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Reverse engineering a $30 MaKey MaKey derivative with good intentions (but no attribution)
We tore apart a Neato Robotics XV-11 robotic vacuum cleaner and did a little reverse engineering.
ON Semiconductor lets us know that the fake ATmega328s are actually NCP5318 buck regulators for Intel processors.
We unleash the professionals at Atmel to inspect the insides of our defunct ATmega328s. We found ON Semi written inside. Tim gives us a tour of the Failure Analysis labs at Atmel, Colorado Springs campus.
A SparkFun customer and a a local dentist investigate the ATMega328 "slugs" - with interesting findings.
SparkFun gets counterfeit parts, buys nitric acid and a microscope, finds lack of silicon.
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Nice write-up. It's always interesting to hear the backstories like this. I've designed an RF module myself and all these design decisions…
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I got a kick out of the "speed trap" when we took the tour of SparkFun a year or so ago. Lots of great people, and LOTS of neat stuff to see…
Kirk Benell (spelling)?
A few years back I did similar stuff based on the book Adventures in Minecraft by David Whale and Martin O'Hanlon. Made all kinds of cool…
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+1, I'm also interested in this but can't make it.
In theory you could try to use our LTE CAT Shield (…
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