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		<title>Replacing delay() in Arduino Sketches &#8211; IsTime() to the rescue!</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2012/01/21/replacing-delay-in-arduino-sketches-istime-to-the-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with delay() is that your code is stuck waiting for the time to elapse. What if you wanted to do something more in that time? There are places where you don&#8217;t need to do anything with your processor resource but more often then not, you need to be doing something useful. The IsTime() function introduced lets you use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Work Bench</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2010/03/20/quick-work-bench/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two plastic shelf kits from Lowe’s assemble into a 24 inch (2 foot) deep, 9 foot long standing work bench. The link above is not exactly the model displayed in the picture. These shelf units are available in different sizes and styles for $40-$80 each. While assembly the two shelf units stop when you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Repurpose a Solar Garden Light</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2010/02/23/repurpose-a-solar-garden-light/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This solar garden/path light was found at Target for $3! Nothing special about path lights, and the low price is no surprise in our times but this item looks very interesting for home projects. Instead of the fancy curved “good looking” enclosures it’s a simple cube. Very easy to reuse this enclosure. Reuse the enclosure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethernet Cable Audio Extension</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2010/01/23/ethernet-cable-audio-extension/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 00:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAT5 Ethernet cables to connect audio from my PC to my room stereo.  My shop has a nice stereo on the far wall away from my PCs and work bench. Rather then purchase a long audio extension cable I scrounged up some CAT5 Ethernet cable and audio connectors, a few quick splices and a 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIY USB to Serial Cable For $3!</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2009/10/04/diy-usb-to-serial-cable-for-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Thomson submitted this useful article about converting a low cost cell phone USB cable into and easy and cheap way to connect to an Arduino&#160;microcontroller setup. Jonathan found a cable for less then $3 which can be hacked to perform the same function as the typical $20 FTDI USB cable often used in Arduino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IPhone Audio Breadboard Adaptor</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2009/09/06/iphone-audio-breadboard-adaptor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want to play with our IPhone, use it for some work shop projects. There are two connectors to work with, I stared with the audio headset. The IPhone uses a 4 pin 3.5mm (2.5mm) plug connector for access to right and left audio and the microphone input. I started looking online for a plug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hacking a Cat Litter Box</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2009/02/01/hacking-a-cat-litter-box/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I got a message from a uCHobby reader named Jake. He wanted to talk about improving the performance of his automatic cat litter box. His litter box, a Cat Genie, takes care of most of the dirty work. It does more then just scoop out the kitty litter, it washes, rinses, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scrounging LED Christmas Lights</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2008/12/27/scrounging-led-christmas-lights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier today I was at Walmart and noticed that Christmas lights were 50% off normal pricing. Some digging around yielded a 70 count white and 70 count multi-colored set for about $5 each or about 7 cents per LED. Of course you have to do some work to get the LEDs out but if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IR Remote Power Control for Media PC</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2008/11/16/ir-remote-power-control-for-media-pc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2008/11/16/ir-remote-power-control-for-media-pc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article Sergiu Baluta details building a remote power control for a media PC. A PIC microcontroller is used along with an IR transceiver to activate the power control on a standard PC motherboard. Using this setup he adds a media PC to his entertainment center and can power it up and down using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>dsPIC WAV Player</title>
		<link>http://www.uchobby.com/index.php/2008/07/21/dspic-wav-player/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article Bernard Klinc demonstrates audio playback using the dsPIC on a simple breadboard layout with a free code library for SD card access from Microchip. Bernard will receive a giveaway item of his choice from the hobby parts for articles project here at uCHobby. This project is mostly around the Microchip MDDFS library [...]]]></description>
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