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7 Resistor Characteristics You NEED to Consider for Your Next Project

You may have heard someone say something like “…nothing in life is perfect” before. This is definitely true for resistors, which, like everything else in life, are imperfect.

When we need a resistor, most of us dip our hand into the appropriate drawer in the parts bin and pull one with the right color bands without giving it much thought. A few of us may consider things like tolerance and power rating, but other important considerations often fall victim to neglect.

Sometimes this is okay, other times this can cause problems and headaches if you don’t pick the right resistor for your application.

A Closer Look Inside the Arduino Uno, Part 2: Powering the Arduino

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A while ago, I wrote an article called A Closer Look Inside the Arduino Uno. In the article, I glossed over powering the Arduino.

The post also gives a brief history lesson on the board, goes over the layout and some of the main components, discusses the Arduino pin out, and finally, talks about a few nuances of the Arduino Uno which may cause some seemingly weird errors to occur.

In that post, I made the promise to go into more detail on some of the often overlooked, but important nuances of the Uno.

This time around, we’ll delve a bit deeper into powering the Arduino Uno and talk about some of its limitations and best practices for doing so.

Let’s get started!

Practical Electronics: Resurrecting My Electronics Workbench, Part 2

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The last post Practical Electronics: Resurrecting My Electronics Workbench, Part 1 dealt with picking a location for your bench.

I also showed you the “before” version of the bench, went over a quick (and cheap) computer upgrade for running simulations and programming, and did some “house cleaning.” Finally, I laid out some of the plan for the newly remodeled workspace.

The first post was more about planning, but this one is where the action is. This is where you’ll see the “after” version of the workbench.