Jan
10
It sucks when you need 12 VDC and your power supply just died. Previously we made an ATX breakout board to turn an ATX power supply into a fixed voltage bench DC power supply. Here we present a board that is designed to be smaller and for use as a backup.
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Oct
22
For those of you who do prototyping with the eZ430 or eZ430-RF boards, this may be of interest. It’s a debug adapter that you can put inline to make use of a logic analyzer or other test equipment easier. It expands out to 0.1″ spacing posts from the 0.05″ spacing used in the eZ430 connectors. …
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Oct
01
How many of you have or know of someone who has an old computer just sitting in the closet gathering dust. How many of you would like to have a multiple output bench power supply? Do you need an extra +12V DC power supply for your CB, ham shack or office? What we have here …
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Aug
18
How many devices do you have that charge over USB? How many devices require you to do something special, or have a special adapter to do it? The last few cell phones I’ve had have USB micro or mini ports to charge from. I figure I can take a USB A Male to USB …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.curioussystem.com/2010/08/the-dirty-truth-about-usb-device-charging/
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