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SwitchDoc Labs Thunder Board Connectors Review

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Description of SwitchDoc Labs Thunder Board Connectors

Includes Open Source Software for Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Detects Lightning up to 30km away. Has Interrupt for lightning. Adjustable range and sensitivity. Rejects most noise sources. Based on AS3935. The Thunder Board Lightning Detector comes with Python, C and Arduino Drivers. Includes Built-In I2C buffer to make your system more reliable

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Revainrating 2 out of 5

incomprehensible document on switchlab site.

This board comes WITHOUT i2c pull-up resistors. I think the address settings are wrong. preset to 0x01. Although the doc says it should be 0x03 BUT you can't change it to 0x3. The address lines are connected directly to the board.

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  • Electronics
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  • No paint required

Revainrating 2 out of 5

If you want a board without a good guide this is a good buy. See my update!

PLEASE SEE. UPDATE BELOW: I see nothing wrong with the quality of the board. But despite the promise that you'll be given grading instructions, the instructions are terrible as almost all of the kits came from kids in the Switchdoc labs. And in my case they didn't even supply all the parts or at least the right parts. I have backed several of their projects on Kickstarter, I found similar damn instructions for them, I will no longer support them. They do not include instructions on how to…

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  • Computers and Accessories
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  • Basically OK, but...