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Electronics in South Africa

13/07/2018
SeeBox and lesson boards
How many schools offer electronics in South Africa? It is being said that as little as 4% of schools in South Africa are technical schools!  “Is this true?” – I hear you – tha... Read More
DIY • electronics • engineering • Robotics

Drive your robot DC motors with an H-Bridge

12/05/201315/04/2018
h-bridge motor driver diagram
Part of a line follower project This post forms part of my Line Following Robot project and will serve as my research for how to accurately control the speed and direction of the line follower. What i... Read More
electronics • Proudly South African

PC volt meter with a real time software and USB mi…

04/04/201328/01/2018
voltmeter PC Interface
Great project by Yaghivah Brenner I came across +Yaghiyah Brenner ‘s blog via Google Plus and I am glad to have found another South African that shares my passion for tinkering with electronics... Read More
electronics • engineering • technology

What is a servo?

23/07/201201/03/2020
Industrial-Servo-Motor-Kit-800w-4Nm-220v-2000r-min
What is a servo and how does it work? A servo is the main driving force behind many a robot and other machine movements where position control is essential.  But what exactly is it, and how does it w... Read More
electronics • technology

Robonica Roboni-i: inside out

21/06/201231/01/2018
robonica roboni-i robot
Roboni-i by Robonica: There are many reviews of this clever little robot (the Roboni-i), this post is more about the insides and how the robot is put together.  For example, the main processor is an ... Read More
electronics • technology

How to build a simple signal amplifier

06/05/201225/01/2018
LPMA LANGIS CINORTCELE
Ever needed to build an amp quickly? I first became interested in electronics because of the cool gadgets it could produce…and of course it had buttons. Always loved pushing buttons to figure ou... Read More
electronics

Mobile Processors

08/02/201205/02/2018
ARM powered logo
ARM Processors: Are being used as in mobile processors in most smart phones as the main CPU including Apple, HTC, Samsung and Nokia phones. Arm Holdings headquarters is based in Cambridge, UK and emp... Read More

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