Thanks to Farnell and Element 14 for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a XL STAR BOARD to the winner. This board contains a accelerometer, Freescale MC9S08MM128, lots of breakout pins and a ton of status LEDs on the PCB. There is a video below so you can see it in action. “The XL STAR BOARD describes the process of developing code for Freescale’s XL_STAR, a low
Thanks to ideasbynet.com for sponsoring the contest this week. They will be providing a cool What?Gravity Mobile Phone Holders to the winner. This is one great looking cell phone holder that is sure to enhance the desk of anyone who needs to access their smart phone throughout the day. There is a video below so you can see it in action. “It features a soft-touch silicone panel that grips and
The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not keep it hidden in a drawer. 🙂 I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure if the solar cell would have enough power to energize a very low current circuit but I would think it
The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not keep it hidden in a drawer. 🙂 I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure if the solar cell would have enough power to energize a very low current circuit but I would think it
The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not keep it hidden in a drawer. 🙂 I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure if the solar cell would have enough power to energize a very low current circuit but I would think it
The prize this week is a solar flashlight, if you want to use this as a flashlight you better charge it during the day and not keep it hidden in a drawer. 🙂 I am thinking that the housing could make for a very small surface mount project. Not sure if the solar cell would have enough power to energize a very low current circuit but I would think it
The Open 7400 Logic Competition is open and waiting your creative entry. I am not even sure the last time I slid open my drawer that contains my various 7400 chips I did see my TI 7400 yellow data book the other day. The thing I used to love about troubleshooting a circuit built with 7400 parts is that you could easily confirm a bad chip hunch in about 5
