What Is a Component?

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Introduction to PIC Programming Using C: Byte Lights With the ADC – Part 2: The Mock-Up

Reading Time: 22 minutesIntroduction Welcome back! In this series, we’re still continuing our goal to understand analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) of a PIC microcontroller, and how to program one to accept and convert an analog input. It is my personal goal to help guide you to do this in a way that I learned from a terrific book I […]

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Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the LED Blinker Circuit (An Extended Topic for the LED Blinker Circuit)

Reading Time: 23 minutesIntroduction The following content is intended to be a companion to the LED blinker circuit we created from our article titled, “How Components Work Together in Real Circuits.” The sole purpose of this discussion is to work as an extended topic for that article to help you understand your circuit better, to help clarify what’s […]

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Questions Answered on the Blinker Circuit (An Extended Topic for the LED Blinker Circuit)

Reading Time: 17 minutesIntroduction The following content is intended to be a companion to the LED blinker circuit we created from our article titled, “How Components Work Together in Real Circuits.” The sole purpose of this discussion is to work as an extended topic for that article to help you understand your circuit better, to help clarify what’s […]

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What Exactly Is an Astable Multivibrator? (An Extended Topic for the LED Blinker Circuit)

Reading Time: 15 minutesIntroduction The following content is intended to be a companion to the LED blinker circuit we created from our article titled, “How Components Work Together in Real Circuits.” The sole purpose of this discussion is to work as an extended topic for that article to help you understand your circuit better, and to help clarify […]

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How Components Work Together in Real Circuits: Having Components Join Forces

Reading Time: 12 minutesThe following is Part 3, of a planned 12 part super series on the topic of components. We started with what components are, then we learned how to decipher their symbols to read circuit schematic diagrams — now we’re moving onto the topic of how these components work together in real circuits. Later, we’ll progressively […]

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Understanding Circuit Symbols and Schematics: The Road Maps of Electronics

Reading Time: 12 minutesIntroduction The following is Part 2, of a planned 12 part super series on the topic of components. We started with what components are – now we’re moving onto the topic of circuit component symbols and schematics. Later, we’ll progressively work through more topics and ideas of components, further advancing these ideas into a robot […]

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What Is a Component? The Tiny Parts That Make Up Every Circuit

Reading Time: 8 minutesIntroduction The following is Part 1, of a planned 12 part super series on the topic of components – starting with what components are, then progressively working through more topics and ideas of components, further advancing these ideas into a robot project to really get you to understand how they work together to create something […]

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How Does Robotics Work? A Guide to the Machines That Will Change the World

Reading Time: 14 minutesIntroduction If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen and heard of the recent rapid increase of the field of robotics and its technology. Robots are no longer confined to science fiction – they’re already here, and doing things people of the past could only imagine in books, TV, and movies. Currently, […]

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Happy Halloween 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutesWishing you all a safe and spooky Halloween 👻! OwlBot Series Update It’s been quite busy around here at Motbots lately. The OwlBot project is still underway and we’re getting so much closer to finishing this bird! At this point in time, the OwlBot project is in its second section of Part 6 of the […]

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