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		<title>USBASP programmer 2.0</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protostack.com/blog/?p=309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently selected a new USBASP supplier who has made a few improvements. Addition of PPTC resettable fuse on 5V supply from USB JP1 (Supply Target) now has a 3 pin header to allow the selection of 3.3V on pin 2 of the ISP connector JP3 (Slow SCK) has been added back. This jumper was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated USBASP Windows Driver</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2012/01/updated-usbasp-windows-driver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2012/01/updated-usbasp-windows-driver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protostack.com/blog/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The USBASP windows driver is based on libusb-win32. Back in May last year, we released version 1.2.4.0 of the driver. That version was a big improvement over the previous one as it was partly signed. Since then, the libusb-win32 project has released version 1.2.5.0 of their driver. This driver is now fully signed, so installation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finishing the year off with 13 new products</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/12/finishing-year-13-products/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a while since we&#8217;ve had new stock in, but the drought is over. This month we add 13 new products to our lineup. For some time we&#8217;ve stocked 10 pin IDC cables. This month we introduce the 6 pin variant which is available now for just $1.45. Clarence Zener was a physicist who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What can you build with logic chips?</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/10/build-logic-chips/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/10/build-logic-chips/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is a bit over 2 weeks left for the 7400 Contest with entries closing on October 21st. There are heaps of prizes up for grabs, including 3 ATmega328 Development Kits, Hack Packs from Dangerous Prorotypes and prize packs from Freetronics. What will you build?]]></description>
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		<title>8 Breadboard Hacks</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/09/8-breadboard-hacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/09/8-breadboard-hacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breadboard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hacks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SD Card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Test Pins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few hacks to make bread boarding easier&#8230; 1. Hacking the power buses The power buses on a breadboard are constructed in multiple pieces. To get continuity down the length of the bus you need to add jumper &#8220;staples&#8221; like so. With this hack, we peel back the adhesive tape on the back of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATmega328 now available</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/09/atmega328/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/09/atmega328/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 06:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Products]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[atmega328]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AVR]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been getting a lot of requests to stock Atmel ATmega328 microcontrollers and they have finally arrived. The ATmega328-PU is the through-hole variety and fits onto our 28 pin AVR Development Board. The ATmega328 is almost identical to the ATmega168a but has double the Flash, double the EEPROM and double the SRAM. It can be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 new products for July</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/07/9-new-products-for-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month we have a nice collection of new products, 9 in total. First we have Lite-on LTE-301 infrared Emitters and LTR-301 infrared sensors. These have many uses including object detection and remote control. These SPDT toggle switches are small, but feel very solid. Rated for 6 amps at 28 VDC they are great for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATmega168A Pulse Width Modulation &#8211; PWM</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/06/atmega168a-pulse-width-modulation-pwm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/06/atmega168a-pulse-width-modulation-pwm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[RGB LED]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protostack.com/blog/?p=285</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dimming an incandescent bulb is easy. Simply adjust the current down using a potentiometer and you are done. Dimming an LED is another story entirely. When you reduce current through an LED there are unintended consequences like color shifts and dropouts. A better way is to use Pulse Width Modulation (PWM). With PWM the LED [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USBASP driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista x64</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/05/usbasp-driver-for-windows-7-and-windows-vista-x64/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/05/usbasp-driver-for-windows-7-and-windows-vista-x64/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.protostack.com/blog/?p=283</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Until now, the USBASP windows driver wasn&#8217;t signed. On older versions of windows this was&#8217;t too much of a problem as you could override the signature error. On Windows Vista x64 and Windows 7, it is almost a show stopper. Various methods have been suggested including a utility called Driver Signature Enforcement Overrider or Pressing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extending Terminal Blocks</title>
		<link>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/05/extending-terminal-blocks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.protostack.com/blog/2011/05/extending-terminal-blocks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 10:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Garcia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we have something that is so simple, it hardly qualifies as a tutorial, so let&#8217;s call it a &#8220;tip&#8221; and get started. For some time we&#8217;ve stocked 2 pin and 3 pin terminal blocks. These terminal blocks have standard 5.08mm spacing, so they fit in all our development and prototyping boards. This is [...]]]></description>
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