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| warren | "Hi, Rebeccah -- looks like your lead image didn't work -- maybe try again, or email it to web@publiclab.org if you can't get it to upload? I'm int..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "Believe it or not, the UNO Datalogger tutorial I posted last year has risen to the top of the traffic stats on our blog, and has generated more tha..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| donblair | "-- a CR1220 coin cell. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "@donblair what battery is the coin cell battery? " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "@ cfastie: To be honest I probably would have started with Geir Andersen's shield to if I had known about it back at the beginning of my project. A..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Oh gosh -- Chris, thanks for tagging me in this thread -- I had no idea that this existed! Wow, Ed -- what amazing work you've been doing!! It's ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Thanks for the tip about cheaper SD card modules and RTC modules. I see now how you made your pro-mini logger for $13.00. One of those sensors I l..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "Not sure about that Arduino clone, as I don't know about the chips it's using. But for less than 4 bucks just try it and see. Just don't expect the..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I am really impressed with the new tutorial. Thanks for that great effort. This definitely lowers the barrier for me to try this. I just dove into ..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| EdMallon | "One of my high school teacher friends mentioned that he wanted add Arduino based projects to his science classroom, but after I posted those DIY gu..." | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "To be more specific ... The goal is for the microcontroller (uC) brain (Atmel 328p), and the sensor boards it connects to, to be running at 3.3V. ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Thanks @danbeavers! The PDF you just linked to seems empty -- if you get a chance, could you link to a URL with the part? I have share your feeli..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "The surface mount connector has plastic pins protruding on the bottom to help with mechanical rigidity. SMconnectorF.pdf Click on the box in the..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Ah, okay, issue: I can drop the charging chip; but currently the charging chip performs a useful additional function: it allows voltage to be com..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "I support the idea of giving up recharging in order to handle more types of batteries. That seems a higher likelihood use case. We could offer the ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Oh, and @warren & @tonyc -- so some notches on the edges of the board, yeah? Will play with the idea ... " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "connector Aj, cool ideas @warren and @tonyc! Also: I just heard back from MacroFab -- they can do through-hole soldering for a little more (per ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| tonyc | "Those recesses look like the ones I was reqeusting for the zip-tie mounting idea. should be simple manufacturing-wise, and if we had recess on fron..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "I wonder if the connector were recessed from the edge of the board, and perhaps wrapped around some kind of supporting shape of the board itself? I..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "My impression, from what I've heard, read, is that it's a bad idea to use SMT components when there is any regular mechanical stress expected. Cf...." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "I don't know if this part can be placed by a pick-and-place, but if it can, might be worth trying -- the double row SMT pads might make it sufficie..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Receptacle side ... http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/610114249221/732-6081-2-ND/5047736 Hmm, maybe we can get away with no soldering requi..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "male side ... http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/610114249121/732-6071-2-ND/5047735 " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "oh, interesting ... i don't know how mechanically stable these will be, but: " | Read more » | about 9 years ago |