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We do so many things around here just because “we can”. Though this guy cites this as his reason, we somehow can’t help but wonder if he’s doing it just to troll the Arduino hating crowd. He has decided to overclock his Arduino by replacing the crystal and dropping it in some non conductive liquid coolant. Can you guess what sketch he’s running? That’s right, he’s blinking an LED.
Normally we would point out that we have no preference when it comes to Arduino. We simply post what is submitted. Though we are often accused of being Arduino lovers, it is simply just another tool to us. We sometimes delete obnoxious comments that get off topic, threatening, or vulgar because that’s just good house keeping. That being said, we know what to expect here. Go ahead, bash the Arduino. Get it out of your systems. Just keep it non offensive or it will be moderated.
[thanks jfreak09]
It’s like putting a big exhaust on a ricer – you can make it louder but you really need to replace the engine if you want more speed :)
SCOTTEH. I NEED MOAR POWAR.
It’d be interesting to see what you can actually DO with this…
Also “non-conductive liquid coolant” is annoyingly nonspecific. Exactly what sort of coolant is it?
the lack of detail (knowledge) make it a farce
T-I-M-M-Y! TIMMY TIMMY TIMMY :P
Not productive but just fun, I mean come on its not like he is trying it to prove something…
Just because we can.
It should be noted that overclocking the Atmel chips is what gives us the AWESOME “[f]Uzebox” open source gaming console.
… and higher clock speeds on the CPU are what gives the Uzebox even niftier graphics modes.