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Opinion On Tobogganing Ban In Ontario, Canada

Tobogganing Ban In Ontario

We realize this is a very unrelated topic and is as far away from electronics as it gets but we would like to express our opinion on this matter publicly and right to the point.

Posted blow is the news report for the Sarnia ON area by BlackBurnNews. Sarnia ON was one of the lucky city’s that decided not to enforce the tobogganing ban.

BlackBurnNews Report

Our Opinion:

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Most people are researching ways to spend less, and creating your own electricity with solar energy can really help you do so. Nevertheless, solar technology is actually a complicated subject matter, also it can be hard to learn how to begin. The subsequent advice can get you started on the correct foot.

Solar power with the use of solar panel systems can last around 3 decades. It is a…

Brazing Aluminum For Quad-copter/Drone Project.

So I finally had time to start the brazing on the Quad-copter/Drone project the last night.

I have been working on the project for the last two weeks getting all of the final plans complete and working out some flaw. I decided to use aluminum for the frame and body. I plan to complete more of the project this weekend.

I have posted two videos below…

DC Optimum Website Update

DC Optimum Website Update

  After a few days of thinking we have decided to give our website a little face lift. Thinking the old website was starting to get a little boring. We also added a few more features to the site everyone might enjoy.

Let us know what you think :-)

  Arduino Prototype Complete:

Today DC Optimum team completed there Arduino prototype board. We built our first prototype Arduino board after a few days working on it on and off and also the schematic design (Click Here for Schematic Post) we made for it, we finally have a little bit to show for our work.

    This was the “Almost done point” of our little prototype. I decided later on to remove…

  Learning C programming

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C Plus Plus Tutor

  Learning C programming is a great start to working with micro-controllers and application development. Programming and electronics come hand in hand to make your project come to life.

The lessons in the site…

Beginners Guide to Electronics

  Beginners Guide to Electronics

  Starting out in hobby electronics? Need some help? We will provide you with a little guidance.

  Online:

MadLab has created a lesson by lesson tutorial on electronics called a “A ROUGH GUIDE TO ELECTRONICS“, with a brief review of this lesson tutorial I find it looks great for beginners.

MadLab: A ROUGH GUIDE TO ELECTRONICS

  Books:

In my opinion I find books to…

Custom Arduino Board Project

  Custom Arduino Board Project

So I decided on my vacation I was going to do some work on Arduino hardware. Yesterday I started on my custom Arduino board project, I never realized how much testing there was going to be doing this on a solder prototype board, about 1 hour in I was already regretting the fact I didn’t make a circuit board for this project. Like any other electronics guru I found…

Raspberry Pi Time.

DC Optimum has decided to touch on the Raspberry Pi. After doing some research the team has decided to move forward on working with the Pi, we have ordered our first device and are waiting for it to arrive.

Our first Pi should be here next week sometime. We look forward to seeing the major differences between the Pi and Arduino and also working both devices together to see what…

Error In Arduino Schematic Repaired

We noticed an error in the Arduino schematic we designed(Arduino Breadboard Schematic). The error in the schematic has been repair and the post has been updated.

    Arduino Beadboard Schematic & Video:

This is a very easy a simple way to build a Arduino on a breadboard using the ATmega328 chip. If you connect the FTDI to all end points listed in the schematic you will be able to both run and program the ATmega328 chip. As you can see in the video below I built a very small Arduino  unit on a 140 pin breadboard.

  Needed:

Breadboard

ATmega328

FTDI Chip

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Very simple arduino breadboard using an FTDI.

  We will post the schematics for this layout soon.  For now if you are interested in building this design please follow the images from the video. I will start on the schematics asap, I apologise for posting the video without the how to’s.

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