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Gadget Freak Case #217: Finding the Sun With a Microcontroller
6/22/2012

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This multiplexing project can be modified by adding output routines to the program to drive motors or other devices.
This multiplexing project can be modified by adding output routines
to the program to drive motors or other devices.

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Placement is everything
Beth Stackpole   6/22/2012 7:14:52 AM
I could have used Jerald's gadget a couple of weeks back when we were experimenting with solar lighting in a couple of gardens in the back yard. Took a few days (perhaps more since we did it in a good stretch of rain) before we got the small main panel situated properly. Jerald's invention could have saved us some serious time!

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