Questions tagged [components]
An electronic component is any basic discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect electrons or their associated fields.
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Best Arduino Components/Sensors that is best for counting and classifying small object such as grains
I am about to conduct my thesis study entitled "Design and Development of an Arduino-Based Automated Milled Rice Counter and Classifier" in which we are about to count and classify these ...
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Whats common practice when using more components than there are pins?
I have a project where I want to use several motors (servo and stepper) which are activated with an RFID and show info on a display.
What’s common practice or a smart way to get past such limitations?
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Datasheet of arduino power jack
Can we find out about the parts that the arduino uses?
I want to make a shield, and i bought the same power jacks.
And i thought that there would be two pins, one for power, one for GND.
However, it ...
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What Arduino and shield components are worth recycling?
I'm building up a nice collection of smoked or otherwise bricked Arduino boards. I would like to save bits that might be useful later. I've desoldered a barrel plug to use when I want to separate the ...
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How do I choose proper diodes for a 74HC595 shift register with a wired OR connection?
I want to use a wired OR connection to connect some pins of the 74HC595 shift register to an Arduino Digital Input Pin. How do I choose proper diodes for this situation?
Maximum rated forward current ...
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Would an Arduino Uno be suitable for a simple time-based locking circuit? [closed]
Background: I'm looking to start on my first real electronics project and I have an Arduino Uno I bought a while back. I've only done a few of the starter Arduino tutorials and that was a while back ...
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Replacement crystal on Uno for cold temperatures
I want to run an arduino out in the cold (-40), and use the serial communication - I believe that the crystal is the weakest link (the one for the serial chip) - however I don't see any drop-in (...
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How many sensors can be supported by a single Arduino unit?
I am a beginner in the Arduino world. I made some basic projects of the book that comes with the starter kit (it's was borrowed by a friend of mine) and also I used a humidity, a temperature sensors ...
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How do I find names of components I don't know?
I recently started with Arduino and I have my starter kit. However, there are some strange looking components I can't recognize. Is there some way to find out the names of these components?
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Releasing gas from a bottle via Arduino - opening a valve?
I'm looking for a mechanical component that enables me to do two things:
contain a gas in a bottle and if opened, the gas should smoothly flow out (with the same pressure as a child blowing out ...
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Looking for a Mega 2650 drawing or picture that shows the components labeled
I am Looking for a Mega 2650 drawing or picture that shows the components labeled.
I've seen the schematics but didn't find a labeled assembly drawing yet. Should this exist?
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Are there flexible pressure sensors for Arduino that can measure forces of at least 600 lbs?
I'm in need of flexible pressure sensors that can read how much force is exerted on someone's foot while running (these sensors would be placed inside the shoe). Since pressure can often be three ...
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Diode lights generate false interruptions
I have spent quite a considerable time debugging my code that was triggering false interruptions. I have found out that the source of the error were the diode lights (on the picture). I would like to ...
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Are there any ePaper modules that are bigger than 2.7 inches for arduino
I am looking for a large ePaper Display for the Arduino. The issue is is that I cannot seem to find one any larger than 4.5 inches in size. That will be compatible with arduino. Even with a controller ...
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What requirements should components have to work with Arduino (UNO in particular)
I am fairly new to the whole concept of Arduino and electronic engineering in general.
Recently I bought myself an Arduino UNO and I'm wondering what "non off the shelf" components will work when I ...
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Help with parts identification from arduino starter kit from aliexpress
Ordered an arduino starter kit from aliexpress Link
The parts list they provide (as a jpg on the order page) is vague and not very descriptive, I've gone through most of the parts and am down to ...