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General Discussion / Re: Can I make a DIY ribbon connector between 2 protoboards for the FTDI comms?

« on: December 30, 2013, 01:03:06 PM »

1> if you want FTDI communication, then you would have to get that from the USB shield, I don't think that FTDI info is being routed through the header connector.

2> If you use ProtoShield 1 then you should have access to all 40 pins that are in the header connector.

3> If you find that you have to much line capacitance when using a ribbon cable then you could look into using some other type of long rang communication, for instance I2C, that should be good for 6m. Also check out this thread: http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=57604.0

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New Product Ideas / Re: Inductive "Secret Service" Earpiece Transmitter Shield

« on: December 30, 2013, 12:54:05 PM »

Just better make sure you don't have any metal plates in your head first.

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New Product Ideas / Re: Tiny Circuits with Fritzing Libraries

« on: December 30, 2013, 12:49:16 PM »

What is Fritzing?

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: USB for power and bluetooth

« on: December 30, 2013, 12:48:25 PM »

Yeah, the Bluetooth shield takes a lot of power. There are connections where you can hook up a bigger battery to the TinyDuino

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TinyLily / Re: clock speed difference

« on: December 16, 2013, 06:07:03 AM »

Hmm, they should all be the same. Can you read the crystals part number to make sure that it is the same as the oyjer Tinylily. Maybe an odd-ball slipped through.

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TinyLily / Re: short circuit on I2C during upload?

« on: December 16, 2013, 05:28:23 AM »

i use I2C connection on pin A4 and A5

I thought A4 and A5 were for analog signals not digital. Shouldn't you use IO1 and IO2 for I2C?

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User Projects / Code Examples / Tiny Circuits Jewelry

« on: December 12, 2013, 10:59:19 PM »

One of my friends just made some jewelry out some of the scrap TinyCircuits boards:
http://www.etsy.com/listing/172772905/tiny-arduino-earrings?ref=shop_home_active

I think they came out very nice.

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New Product Ideas / Re: Alternate versions of peripherals using different pins

« on: December 12, 2013, 05:41:51 AM »

We try to separate the pins where we can but unintentionally some of them run into each other.

I would suggest cutting the trace on the LED board and re routing it to another open IO pin. You might need a stereo microscope to do that.
 

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New Product Ideas / Re: New Proto board

« on: November 18, 2013, 07:15:12 AM »

I love this shield idea, but I have already run out of room on the bolts from the mounting hardware kit so would need some longer ones to make use of it.  Does anyone know where one could find longer bolts in this extremely small diameter? The local hobby shops had nothing to offer.

For now you could have two sets of bolts where one set goes in the opposite direction of the other set,  leaving you with only one section that just snaps together.

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New Product Ideas / Re: New Proto board

« on: November 18, 2013, 07:11:05 AM »

We have been thinking about making the proto boards stack able.
A proto board with an area for prototyping would be nice, but there is not much room for that. Would you want surface mount or through hole?

How about both? I am comfortable working with SMD, but it takes practice and your average Arduino user may not be. Having a through-hole version would appeal to many users (though you make the best use of the space with SMD)

I was thinking of making an SMD board with 3 different size grids of pads with some through holes in between, that way we can have SMD on one side and through hole on the other.

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New Product Ideas / Re: RTC board with a few extras

« on: November 12, 2013, 06:54:28 AM »

Dallas?

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New Product Ideas / Re: Watch Platform

« on: November 11, 2013, 07:28:45 AM »

Haha, you would be eating some jello just as the watch starts to vibrate! JELLO SHAKING EVERYWHERE!

Did you see the Cat tracking collar that Ken made?
http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol36?pg=65&pm=1&u1=texterity&linkImageSrc=%2Fmake%2Fvol36%2Fdata%2Fimgpages%2Ftn%2F0065_heaxuy.gif%2F#pg65

He just cut two slots in the side of a tictac container and ran a strap through it.  Maybe you can make something like that.

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TinyDuino Processors & TinyShields / Re: How can I attach my own battery to the TinyDuino

« on: November 05, 2013, 04:59:07 AM »

There are two contacts (through hole) right next to the 40 pin connector, one is labeled GND for ground and the other has a + for positive.

you can connect your battery to those connections.

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General Discussion / Re: Tiny servos?

« on: November 05, 2013, 04:51:42 AM »

You can try some of these:
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__29547__HobbyKing_HK15318B_Low_Voltage_Micro_Servo_2_2g_11kg_08sec.html

I picked up some servos from them but haven't had the time to try them out.

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New Product Ideas / Re: SOIC/QFN/MLF Breakout Shield

« on: October 10, 2013, 06:49:08 AM »

Hmm, I'm not sure I follow you. There are way to many surface mount / QFM foot prints to be able to have breakout boards for all of them.

But on a side note, there are a lot of board houses that will make circuit boards for you really cheap.
This one http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order takes and combines projects together in one big board to help reduce your cost.

We do have some ideas in the works for more / different Proto Boards, not sure if we are going to do a surface mount proto board.