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Picsu: The Power-supply that Fits in a Drive Bay

The Picsu is a power supply which is small enough to fit in the drive bay of a standard PC tower case Continue reading →

Contributed Article: Seven Characteristics of Stepper Motors

{lang: 'en-GB'} Nick Jakubowski over at Circuit Specialists has submitted an article outlining the main characteristics of stepper motors and how they work. Read on for the full article below. A stepper motor, also known as a step motor, is a brushless electric motor that divides a full rotation into a large number of steps. These devices [...]

Checking File Permissions the Easy Way Using Python

It never ceases to amaze me what even a wet-behind-the-ears hobbyist like myself can do with Python. I needed a way to get the file permissions and check for the existence of a large number of paths that I could re-use in other scripts. The function