Category Archives: Circuits and Electronics

RGB LED Controller Using ATtiny85

I got a LED strip with a piece a drawer set and the controller that came with it was dead on arrival.  Now, this was a probably $5 – $10 set of LEDs – but I was excited about them … Continue reading →

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Cool site for making custom gauge faces!

While thinking about a project making a custom clock using the automotive gauge stepper motor from Adafruit, I tripped across this site for making custom gauge faces – perfect! This is my first attempt – pretty happy with it.

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Manually control servo with ATtiny85

If you find yourself wanting to control a servo with an ATtiny85, you will find very few libraries available.  Those that are available, I was unable to get to work properly for full 180 degree rotation of my SG92R servo.  … Continue reading →

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Manjaro – Get that arduino to connect!

If you find that your Arduino isn’t connecting in Manjaro (and most other Linux flavors), you can run a command in terminal to give permission for your computer to connect.  You will want to run lsusb to find where your … Continue reading →

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Axial SCX24 LED light pinout

It seems a popular thing to put additional lights onto SCX24’s of all flavors (C10, Deadbolt, Wrangler, Gladiator, and now the Bronco).  Interestingly though, no one seems to want to share information for how to add functioning brake lights and … Continue reading →

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