Legacy Personal Blogs

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This blog contains the legacy personal blog posts of our members, other than our Top Members whose content has been migrated into individual blogs in this area. Our new platform does not have personal blogs so this is how we have preserved the personal blog posts of our members from the Jive platform. No new posts will be permitted in this blog. Instead, if you wish to create blog content, please post it in the blog in the most appropriate topic area.

  • How Do You Claim A Project14 Prize? (I've forgotten!)

    dubbie
    I have claimed a Project 14 competition prize before but I just do not seem to be able to remember how to do it. I've tried searching the Element14 web site but so far I have not found anything that helps me.  I was a First Place Winner in the A...

  • OrangeCrab - improved reset block: How to use one single user button to do multiple tasks in an FPGA

    dramoz
    The OrangeCrab Verilog example has an orangecrab_reset block that uses the user button to go into boot mode (DFU). Although I found it practical so you do not have to unplug and plug the board while pressing the user button-down, sometimes it is good...

  • Entropy

    rsc
    The project starts out like this:Then it evolves to something like this:The next evolution goes something like this:But then you need to start another project and you're left with a pile of this:And that's how entropy happens:You end up with ...

  • Old Skool Tools

    Andrew J
    Douglas Wong recently posted about a re-discovery and memory of using a slide rule, a distinctly old skool device.  Anyone of an age will have a fond memory of one - they were around in my school days but were really overtaken by calculators.&nb...

  • Daily life tweak: Book Lamp

    jpnbino
    My motivations to make this tweak in such an ordinary item were two: have fun and make it useful.I normally enjoyed reading a book when commuting between work and home, a trip that takes around 40 minutes one way depending on traffic. It happened tha...

  • Project14 IOT Trophy

    scottiebabe
    Something special arrived on my doorstep this week! I immediately had to open the boxes to see what was inside:It is a collection of Project14 shopping carts! I am beyond enamored to be recognized by the Project14 organizers and community f...

  • Quick Review: 8W USB Soldering Iron

    rsjawale24
    Last week I posted a blog Banggood Shopping on my recent electronics purchase from Banggood. This is a quick review of the 8W USB soldering iron.First let's look at the manufacturer given specifications of the USB soldering iron.Specifications-Th...

  • Up-Down Counter Design in ZedBoard

    subham109
    This is my first technical blog which will introduce the readers to the ZedBoard setup for the programmable logic application. It will help first-time users with the setup and develop their first FPGA project. Getting started with Vivado St...

  • Up-Down Counter Design using ZedBoard

    subham109
    This is my first technical blog which will introduce the readers to the ZedBoard setup for the programmable logic application. It will help first-time users with the setup and develop their first FPGA project. Getting started with Vivado St...

  • Banggood Shopping

    rsjawale24
    I'm doing some upgrades in my existing workbench. I don't have any good/powerful tools and instruments with me yet so I decided to do some shopping from Banggood. Here's a quick look at items that I ordered. 1. A 8W USB soldering iro...

  • I've Been Gardening

    dubbie
    I logged in properly to Element14 today, for the first time for quite a while, to find 42 notifications waiting for me. Additionally, I didn't manage to finish my entry for the latest Project14 Competition for previously unfinished projects (it was g...

  • On a bit of slump

    Fred27
    I seem to be on a bit of slump when it comes to electronics lately. Just thought I'd ask if anyone else gets this sometimes or has any suggestions how to get out of it. When I say a slump, I mean that I just haven't seemed to find the time - or to so...

  • First Activity: Blinking LED using Altera Cyclone IV FPGA DE0-Nano Board

    tanishqe
    Hi everyone!! Introduction on DE0-Nano Board      The DE0-Nano board introduces a compact-sized FPGA development platform suited for a wide range of portable design projects, such as robots and mobile projects.  &nb...

  • Working with the Orangecrab Dev. Board

    dramoz
    This is a placeholder for my upcoming OrangeCrab examples, tutorials, ... drz {tabbedtable} Tab LabelTab ContentRunning the OrangeCrab Examples[VIDEO]Simple I/O example[VIDEO]UART implementation[VIDEO]e14.func.queueScripts.add(function() {e...

  • AIM-TTI QPX750SP RoadTest | Passive Load Experiments - Waveforms

    Attila Tőkés
    This blog post is a extension of AIM-TTI QPX750SP RoadTest | Passive Load Experiments . The Element 14 system allows a maximum of 110 images per blog posts, so some of the waveform images are places here, in a separate post. Resistive Loads&nbsp...

  • Runner-up prize for the 2021 Design for a Cause Challenge

    tbriceno
    I got my runner-up prize in the mail the other day and was blown away! This multimeter is pretty awesome.www.youtube.com/watch After I finished this video, I realized something and had to make a second video. www.youtube.com/watch I'm ...

  • CMOS Crystal Oscillator

    jc2048
    Introduction I'm currently looking at doing some digital audio stuff with an FPGA. Ideally, I need to be working with a clock that's a multiple of one of the common audio sample rates (48kHz, 96kHz, or 192kHz). 12.288MHz would be a good choice, ...

  • Microsoft Surface Mobile Mouse Teardown

    javagoza
    The Microsoft Surface Mobile mouse is a great mouse, very comfortable but sometimes it gives problems due to dirt or wear. In this blog we are going to see how it can be disassembled to clean or repair it. The victim Our victim is the Micro...

  • Remote Well Pump ON/OFF Contactor

    aspork42
    I just finished putting together a shutoff device for a remote cabin's electric well pump. It is a pretty simple device, but one that could really save us in the case of a water leak. We have a cabin in the woods that is a part-time Air B&B ...

  • PIR sensor

    elecboy

  • sdr

    vk3kbr
    Hello all at El14.  Regarding the SDR project, I wonder how much is "not expensive", I would like to get into a project like this, so to start with, what is the price of the SDR Experiment Board v1.0 ? Then I might work on the price fo...

  • Do you know the basic structure of automotive connectors?

    shmlink
    Automotive connectors are a component often contacted by electrical engineering technicians. Its role is very simple: between the blocked or isolated circuits in the circuit, a bridge is established to communicate, so that the current flows and the c...

  • Tips for a Budding Maker Dad

    Sean_Miller
    I've been building a personal web site to pull together our projects across the various forms of media over the years.  While I was at it, I threw in a couple of articles reflecting our experience of learning together all things "Make".  Th...

  • Cross-Platform Apps for the Multicomp Pro PC USB Oscilloscope

    zst123
    Earlier this year I received the Multicomp Pro MP720016 as part of my Honorable Mention prizeWinners Announcement of the "Experimenting with Vibration Sensors" Design Challenge  It was great to receive a PC Oscilloscope as it means I have a port...

  • Because I decided to use Linux...

    Andrew J
    ...mission control needs to be established.  What was I thinking...