As usual, the rotary encoder has three pins ... Back to my story, I rigged up a small ‘test circuit’ on a mini breadboard powered by a regulated 5VDC source. See my test setup: The circuit outputs are ...

How does a stepper motor turn into an encoder? Well, that’s the MacGyver part. We are not big fans of the physical circuit diagrams ... initial version was on a breadboard, but the final ...

So whether you want to drive a 12 V solenoid from a low-voltage microcontroller, drive many LEDs with shift registers, or decode a rotary encoder, there is a circuit snippet here for you.

Makers, developers and hobbyists that are looking for a virtual breadboard might be interested in a new application and service created by James Caska based in Amsterdam. The PCB Direct virtual ...