Category Archives: Electronics

A Method To The Madness

Posted on 2013-09-05 by M. Eric Carr

Why the values chosen for 5% resistor values (1k, 470 ohms, 2.2k, etc.) are the way they are. Continue reading →

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Portable Soldering Solutions

Posted on 2013-08-29 by M. Eric Carr

Often, soldering jobs are too large and/or too far away to bring back to the workbench. Here are a few solutions I’ve tried, along with my impressions of each. Continue reading →

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“Wye Knot”

Posted on 2013-05-12 by M. Eric Carr

What is the resistance between two corners of a cube made from one-ohm resistors? Continue reading →

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Arduino on Steroids

Posted on 2013-04-18 by M. Eric Carr

The Teensy 3.0 is a cool little dev board. It’s Arduino-compatible (from a software perspective, anyway), breadboardable, and only about $20US. It also runs a 48MHz, 32-bit Arm processor, making it not only easy to use, but a speed demon. … Continue reading →

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