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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
A while ago I picked up a small speaker without realising that I'd need to solder wires to it; this weekend I corrected that mistake by obtaining a soldering kit from Maplin. Whilst there I also picked up a "familiar tune" electronics kit after spotting it had a more impressive ...
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Connecting a servo to the qwerk board is simplicity itself: just attach it to the pins at the front of the board, with the yellow lead nearest:
However, if you're making the pan/tilt unit I highly recommend centering the servos correctly before putting it together, as it's next to impossible to ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
When the battery is on its last dregs, the qwerk board won't play completely dead: it'll power up all the LEDs, but that's it. Which, if you're not expecting it, have just installed new components and then had it die mid-test is somewhat terrifying. After nervously waiting the eight hours ...
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