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Playfield Hardware Flippers

Playfield :: Hardware :: Flippers

If you are contemplating building your own machine, then you probably already know a good bit about how pinball machines work. It’s basically series of electro-mechanical events where a steel ball activates a switch, which in turn fires a solenoid that drives a mechanism, sending the ball off in some other direction where it most likely hits another switch, and so

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Stage 4 Complete Beginners Guide For Arduino Hardware Platform For DIY

Stage 4: Complete Beginner’s Guide For Arduino Hardware Platform For DIY

Contents 1. Background 2. Setting up Arduino Development Environment 3. Arduino Power Management 3.1 Powering Up Arduino Board 3.2 Output Power of Arduino 4. Indicators And Switches 4.1 LED 4.1.1 Working With Onboard LED 4.1.2 Connecting and Controlling External LED 4.2 Buzzer 4.3 Switches 5. Arduino With Display 6.Arduino With Sensors    6.1 Sensor Principles

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Hardware and Arduino Code for DIY WMRP Solder Station

Hardware and Arduino Code for DIY WMRP-Solder Station

Features: low offset op amp for soldering tip temperature measurement with type c thermocouple cold junction compensation using the PTC (KTY82-210) included in the WMRP soldering pencil input voltage measurement (for use with 3 cell lipo battery) soldering pencil current measurement recognizing if the soldering pencil rests in the stand (–> standby) 3 buttons for

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RFM12B Part 1 Hardware Overview

RFM12B – Part 1 – Hardware Overview

To see how RFM12B wireless compares to other similar wireless options (e.g Xbee, XRF etc..) check out this well compiled comparison overview by Stuart Poulton: http://blog.homelabs.org.uk/wireless-connectivity/. Overview Made by Hope RF, re-branded by RFsolutions in the UK. Sometimes called ‘Alpha RF’ Low cost RF transceiver (from Rapid, Farnell, or RS in the UK) Up to 300m transmission Up

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