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Questions tagged [wires]

Wire is a conductor that used to connect electronic components each other

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Common Wire sizes for connecting peripherals to arduino

Please don't judge me for asking this question i have never touch arduino before but We plan to use it in our thesis we are doing a budget plan and it must include wires. can anyone tell me the common wire sizes used? This is to estimate the prices.
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wiring a arduino led project

I am moving a project from breadboard and jumper cables. It light a bunch of LEDs with different sets running of many almost every pin. I need a few meters of cables. I will a resistor on each led. I have no idea what kinda cable/wire to use and…
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Two Identical Potentiometers, two different results

quick question. I have two 10 turn precision potentiometers and I tested both when I bought them a few weeks ago, both worked as expected. However now that I have epoxied one of them into my project and wired it up, I don't get any resistance. I…
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Should long wires be kept separated from each other, to reduce interference?

Let's say someone has four CAT5 cables that are running along the ceiling for the length of a room (30 feet), of which most of the twisted pairs are connected to Arduino input/output pins on one end. Would it be okay to keep these wires bundled…
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How to improve wiring a breadboard?

just saw this tweet and was interested what wires are used there: https://twitter.com/EngineersGarage/status/448014811280842752/photo/1 The wiring Looks cleaner than the setup I currently have with "normal" wires. Thanks!
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Micronucleus firmware 2.6.1 - Activate bootloader put D- pin to high

I flashed my ATTINY85 Digispark v3.0 with micronucleus firmware 2.6.1 and it works fine, the onboard led lights up and the another led blinks twines every 500ms (not sure way but it seams like everything is working correcly). But now I don't…
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How to detect if the arduino wire is still connected

I have hall sensors connected to an arduino, because of mechanical movements there is some possibility that the input wire may accidentally slip out of the arduino analogin sockets. Is there any way I can detect if the wire is still connected to…
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Attiny85 DigiSpark: Drive 128X64 OLED screen, no picture problem

Devices used It's about these devices: Quick scheme (how I connected those) Got the wiring info from the TinyWire library Program I use (also many different examples tried but no luck): #include //~ DEFINES…
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How to wire Christmas lights with LEDs to use for Arduino Project?

First things first, I am new here and this is my first post. So if this is in the wrong place I apologize and please just let me know. I am a programmer that is getting into working with an Arduino compatible board, so my questions are 99% of the…
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Controlling a NC connection from two sources?

I'm trying to control a garage door opener. The button that lets you open the door from the inside is a NC connection (press the button and it goes to "open" and makes the motor run). I want to keep that AND add another source (an Arduino w/ an RF…
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SparkFun EL Sequencer does not work

I have connected to EL wire, 12v EL Inverter to SparkFun EL Sequencer but it does not work (no battery is connected). The connections are the same like in Hookup Guide (https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/learn_tutorials/3/6/9/ELSequencerHookUp_bb.png).…
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The most practical plug socket

I am starting some Arduino's projects with different sizes (very small based on Arduino Nano and bigger using Arduino Mega). These projects will be manipulated by students and they will connect and disconnect many times the wires. I will try to not…
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