Category Archives: Electronics

Full of hot air

Posted on 2011-08-30 by M. Eric Carr

A hot air reworking station is essential for working with many types of surface-mount designs. Continue reading →

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A Bluetooth-Controlled Robot

Posted on 2011-07-29 by M. Eric Carr

Controlling a walking robot wirelessly, via Bluetooth. (Plans and source code included.) Continue reading →

Posted in Android, BASIC, Coding, Digital, Drexel, Electronics, Level 4, PIC Microcontrollers, Projects, Robotics, SIGMA Walking Robot | 8 Comments

Chip packages

Posted on 2011-07-22 by M. Eric Carr

The same IC can come in various different packages. Here are descriptions of some popular ones. Continue reading →

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Mystery Chip

Posted on 2011-07-21 by M. Eric Carr

A small “Mystery Chip” showed up in a SparkFun order… Continue reading →

Posted in Analog, Components, Digital, Electronics, RF | Leave a comment