August 24, 2014

Name the Thing Contest – 257

    The prize this week is an SD Card Reader. This contest will run for one week (August 24 – 29, 2014). Ending time is based on central standard time. To enter, identify the item above and what it can be used for. Please note the image above is a side view of the thing. Please do not give the answer in the comments. Send an email to contest

 DIY Adjustable Electrical Load

    Our friends over at Electro Labs have a  DIY Adjustable Electrical Load project posted. There are lots of adjustable load projects out there, they can come in handy when developing your next project so you should consider building one. The heart of this one is a IRF3710 MOSFET, it simply dumps the required energy into the large board mounted  heatsink. “Since the MOSFET works as a resistive element,