EastBay RC

A coworker explains it to me: TL;DR; is that instead of just having full forward/reverse current or not on each winding, the driver can al...

This project has been the first one where I've used a 3.3V Pro Mini.  There's some important things to keep in mind regarding power ...

 ... Until you get the bright idea to use SMD resistors to save weight! See the tiny white thing?  That's the LED.  And the little spe...

Here's an illustration of the various sizes of SMD LEDs.  They're pretty cheap on ebay.  0603 Soldering tutorial .   Several mor...

Here's where I got my copy.

Logic Shrimp arrived, will use it to debug the Ardupilot Mega startup initialization for ESCs.  Here's the product page , which has thes...

Looks easier than I thought!

A nice instructable for adding MP3 to your project for about $3. Basic idea: get a cheap MP3 player.  A Miniclip is about $3 on ebay...

Input DC 3.5V~10V, output 12V, 1.5A (2.5A max), 26Watt $5.75, listed here on bay from vendor coldfusionx .

Here's a website with lots of nice technical details.  Especially interesting are his articles on charging and RC / battery wiring.  Ch...

Here's how to use a crimping tool to make your own servo connections.  This can be useful to get an exact fit, and also saves you from...

I work the the best people in the world. I was trying to figure out these numeric resistor codes, and my coworker Laura immediately pointe...

Electronic Equiptment List - Kits LadyAda lists three kits: basic, better, and best.

Make the LoL Shield Need a good project for learning to solder things to boards? This is the one for you!  These docs are great. Sparkfu...

an Arduino product idea One problem I have with building arduino projects is that I had to take them apart when I started the next one.  I...

[Bare PCB] Arduino ProtoShield : "The ProtoShield mates with the Arduino USB board and gives the user a small soldering area, two gener...

Standalone Arduino mini pin mapping : Nice and cheap Arduino.

Bare Bones Board Kit | Modern Device : "The Bare Bones Board (BBB) is an Arduino-compatible board (Freeduino) that implements the funct...

The Basics - Very Basic Circuits : Pull-up and current-limiting resistors.

Teensy : "a complete USB-based microcontoller development system, in a very small footprint, capable of implementing many types of pro...