Category Archives: Components

TIL311 replacement

Posted on 2011-09-26 by M. Eric Carr

A modern replacement of the venerable-but-expensive TIL311 hex display. Continue reading →

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Pretty colors! (uOLED-160 review)

Posted on 2011-09-01 by M. Eric Carr

A review of the easy-to-use uOLED-160-GMD1 display Continue reading →

Posted in Arduino, C, Coding, Components, Digital, Electronics, Toys | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Chip packages

Posted on 2011-07-22 by M. Eric Carr

The same IC can come in various different packages. Here are descriptions of some popular ones. Continue reading →

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Mystery Chip

Posted on 2011-07-21 by M. Eric Carr

A small “Mystery Chip” showed up in a SparkFun order… Continue reading →

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