Remember folks – Failure is ALWAYS an option!
Brandon details his struggle with a particular circuit, and the eventual success and growth that the hiccup inspired.
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Levitating a Ping Pong Ball – First Serious Attempt
James and the Giant Fight with Gravity: The second installment of the saga!
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Back to Basics with Transistors
With any upcoming projects you may be doing, will you be using transistors? A few months ago, Brandon wrote a post detailing the basics of transistors — what they are, how they work, how they can be used, etc.
Read MoreHow to Choose a Resistor for Your Design
Take a look at a circuit board and chances are you’re going to find a resistor or two. Most boards today use surface-mount device (SMD) technology, so the components are almost too small to see sometimes, but they are on there, I promise. How do engineers decide which resistors to use in the design? Sometimes it depends on how you want that portion of the circuit to perform, as in the case of an op-amp. Other times it’s to prevent too much current from passing through a given point in a circuit, which is why they are often called current-limiting resistors. Maybe you want a simple way to divide the voltage or current. The reality is that there are numerous ways to use resistors, and oftentimes, the defining the resistor value is up to you.
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The Basics of the 555 Timer IC
The 555 timer is undoubtedly one of the most important and ubiquitous integrated chips in history. It has also been over 40 years since the introduction of the 555, and no major changes have been introduced, making it one of the longest running designs in history as well.
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So what are transistors, what do they do, and how can I use them?
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