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HDC1080 Humidity/Temperature Sensor Breakout Board

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From the datasheet: The HDC1080 is a digital humidity sensor with integrated temperature sensor that provides excellent measurement accuracy at very low power. The HDC1080 operates over a wide supply range, and is a low cost, low power alternative to […]

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Calibrating the PCF8523 RTC without an oscilliscope

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I recently purchased the excellent PCF8523 real time clock breakout board from Adafruit for a project. It was easy to interface with using I2C and the RTClib Arduino library. It keeps the time for up to five years even with […]

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Design and Build an SMD Breakout Board

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How to design and build a breakout board for an SMD component As electronic components become ever more integrated and miniaturized, it can sometimes be impossible to find a through-hole counterpart to an interesting SMD part. For example, I wanted […]

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micro:bit Compass

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The other day I bought a micro:bit for my daughter. It’s a small computer with bluetooth, an accelerometer, light sensor, magnetometer and temperature sensor. It also has a couple of buttons for input and a matrix of LEDs for output. […]

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Fractal Design R4 Headphone Jack Repair (USB-70A AZALIA)

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I’ve been using the Fractal Design R4 PC case for a number of years now. I love the design but the placement of the headphone jack leaves something to be desired. It is oriented vertically meaning that pulling on the headphone […]

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HDC1080 Humidity/Temperature Sensor Breakout Board

Calibrating the PCF8523 RTC without an oscilliscope

Design and Build an SMD Breakout Board

micro:bit Compass

Fractal Design R4 Headphone Jack Repair (USB-70A AZALIA)

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