Questions tagged [pins]
May refer to conductive traces of an integrated circuit, exposed as metal contacts, or pins, which are large by comparison and make physical connection to other components feasible. May also refer to metal pins connected to specific traces of a printed circuit board for the purpose of connecting and disconnecting external components or peripherals in a reusable way.
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How do I connect the SlideSwitch SS12F15G6 to the microcontroller arm stm32f103v8t6?
I want to connect the microcontroller arm stm32f103v8t6 to the SlideSwitch SS12F15G6.
The stm32f103v8t6 has a lot of pins.
Unfortunately I did not find enough information about the SlideSwitch ...
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Unable to toggle an LED with STM32 Blue Pill
I'm a beginner, and I'm using an STM32 Blue Pill board for the first time. I completed a basic tutorial on how to activate the PC13 pin (on-board LED), but now that I'm trying to get an external LED ...
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Where can I find how to use those rf transmitter/receiver
I bought those rf trans/receiver (GWB T400)
I figured out that the sck, miso and mosi are for the spi communication.
Gnd and 3v3 are pretty clear as well but I’m not sure what rst and cs are for.
I ...
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How to identify an unknown LCD pins from scrap, and use it for Arduino
I've got an unknown LCD from scrap, I don't know what each pin is.
can anyone help me with this?
it has 19 pins that 16 are functional.
also when I touch each pin with hot solder some signs turn on.
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SPST pin configuration
I ordered a SPST switch (Through hole type) from distributors and also download the cad file for PCB layout from the same website. I am now confused with the pin configuration, in the footprints it ...
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Can USB head cause a spark?
I made a USB port in a gas detector prototype. I plan to keep a USB cable attached to that USB port forever. I silicone conformal coated the USB port pins on the PCB.
Can the USB head of the cable ...
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Can an I2S speaker and microphone share the same I2S clock? What about word select?
If one is very tight on GPIOs, could an I2S TX and RX share any pins?
Edit: The device I was thinking of was the ESP32, connected to an I2S microphone and speaker, for example SPH0645 and MAX98357A.
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What is the name of this item contact pin?
I am making a box with lights inside of it. These lights are UVC lights, which will sanitize any items put inside. I have attached a photo; I would like to know the name of this item. I know it is ...
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Esp8266 Led turn on pin d4
I have a led hooked up to pin d4, and strangely for some reason flashes back and fourth when the native led on the esp8226 board is flashing, which is while it is flashing the program. I have the ...
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How would I trigger the flash button from a different button, or just trigger a different input via a button
I have a esp8266 nodeMCU Board
I have the following schematic (or breadboard setup) I looked up my board and it says d3 is the flash button so I thought I could just hook up to it and my code would ...
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Is it generally OK to ignore the current in and out of a MCU pin when analyzing circuit external to the MCU?
From here, I see below illustration about the pull-up resistor.
And the article says:
With a pull-up resistor, the input pin will read a high state when the
button is not pressed. In other words, a ...
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Pins for SIP Adapter
Looking to make some SIP to DIP adapters and I'm trying to find some individual flat pins as per the below image - does anyone know where to get them or what they are called? An alternative is to use ...
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I can't see my new PSU symbol in Eagle
I am new to Eagle having just returned to my hobby after many years and decided to use Eagle.
I need a 1v8 supply net, and so followed the guidance and created my own supply line in my own library.
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LCD Viewing angle for 8 COM vs 4 COM
I'm planning to make a custom LCD made. The LCD has 128 segments. Now, in order to drive it, I have two options :
Use 4 COM + 32 pins
Use 8 COM + 16 pins
The MCU which I'm looking at (STM8L052R8) ...
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What does this circuit on my battery do?
I have a Parrot Mambo which has a very low flight time, so I would like to tether it up with some power supply. However, the battery uses 3 instead of 2 pins and i'm not sure what each of them to. I ...
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What's the relation between the serial connector RS232-DB9 and 10 pin cable? [closed]
I bought one refurbished TP-LINK switch model TL-SL3452:
and I needed to restore it to factory settings. To do that I tried to connect the serial cable but I accidentally broke one of the pins on the ...
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Male/female jumper wires for really small and close-to-each-other pins
I have a 20 pin 'male to male' 1mm pitch connector as shown in the included picture (I'm not sure if it's the correct name).
One side will be soldered to the board, and the pins on the other side need ...
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Equivalent solution to soldering STM32F103C8T6 Board [closed]
There is this project I am doing and part of it I will be using a STM32F103C8T6 Board.
Unfortunately, I do not have a soldering kit as i for now I cannot solder the pins of the board.
Is there an ...
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Change ESP8266 I2S pins
On ESP8266 the default pins for I2S are:
Data bits (SD) = GPIO3/RX0,
Data bit-clock (SCK) = GPIO15,
Word select (WS) = GPIO2/TX1
However in my application Im using these pins for another purpose. Is ...
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What are these pins?
I was looking at this component, which has strange interface pins.
I have never seen anything like it. I wonder how am I supposed to connect to them. What connectors can I use and what's special ...
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Need help identifying components! Hardware
So recently I have come across a schematic diagram with pictures, but some of the parts in the build (A quadruped robot, more information in the hackaday link below) are not in the schematic, and I ...
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Are pins supposed to have the same thickness by some standard?
I bought a DHT-22 temperature sensor, some other sensors, and some jumper cables. The cable and the pins on other sensors and a Raspberry Pi fitted well, but the pins on DHT-22 seem thinner. The ...
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How to tap a pin on very small surface mounted IC
I have very small surface mounted IC (see link https://www.st.com/resource/en/datasheet/stm32l486qg.pdf).
I need to access some pins on the IC in order to perform ETM trace. My challenge so far has ...
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Why do some IC pins have an asterisk behind them?
I am learning Arduino and one question asked what Arduino NANO's assignment of ATMEL's PD1* pin is. What does the asterisk mean in this context?
Edited to add NANO
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What is the meaning of a circle next to a component pin?
I'm analyzing the schematics of Lenovo_G530_N500_-_COMPAL_LA-4212P_JIWA3_JIWA4_-_REV_1.0Sec. I have across scenarios where there is a circle next to a component pin....
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What is the meaning of these datasheet dimensions?
I am trying to buy a part for a project and I can't seem to understand what, ("B = A + 0.83[4.00]") means. Is this datasheet in mm or inches? Your help would be greatly appreciated.
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Finding each UART pin with multimeter
I am trying to findout the pinout for Serial Connection to a router. However I wasn't able differentiate the pins other than GND.
Pinout:
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Can I use WP(Write Protect) pin of a USB flash memory controller to prevent tampering with its firmware/stored data?
I want to have an USB stick that I can make it read-only and insert it in any untrusted PC without risking a silent BadUSB infection.
I was thinking about finding an USB stick that has this WP pin in ...
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RC522 has other pins than shown in all the tutorials
I've bought an RFID RC522 module which I intend to use with my Raspberry Pi 3B+. I read the following tutorials and I noticed that their modules have other pins than the one I bought:
https://www....
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What is the difference between 16-pin and 24-pin for USB type-C?
I'm pretty new to PCB design.
I am trying to make a circuit that will take 5V/3A input, charge 3.7V Li-Po battery, give 5V/2A output, and also has a charging protection IC.
For 5V/3A, it seems to ...
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What are press-fit pins used for?
I found a this DIP socket that has "press-fit" pins. What are these actually used for? Are they literally used as a replacement for soldering? If so, why would anyone do this since that would seem to ...
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Connecting a signal to a pin in Quartus
I want to connect a signal in a .v file to a top level pin assigned in the pin planner but I've no idea where to start. I've looked at several guides but as a C programmer this is all quite alien to ...
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STM32F4 I/O Max Voltage Input
I'm having trouble understanding the max voltage input voltage range for an I/O pin on a stm32F11 when powering it with 3.3V.I'm want my STM32 to communicate with a 3.3V input signal and need to know ...
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Based on this data sheet for the 74HCT173, which section(s) describes the maximum current I can draw per output pin?
I want to size the LED's with resistor in series properly.
Thanks
https://assets.nexperia.com/documents/data-sheet/74HC_HCT173.pdf
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Replacing soldered pins with FFC socket
I have this PCB where 13 cable pins used to be soldered to. I'd like to replace that with a standard FFC connector socket. Is this possible given the pattern shown in the image?
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CircuitMaker: Nets Wire JACK_IN_GND has multiple names, why is this bad?
There is a solution here: How can I resolve the error "Net wire X has multiple names"?
However, JACK_IN_GND and JACK_OUT_GND will go to two different directions (one input cable and one ...
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CircuitMaker warning: How to define ports?
I created a (for me) fairly big (multisheet) circuit diagram in CircuitMaker. However, I get several warnings/errors after clicking Outputs/Electrical Rules Check. One of them is below; how can I fix ...
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What are the STB and DIO pins on an IC
What are DIO and STB pins in below IC?
If DIO means digital input or output, then how to set it to Input or Output mode? Is it using STB?
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How do I solder thick goldplated DIA pins?
I am struggling with soldering some pretty think gold plated DIA pins to one of my boards.
I've tried various things such as;
Increasing the heat of my soldering iron, but am afraid of burning my ...
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SSP1117-5.0V Fin connected?
I'm looking into the SSP1117-5.0V voltage regulator, but can't find if Fin is connected to any other pin.
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How deep are standard female pin headers?
I have a couple pcbs that will mate together with pin headers. I will have a 15mm standoff to separate these 2 boards. In my research it looks like the female pin header sockets seem to be about the ...
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How to clean DUST stucked due to moisture on pins of chips ICs of motherboard circuits
Which chemical can I clean my old motherboard with, whose electronics components chips pins like ICs capacitor transistors diodes have dust stocked their color has been changed to black yellowish ...
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Is a floating pin equivalent to a very weak pull down?
I know that if a MCU pin is configured as "input" and it is not connected to any pull up/ pull down resistor, it is said to be floating.
In this situation, we could say that the pin is in series with ...
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Why can a MCU input floating pin easily change state?
I would like a technical ("engineering") explanation of why a MCU input floating pin can easily change its state depending on the outside electromagnetic interference.
Is it related to the fact that ...
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Sequence Detector forced to wait a specific number of bits
So I have this little problem, where I am supposed to build a sequence detector which is forced to wait a specific number of bits before going into the reset state. It's kind of like pin codes work. ...
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Using pull-down resistor, but driving pin high by connecting to Vcc directly
I have a device that I know very little about.
I have access to Vcc and Gnd pin there, and it operates on +5V.
I need to drive its input pin high or low depending on a switch, that's UART RX input.
I ...
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mcu input pin 24V protection
I've been looking at input protection circuits and I came across to some circuits that look like this one. Which is just based on the series resistor R1 to limit the current that flows through the MCU ...
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How do I configure the wires in the LVDS 30 pin cable?
I explain:
I have a screen that I want to use as a monitor. I have purchased an LCD controller board and a LVDS cable
I need someone to help me to rewire the LVDS cable. I have the input terminal pin ...
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Pin assignments do not appear to be assigning in bdf - Quartus 17.1
Following the pin assignment diagram in the device manual for my Max 10 DE10-Lite, I assigned all the correct pins to their associated inputs and outputs as seen below:
However, when I go back to my ...
