The Dangerous Prototypes Eagle parts library has most of the parts used in our projects. It’s got just about everything we use on a daily basis. We keep it in SVN so everyone has the latest version. Eagle stores footprints in a binary file, so SVN can’t merge differences if two people make changes at […]
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A shipment of parts from Mouser
Parts! There’s gonna be solder! and hot air!
Bus Pirate: MMA7456L three-axis accelerometer
Starlino used the Bus Pirate to explore a Freescale MMA7456L, a three-axis accelerometer with both I2C and SPI interfaces. The surface mount chip is on a homemade though-hole breakout board, there’s also a tutorial on this handy adapter. You can get a Bus Pirate for $30, including worldwide shipping at Seeed Studio. Adafruit also has […]
Choosing a substitute electronic part
Choosing substitute electronic components is a common snag for beginners. What do you do if you can’t get the exact part used in a project? Part finder posed this question about the USB IR Toy: This component is hard to find from my local store: D1, Small signal diode (DO323, BAS16HT1G, Rectifier 85V/0.2A Small Signal […]