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Exhi:bit Assembly Guide

Exhi:bit Assembly Guide

This guide will show you how to assemble the pedestrian crossing project board for the exhi:bit prototyping system for micro:bit. We also show you a quick demo of it running at the end. Please note the Red LEDs look orange in this video, that's due to the camera and lighting used.You can view the code here: GitHub …
2nd Sep 2019
Setting Fuses and Uploading to ATTINY85 Chip

Setting Fuses and Uploading to ATTINY85 Chip

Tutorial  If you would like to purchase the products in this video, click the associated product. DescriptionA demonstration of how to hook up an ATTINY85 chip to be programmed from an Arduino programmed with the ArduinoISP sketch. Both with jumper wires and our Arduino as ISP shield. …
30th Aug 2019
Sparkfun Big Dome Push Button

Sparkfun Big Dome Push Button

 If you would like to purchase the products in this video, click the associated product.DescriptionThe Sparkfun Big Dome Push Button with a couple of methods of connecting it up to get it to light up nicely.   …
29th Aug 2019
Stepper Motor

Stepper Motor

TutorialDescriptionThis video shows how to hook up a 5VDC 512 Step motor toArduinouino, using an EasyDriver stepper board. Here is a link to the code used in this demo.GET CODE  …
28th Aug 2019
Pololu Crimper

Pololu Crimper

Tutorial   Description This video is a short tutorial on how to use the Pololu Crimper we sell  …
27th Aug 2019
Hakko FX88D Digital Solder Station

Hakko FX88D Digital Solder Station

Tutorial Description  This video contains an overview of this great soldering station and shows an example of the soldering that this station is capable of. Check a better soldering station alternative here. …
31st Jul 2019
Crimping Tool

Crimping Tool

Tutorial Description   This is a demo of the crimping tool with a close-up of the alignment of the crimp in the jaws. …
30th Jul 2019