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  • How many LED strips can I connect together?

    How many LED strips can I connect together?

    By Christopher

        This is a fantastic question that we get here at Vetco quite often.   Depending on how you hook the strips up, the length options are almost limitless....

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  • Project Spotlight: When Technologies Mingle

    Project Spotlight: When Technologies Mingle

    By Nick

    In my short 25 years I’ve noticed some patterns… But few are more powerful than the simple concept of joining two technologies or ideas. 3D printers and cakes, Computers and Telephone lines, or...

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  • Arduino Due and Arduino Nano now available!

    Arduino Due and Arduino Nano now available!

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on June 28, 2013. Vetco has recently added the powerful Arduino Due, with it’s 32-Bit ARM processor and the breadboard-friendly Arduino Nano to our ever...

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  • Matched Complementary Pair Transistors

    Matched Complementary Pair Transistors

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on April 4, 2013. Building a Class B amplifier? Vetco has many options when it comes to complementary PNP – NPN transistors. Our NTE “MCP” series complementary transistor pairs are selected...

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  • Electronics Haiku

    Electronics Haiku

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on April 3, 2013. Here are the latest entries in the “2013 Vetco Staff Haiku Contest“: Gold plated speakers Crystal clear symphonic tones Just like old...

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  • Pre-Shrunk Heat Shrink Tubing (PreSHST)

    Pre-Shrunk Heat Shrink Tubing (PreSHST)

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on April 1, 2013.   Vetco announces the release of Pre-Shrunk Heat Shrink Tubing (PreSHST) Until now all Heat Shrink Tubing came fully expanded. Pre-Shrunk...

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  • Battery Powered Ardunio – AA, AAA, 9V

    Battery Powered Ardunio – AA, AAA, 9V

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on December 29, 2012. We often get asked about how to run an Arduino away from a PC. The typical answer is a 9~12VDC wall...

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  • Motor Roundup

    Motor Roundup

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on December 12, 2012. Vetco recently expanded our selection of small hobby style DC motors – We added 4 motors to our inventory, all of...

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  • How to hook up Wireless Headphones to an LCD TV

    How to hook up Wireless Headphones to an LCD TV

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on November 8, 2012. Most LCD and Plasma TVs only have a digital audio output, instead of the analog audio output that is required to...

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  • How to run an RGB LED on 12 Volts

    How to run an RGB LED on 12 Volts

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on November 8, 2012. Running an RGB LED on 12 Volts DC is just like running any other LED, except you need 3 current limiting...

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  • Arduino Project Contest!

    Arduino Project Contest!

    By Eli

    This post was originally written on November 6, 2012. Vetco has a lot of parts – you have a lot of ideas. What can you build? We want to see...

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  • Test a transistor with a multimeter.

    Test a transistor with a multimeter.

    By Eli

    Ask any field or bench technician what their most-used piece of test equipment is and they will probably say a DMM (Digital MultiMeter). These versitiale devices can be used to...

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