User Scott Seidman

58 votes

Accepted

Why do farads multiplied by ohms produce a result that has a unit of seconds?

answered Nov 12, 2014 at 23:12

31 votes

Accepted

How do I solder headers so that they always stand straight up?

soldering pcb-assembly

answered Oct 22, 2012 at 22:21

28 votes

Accepted

When should one switch from ASCII to advanced serial protocols?

microcontroller serial communication uart protocol

answered Nov 18, 2015 at 15:40

24 votes

Accepted

Is there such a thing as rubber band resistor?

resistors variable

answered Jun 24, 2016 at 13:14

24 votes

Are DIP sockets against overheating worth the cost?

soldering socket dip

answered Oct 25, 2017 at 10:31

24 votes

Why do some PCBs have the courtyard in the silkscreen layer?

pcb-design pcb-fabrication silkscreen

answered Oct 22, 2019 at 17:27

23 votes

Thin wall to block LED light from hitting photodiode?

led sensor surface-mount photodiode light-sensor

answered Jun 26, 2019 at 15:02

23 votes

Accepted

Why does an LED have a maximum voltage?

led ohms-law

answered Jan 30, 2015 at 13:33

21 votes

Why does there seem to be a missing component in many PCBs?

pcb

answered Nov 13, 2014 at 13:57

21 votes

Accepted

What is the difference between operational, differential, and instrumentation amplifiers?

operational-amplifier

answered May 20, 2015 at 0:52

21 votes

Transistor - Why does amplification happen before the transistor and not after?

transistors circuit-analysis electron

answered Nov 11, 2014 at 13:51

20 votes

Why is printf() bad for debugging embedded systems?

c debugging

answered Apr 3, 2014 at 22:03

20 votes

Using a home oven for solder paste

components surface-mount reflow solder-paste

answered Apr 20, 2017 at 15:25

19 votes

How to choose an ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller?

microcontroller arm

answered Jun 23, 2014 at 17:48

17 votes

Accepted

How to include math.h on a PIC?

c mplabx

answered Mar 9, 2015 at 18:30

17 votes

Accepted

Why use capacitors with crystals?

oscillator crystal

answered Jul 12, 2013 at 15:36

17 votes

PCB design using code instead of clicking a mouse?

pcb eda

answered Jul 31, 2019 at 13:50

15 votes

Are there any standard patterns for wiring a breadboard/solderboard?

wiring breadboard best-practice

answered Aug 9, 2017 at 12:21

15 votes

Accepted

Transform pulses per second (PPS) to RPM

stepper-motor units

answered May 6, 2016 at 14:58

15 votes

How to check that blast furnace is full?

sensor heat industrial

answered Aug 7, 2014 at 13:41

14 votes

Absolute cheapest, (easy) way of starting programming on ARM microcontrollers

arm programmer development-tools

answered Jul 20, 2016 at 11:22

13 votes

What does this op-amp circuit do? (part of an ECG)

operational-amplifier biopotential ecg

answered Sep 15, 2017 at 12:46

13 votes

PCB fabrication vs PCB assembly

pcb integrated-circuit pcb-design pcb-fabrication pcb-assembly

answered May 23, 2014 at 12:49

12 votes

funky values out of ADC on STM32

adc arm stm32

answered Jan 4, 2013 at 11:39

12 votes

How should chips with pins on bottom be drawn?

pcb schematics layout orcad drawing

answered Oct 30, 2019 at 15:13

11 votes

Would you approve this soldering job?

soldering conductivity

answered Jun 3, 2020 at 15:45

11 votes

Are LEDs better than we think?

led datasheet maximum-ratings reverse-breakdown

answered Apr 3, 2018 at 12:18

11 votes

Solder paste not wetting at all

surface-mount reflow solder-paste

answered Aug 25, 2016 at 16:05

11 votes

What is "common-mode" noise?

noise common-mode

answered Aug 22, 2013 at 16:04

11 votes

Dead reckoning with accelerometer & gyro. Possible?

arduino accelerometer gyro imu mems

answered May 15, 2014 at 12:42

Stack Exchange Network

current community

your communities

more stack exchange communities

1,103 Answers

Why do farads multiplied by ohms produce a result that has a unit of seconds?

How do I solder headers so that they always stand straight up?

When should one switch from ASCII to advanced serial protocols?

Is there such a thing as rubber band resistor?

Are DIP sockets against overheating worth the cost?

Why do some PCBs have the courtyard in the silkscreen layer?

Thin wall to block LED light from hitting photodiode?

Why does an LED have a maximum voltage?

Why does there seem to be a missing component in many PCBs?

What is the difference between operational, differential, and instrumentation amplifiers?

Transistor - Why does amplification happen before the transistor and not after?

Why is printf() bad for debugging embedded systems?

Using a home oven for solder paste

How to choose an ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller?

How to include math.h on a PIC?

Why use capacitors with crystals?

PCB design using code instead of clicking a mouse?

Are there any standard patterns for wiring a breadboard/solderboard?

Transform pulses per second (PPS) to RPM

How to check that blast furnace is full?

Absolute cheapest, (easy) way of starting programming on ARM microcontrollers

What does this op-amp circuit do? (part of an ECG)

PCB fabrication vs PCB assembly

funky values out of ADC on STM32

How should chips with pins on bottom be drawn?

Would you approve this soldering job?

Are LEDs better than we think?

Solder paste not wetting at all

What is "common-mode" noise?

Dead reckoning with accelerometer & gyro. Possible?