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LEDs and Resistors: A Cautionary Tale

Posted on July 5, 2013 by

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Schematic Diagrams in Sketchup

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

Paint and Sketchup are the only drawing programs that I know how to use. Paint has become miserable with Windows 7, so that it is almost impossible to draw a straight line, let alone a schematic diagram. So I thought … Continue reading →

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How to stick resistors in breadboards

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

Not like that. Like this: Also recommended: Cup your hand over the clippers when you snip the unbent lead even with the bent, which sounds metaphorical but will in practice keep little metal bits from flying hither and yon.

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Buying an Arduino at Radio Shack

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Ever since I was informed that Radio Shack was going to sell Arduinos, I’ve been swinging by the local store to check what they have in stock. Well, last night there was a Mega and a motor controller shield on … Continue reading →

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Arduino and Photocell

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

This is an experiment out of the Getting Started with Arduino book. As you can see, an analog port is connected to a circuit with a photocell (Radio Shack part 276-1657) and resistor (220 ohm). I used a flashlight to … Continue reading →

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Arduino Monster Robot

Posted on October 30, 2011 by

For Halloween, I thought I would try to make a glowing monster mask for my budget arduino robot. Here’s the original, somewhat overly ambitious plan that I made: Since I already had the robot, the first thing I had to … Continue reading →

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Budget Arduino Robot Upgrades

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

I’ve done some upgrades to my arduino robot. The change that seemed to help the most in the accuracy department was to upgrade the wheels. The potato chip container lids were kind of flimsy, so I replaced them with hard … Continue reading →

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