Resistors
Placement of the correct resistor can be crucial! Know the resistor’s value by using a table such as found on Digikey’s website or download a handy app such as Resistor Color Code to your phone.
Read more ›Placement of the correct resistor can be crucial! Know the resistor’s value by using a table such as found on Digikey’s website or download a handy app such as Resistor Color Code to your phone.
Read more ›I placed an eBay order with czb6721960 on 19 June and it arrived 25 June 2014. I think it took me longer to make it to the post office to pick up my supplies than for the package to fly across the Pacific! Free shipping from China can be FAST! 5516 and 5549 Photoreistors 3V and 5V Buzzers […]
Read more ›Velleman solid core prototyping wire in 10 colors from Amazon January 2014. The variety of colors is useful for prototyping breadboard circuits. I use my favorite thread snips to strip the jacketing off the wire.
Read more ›How to set up a breadboard circuit for ATtiny45 to blink five LEDs in sequence. BREADBOARD CONNECTIONS ATtiny Pin 0 to LED positive (signal, white) ATtiny VCC (+) to power positive (+, red) ATtiny GND (-) to power negative (-, black) LED negative to resistor (breadboard connection) Resistor to negative power (-, black) repeat for Pin 1, […]
Read more ›When working with Arduino to program ATtinys I use this standard breadboard set up. The right half I use to program and the left side I use to test. This system allows me to upload the boot loader and code and then quickly test the microcontroller for blink.
Read more ›Breadboards – whats going on behind that plastic mask? Unfortunately most breadboards have a backing material so you can’t see the connection channels. A side view close up showing the clips inside the breadboard which hold the jump wires in place gives you some idea of how the connection channels are laid out. To really understand […]
Read more ›Whats on my workbench? One of my favorite circuits! A Maxbotix Ultra Sonic Range Finder, ATtiny45, and a vibrating motor.
Read more ›This is stranded hook up wire that I purchased from eBay. It comes pre-tinned. A comparison of solid core to stranded wires.
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