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There has been a little concern with the connector of choice. Thus far, three options have been brought up: D-sub connector Pros Very common Very easy to obtain Very cheap Fair number of pin configurations Cons: Not very sturdy mechanically No protection against elements Must use several pins for la...

Yeah, no problems with appropriately licensed Eagle. The board size matter could be dropped altogether, but I'd keep the 100x160 a recommendation. Few more ideas I had, should there be a reference file for certain design considerations, such as how wide should traces be for given currents, what sort...

That's going to be a killer Bongo Sad to see a fine wagon going to the wreckers though...

I have few ideas for guidelines to follow when submitting designs. There would be two categories: Release and Experimental/development. Release designs would be published on the main website, while experimental would only be available though development forums until transcendence or merger into rele...

Here is the footprint for the Adapt 9s12XDP512 board to use in KiCAD. To use it, unzip the file to 'kicad/modules/' directory, and in pcbnew editor, click "select library" and add diyefi into library list. The footprint is named "9S12XDP512", it has the RS232 outline featured in ...

Linky no worky. LS7power.com domain has expired

Nice Miata! The rat rod look suits the first gen MX-5 with the round headlights pretty well. The DOHC turbo is especially heart-warming to see, any figures on the output? :) I would make the back edge of the hood flush with the fenders though. The aeromystics involved are pretty counter-intuitive, t...

Step motor control is something I'd like to see. The actual motor coil driver would be an external board, the EMS would only have to give steps and direction bit.