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unitof
Member Since:
November 16, 2008
Gender:
Male
Country:
United States
Bio:
I've been known to spontaneously drink chocolate milk and hug people.
Organizations:
Unit of Creativity
One Village Coffee
Current Role:
Owner
Spoken Languages:
English, a little French
Programming Languages:
Java, HTML, CSS, Wiring
Schools and Universities:
Souderton Area High School
Publications
http://www.twitter.com/unitof
Interests or Hobbies:
Arduino, photography,
Website Links:
http://www.unitofcreativity.com
http://www.treeduino.com
No public wish lists :(
News - Your December Caption Con… | about 6 months ago
“Where’s your bandana?”
Product DEV-10059 | about a year ago
Not a bad idea. Only then I’d have to buy the new one and I would have no idea what to do with an old scratched Arduino holder, since I couldn’t possibly throw it out. Gah! I guess I’ll be happy either way.
Product DEV-10059 | about a year ago
Wish granted. Though unfortunately not by me.
Product COM-00097 | about a year ago
That makes so much sense. My life has been changed.
Tutorial - LED Current Limiting Resistors | about a year ago
Would an LED’s reverse voltage be the same thing as the forward voltage drop? I’m looking at the datasheet for a 7-segment display I have to try and figure out what type of resistor I should use for each segment, since I have a bad habit of just plugging things straight into my Arduino, especially if they light up all pretty.
Also, to clarify, since the display would be wired in parallel, I would need to use a separate resistor for each segment’s pin, right? I couldn’t just place on resistor on the common cathode pin?
News - Return of the Quiz | about a year ago
Awesomesauce! Great job. Thanks!
Product DEV-09950 | about a year ago
Agreed. That’s basically what they said at their New York Maker Faire schpeel when they launched the Uno: “We know it was kinda dumb, but we’re sticking with the pin spacing.”
Tutorial - Soldering 101 | about a year ago
Thanks! That really helps.
Tutorial - Number Systems | about a year ago
This is probably the best introduction to binary, hexadecimal, and octal number systems that I have ever read. I had decimal and binary down, but I just couldn’t understand how hex or oct worked. You guys rock.
Now I’ll probably keep getting Christmas confused with Halloween. (DEC 25 = OCT 31)
Tutorial - Soldering 101 | about a year ago
My iron has two power settings: low (20 watts) and high (40 watts). For which application would I want to use each one? Does it depend on what type of solder I’m using, or on the type of project (small parts onto basic PCB vs. large industrial circuits) or just on how fast I want the solder to melt? Thanks for any help.