Happy New Year’s Eve

I am waiting on some ultrasonic module sensors for my robot. I bought them on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/5X-Ultrasonic-Module-HC-SR04-Distance-Transducer-Sensor-For-Arduino-Robot/232126163617?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649 The estimated delivery is Wed, Jan 02.   Hope you have a good new year.

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Voltage Regulator for PCA9685 board and 7+ volt power supply

In my previous post https://blog.andytriboletti.com/which-servo-motor-im-using-for-my-arduino-project/ I mentioned I had a problem with the servo controller board I was using. I followed the instructions here: http://wiki.sunfounder.cc/index.php?title=PCA9685_16_Channel_12_Bit_PWM_Servo_Driver It says to use a…

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It has a bit less memory than it used to, since some corrupted sectors had to be quarantined?

"...though it has a bit less memory than it used to, since some corrupted sectors had to be quarantined." https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/04/mars-rover-curiosity-is-switching-brains-so-it-can-fix-itself/ What does that mean?

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