Eagle 30/30 No. 16 – Intermission: Eagle Environment Configuration with...
I'm trying to make my Eagle time more effective so today I've spend some time setting up the environment. Required reading? Eagle FAQ, Section 6: "Where and How to Configure EAGLE?"...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 17 – Pretty File Layouts, Schematics
One of the things that has been taking up some time in making these posts is preparing the final images for the top of the post with my name, the license, etc. I'm hoping creating frames will help with...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 18 – Pretty File Layouts, Boards
So a quick, last minute, right before midnight post today. I needed a way to put indicators on schematics for objects that really only appear on boards. I've created a system with items in rectangles...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 19 – LM386 Audio Amplifier w/ Electret Microphone as Sensor,...
Doh. Missed the cut off by a tinsy bit to go see Submarine directed by Richard Ayoade of "The IT Crowd" fame. Totally worth it. More on this one in the future... it's a combo of the standard ITP...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 20 – Hand-Gun Sensor Mic and the Ground Plane (LM386 v0.1.b)
Roughly the same schematic as yesterday with an extra header for a ground pin next to the signal pin in case the (regulated 5V) power supply for this circuit is different than the 5V for the Arduino. I...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 21 – Astable Multivibrator, 0.0.1
Like June 19th, this is kind of preboard as it is it does nothing that can be seen easily and the pins are not the most accesible. My plan is to do one with LEDs for tomorrow. I'm a bit embarrassed to...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 23 – Monostable Multivibrator, 0.0.1
This is a monostable multivibrator circuit, or "one shot". The diference between a monostable and astable multivibrator is that the monostable vibrator has a default or preferred state from which it...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 26 – Protected Power-only from USB
This circuit features a part I only learned about recently: a PTC resettable fuse. The PTC standes for Positive Temperature Coefficient. In brief these parts are designed to melt and break the...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 29 – Stepper Motor Driver Based on Breadboard Instructable
Doh... so close and yet so far, it just turned midnight... Based on a very old rough draft for an instructable that got published itself when I combined two accounts:...
View ArticleEagle 30/30 No. 30, Semi-Polished. – Stepper Motor Board on a Psuedo...
I must be addicted. I just couldn't leave the last one of the 30 days so so so pathetically crappy. More summary / follow up to come... just not tonight!
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