she used the lilypad system with a vibration pad and a sonar range finder. when the system detects an object within a c...... [Show More]
...the item in question is just a simple breakout board and
3.5mm trs jack plus some headers soldered on the breakout board for easy
conne ction . you can buy both of these parts at httpwww .sparkfun. com
search for 3.5mm. the desktop speakers are just a linein
so as far as i can tell theres no other circuitry....... [Show More]
were always excited to get a new chip or sim card to interface but our enthusiasm is often dampened by the prototyping process. interfacing any chip usually means breadboarding a circuit writing code and hauling out the programmer maybe even a prototyping pcb.
a few years ago we built the first bus pirate a universal bus interface that talks to most chips from a pc seri...... [Show More]
anupam pathak knows how jarring it can be to wake up to a traditional alarm clock. he decided to hack an alarm clock so that it would open the shades in his room to allow in natural light. he found the pin that went high when the alarm was triggered and used that to signal an attiny45. the microcontroller activates a servo connected directly to the blinds. he has switches on the side of the cl..... [Show More]
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assunto da mensagem lilypad xbee na sparkfun
quem utiliza os lilypads e pretende utilizar xbee ja pode comprar na sparkfun o lilypad xbee por 14.95 atenaao que a apenas o shield sem qualquer microcontrolador ou modulo de xbee....... [Show More]
googfan sent us in his latest project. he has made a shirt with a circuit sewn in . it is crude and probably wont last long but the end product is pretty cool. you can see a stencil of the functioning circuit on the front of the shirt. he has threaded wire in along the circuit and attached the leds transistors capacitors and resistors on their individual symbols. the final product ...... [Show More]
i understand maker faire austin is done and gone but im still thinking about how much fun it was. over the next week or 2 ill continue to share some highlights from the most maketastic event austins ever seen.
sparkfun electronics raised a pretty penny for some austin nonprofits
the soldering workshop was a huge hit we accepted donations for the soldering kits ...... [Show More]
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assunto da mensagem sparkfun recebe novidades da pololu
a sparkfun recebeu uma quantidade enorme de produtos da pololu tais como motores rodas controladores de servos sensores etc etc.. deixo imagens de alguns dos produtos e quem tiver interessado a procurar nos produtos mais recentes da loja para nao se perder numa imensidao de componentes desejaveis....... [Show More]
classes from sparkfun tutorials ...
for awhile now weve been offering classes on various topics to friends and family of sparkfun. we are now opening them up to the public our first class is december 3rd 2008 at the sparkfun office and will cover surface mount soldering. this is the first of growing offerings in our new classes category. if youve ever soldered a header or c...... [Show More]
in the very loosest sense of the word
if youre looking to do something for our servicepeople or against the war stitch for senate started the stitch for soldier scarf drive to benefit iraq veterans against the war . it runs through jan. 20 2009. contact stitch for senate for more information contact info is on the main page linked above.
for somethin...... [Show More]
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come on folks. if we keep tearing apart everything thats handed to us well never get nice things. sparkfun got their mitts on two kill a watts and proceeded to plug them into everything and then dismantled them to see how they work . the kill a watt keeps track of how much power is used over time. the largest load they found was their soda machine using 500w should probab...... [Show More]
kill a watt take apart sparkfun
plug the killawatt into a standard 110v us outlet then plug the device like a tv airconditioner computer etc you want to measure into the killawatt. the kaw will measure voltage amps watts hz kwhr and elapsed time since plugged in. the unit requires no batteries its plugged into the wall after all and does ...... [Show More]
sparkfun has posted an excellent guide to the many different issues you could run into when you finally decide to get a circuit board professionally produced. we assume that most of you arent running a professional design firm and will appreciate these tips gleaned from years of experience. they provided a rule list eagle drc and cam file to help you get it right the first time. the e...... [Show More]
sparkfun posted a helpful collection of circuit design tips for avoiding problems at the fabrication house. very handy for reducing the stress and suspense involved with handing over your designs for production designing a better pcb
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