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The FEZ mini is on sale at $20,-

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Some of you might have noticed Will Fleischer’s enthusiasm for the FEZ mini :-)

I see that it’s on sale for $20,- and I think that it’s a great offer for anyone looking to starting out in C# microcontroller programming.
http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/product/134

I had my brother over for Christmas and as he is a scientist and I have done some work for him earlier, he asked me if I could build him an XY table to navigate … Read more

RFID antenna

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So I have this OMNIKEY 5534 MultiTag Reader, and according to the manual a test-antenna can be made with a coil of 70 turns with a 0.22mm magnet wire around 36mm spool.
That works great, but I need the spool to be 80mm in diameter, -so the question is, how many turns should I use with a MW30 (0.25mm) wire?

Just a quick tip for desoldering components. Usually it’s hard to use regular pliers to hold on to a wire and find the right spot on the other side of the board … Read more
This is not as much a tip or walkthrough. It is more my experience of learning to use DipTrace and how to get boards manufactured. The first PCB layout program I … Read more

For those of you with laser cutters

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I think this was quit brilliant http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14895
By the way there are lots of great laser projects in the Thingiverse as well.

Question about SN754410 and current capability

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As the SN754410 H-bridge driver is rated at 1A, am I correct in thinking that it can handle 1A at the max voltage of 36V and therefor will be able to handle 3A @ 12V and 6A @ 6V ?

Have you been a good boy?

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Then you might ask Santa for an oscilloscope. I bought this a month ago and are extremely pleased with it http://www.dealexcel.com/rigol-ds1052e-50mhz-band-widths-2channel-digital-oscilloscope_p363.html

As all inventor one should have an assistant. I wanted one like IGOR but as I don't have any hunchback friends and have no plans of digging up corpses and … Read more
During my work on my ROV project I considered several ways of waterproofing the motors used as thrusters. There are many that use bilge pumps as they are already … Read more