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What do you use a board like this for?
I'll start by saying that I'm a software guy, I know literally nothing about electronics.
I recently bought a raspberry pi, and while browsing at my local electronics shop, saw this board for $5.
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Remappable pins [closed]
I have found myself lost on this one... I am designing a dev/backup board for one of my projects for a solar car. One of the main goals of this board is to be able to connect pin X on the input side ...
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Searching for standalone unix development board to connect DC motors
I though a bit about the board and came to the conclusion that it may be more intelligent to use a stand-alone component which provides serial ports and an unix os which I then can control over the ...
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Best development board for cmos camera project [closed]
I want to interface a high definition (best quality) cmos camera with a development board. I have use arduino, raspberry pi and pic microcontrollers for some projects in the past but i dont know a ...
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picking a microcontroller (or FPGA) board OEM [closed]
I am creating a project that would require high speed data communication between PC and my little "black box", so I am looking for a microcontroller or FPGA OEM board (not a single chip to avoid ...
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Arduino Clone is not talking to my Mac
When I plugin my Osepp Uno (off-brand of Arduino Uno), the LED flickers a bunch, then the RX and TX lights do the same. But when I
ls /dev/ | grep -i usb
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How strong are the Arduino boards relating to interference robustness?
In my previous question the problem was related to EM noises with the Arduino boards, then I asked myself: How strong are the Arduino boards relating to interference robustness?
For example, if I ...
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How to get rid of viscous drops from a circuit board [closed]
My mothers Dell Inspiron n7110 was spilt over with red wine and doesn't star anymore. Even the front LEDs don't show up in any case.
I was able to dissemble it using the following guide also gives ...
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Could an aluminum housing and passive cooling interfere with SoC's functioning?
I took the board out of a broken tablet. The SoC on the board gets hot pretty quickly. I thought about fixing the board to an aluminum plate, so that it touches the SoC and disctributes its heat, and ...
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Does PCB artwork affect operation and how is the effect validated?
Sometimes PCB designers will draw some art on unused PCB areas. Like here and here.
Looks great, but does this affect schema functioning? According to answers to this question an entirely isolated ...
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Development board with cellular capabilities smaller than Arduino
I would like to build my own cellphone (phone calls and texts at least).
Having experience with Arduino, I found several cellular shields and libraries that could allow me to do so with Arduino.
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anyone knows miniature wireless system with data rate >= 2000 Hz?
I am currently using TS7250 board from "embeddedarm" for my sensor and having it set up at 30 KHz for data rate. However, the board is too big for my current application. Can anyone recommend another ...
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Wrong voltage sent to output
Using miniLab1008, I am trying to send 10V to my D/A OUT0 but it sends only 5V and when I send 5V, I get 2.5V. I am using the universal library example VOut01.c
Is this a board problem? However using ...
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How to easily find or create parts for Eagle schematic/board layout
For Eagle CAD software, during schematic or board layout, how can I search for parts/footprints already created by other people out there, to make my life easier? And if I'm still unable to find what ...
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Request for manuals
I just bought and received a NXP Cortex-M3 LPC1768 Development Board + 3.2" TFT LCD Module from eBay:
But it came without English manuals. I contacted their support, nothing they can do about it. ...
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Tiny ARM Development Board? [closed]
I need a very small ARM based development board capable of running Linux (and Android, if possible, via SD card). The board should be not more than 25mm in terms of breadth. I found Raspberry Pi Model ...
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STM32VLDiscovery Board or ARM7 Board for LPC2138 [closed]
I have programming knowledge of MSP430 and AVR MCU, but total beginner for ARM. I am looking forward to make a career in embedded industry. So I want to learn ARM and RTOS, which I think are essential ...
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How do we test reliability and quality so as to minimize the risk of board failure in the field?
We are developing a smart cable for a customer. The market potential is hundreds of thousands of units. The vendor who designs and supplies the boards (with firmware) that will be built into the ...
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Bluetooth 4 and Wifi direct chip development board
I'm trying to create a device which uses bluetooth 4 or Wifi Direct to send gyroscope readings from my device to a PC.
I know nothing of bluetooth and wifi chips and protocols, but I was thinking of ...
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Motor driver board - wingxine - need help with wiring
Recently I bought this motor driver but I didn't get wiring diagram for it (it's last time I bought something like this). I would like someone to provide some wiring schematics for this motor driver ...
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Tiny wi-fi module on one board with ALU and memory?
I am looking for small and cheap wi-fi modules and I want to know, what are the current best results in this area. Also, I would like to know, if it is possible to seamlessly integrate such modules on ...
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Building multiprocessor motherboard
I would like to build a multi processor motherboard using ARM processors (e.g. the ARM Cortex A8 or A9 or others as well), for low-power computing.
Is this possible ? I mean interconnecting the ...
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Minimal requirements for a dedicated VNC client
On many occasions I've considered doing a small hobby project to design a minimal dedicated VNC client, in essence with a goal of a $2 cloud-based computer! (ok $2 is chosen completely arbitrarily).
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What is failure analysis of PBCA?
I do not know whether this is the appropriate place to post this question but i guess its related to electronics. Basically i'm doing some research on what is the term for "PBCA" in failure analysis?
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Good ARM development board for bare-metal development
I'm looking for an ARM development board for bare-metal (no underlying OS) development. Some criteria that I value:
1) External SRAM/SDRAM, at least 1MB
2) External Flash, at least 512kB
3) Built-in ...
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PCB Layout Issue
My PCB has drill holes in it as it needs to be screwed onto a case. Since some of the components too close to the screws were shorting, I moved components around to solve the problem.
This resulted ...
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Voltage problem in printed circuit with switches
I've got a simple circuit consisting of a 74157 MUX, whose entries come from switches. These entries have also 10k pull-up resistors, so when the switches are open (default), inputs are at 5V. When ...
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Development with InvenSense MPU-6000/6050 - where to begin?
I'd like to use a MPU-6000 chip for an AR app on an Android device.
However I have no clue where to begin, which parts I need or whatsoever.
I'm familiar a bit with Arduino, but only as a newbie.
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Kinds of PCB Boards
I'm new to the world of etching PCBs. I etched my first board yesterday, and though it was a success I didn't like the PCB look. I saw this picture (attached) and I like the material of this boards ...
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Do it yourself: baby call monitor
This is kind of a hobby project (I'm an informatics professional but I always was fascinated by electronics). I want to build a baby call (basically, a one way intercom); to simplify the electronics ...
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Looking for some references for embedded telecom board
I am involved with an embedded software development for telecom industry. I have zero experience before with such embedded hardware devices.
I got a network processor board, which is featured in ...
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Build ATMEGA16 Board
First of all, I'm a newbie regarding electronics&robotics so please bear with me.
I have been working as a programmer for a few years but I just got interested in playing with microcontrollers.
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Is a loginway PIC-01 development board enough to program a PIC?
I have a loginway PIC-01 Development board (it was sat in a cupboard for years).
Does this board require additional adaptor hardware to blow a PIC (ICSP stuff etc), or can the on board serial port be ...
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Form factor for a large LED array on a small board
I am designing a fairly simple board with an 5x8 LED matrix. I plan to drive it with an LED driver I haven't chosen yet, probably on a separate board connected by a ribbon cable.
My question is: ...
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MSP430 programmer
I was hoping you would share with me info on making my own board for programming. I recently came into a handful of MSP430F20xx that I'd like to play around with, but my student budget isn't offering ...
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Best development board for ARM9?
I am looking for a cheap but powerful dev board for an ARM9 processor. It needs to be able to run linux. I am unsure about the exact specifications for RAM and such(thats partly why I'm posting this ...
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What are some 'gotchas' of high-frequency board design?
I'd like to design a PCB for an analog loop controller.. something with an A/D, D/A, and processor on board. (Either DSP or FPGA, I haven't decided.) Since this should modulate analog signals at 10 ...
