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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.

  • Beginning Picaxe

    billabott
    Waaat?  You never heard of it before?  If so, please do take the opportunity to educate yourself at www.picaxe.com.  As I stated elsewhere:My little experiment is a success!   I doubled the value of the resistor going to...

  • EasyPIC Fusion v7 Review.

    tech_kid
    http://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1545

  • Multiplexeur, nmea, etc.. ????

    e14 Contributor
    L’OBJECTIFAvec un Raspberry Pi, distribuer en wifi les données Nmea 1083 du bord aux logiciels d’affichage disponibles sur PC portables Ipads, Iphones et mobiles Android.LES FONCTIONNALITÉSReliée à une centrale Nmea par câble série ou USB, le raspi e...

  • Did you know that DangerousPrototypes gives away PCBs periodically?

    packetgeek
    For those that like soldering (or at least keeping in practice), the DangerousPrototypes.com people are maintaining the practice of giving away boards.  You'll need to buy the components but this is perfect for keeping in practice (soldering) an...

  • element14的RaspberryPi+Arduino的博客今天启动!

    e14 Contributor
    你也可以玩RaspberryPi+Arduino！

  • 7b - Setting Up SuperTweet

    ge0rgej
         Now that your Twitter app is setup you nowneed to get SuperTweet onboard to carry outthe Basic Auth -> OAuth process.              1 -  Head o...

  • 7a - Preparing For Twitter

    ge0rgej
    Two of the key features that I wanted to implement in this project from the outset was 1) having a facility of being informed when my irrigation system was operating, or not as the case may be, and 2) having a means of over-riding the system via mobi...

  • 6 - Monitoring The Float Switches With Python

    ge0rgej
     The first Python code that we run deals soley with monitoring the switch state of the float switches and activating the water solenoid valve at the right times (when the Tanks are Full the mains water solenoid valve closes .... when the Tanks a...

  • Letter from the CEO – We’re listening to make business easier for you

    Annagrazia
    September 6, 2013To our customers and community members, Over the past several years we have been on a mission to address the things that stand in the way of engineering progress and help you get the job done more easily. We know the hassles you face...

  • Because I want to - handheld keyboard for RasPi

    e14 Contributor
    So, my wife has(had) an old cell phone that has one of those slide out QWERTY keypads. She graciously donated it to me  My plan is to hopefully somehow convert the keypad part into a keyboard for the Raspberry Pi. This is how far I've gotten so ...

  • 5 - Input Connections & PiFace Digital Emulator

    ge0rgej
     In the last section we saw where the components used in this project wil be connected - now lets start putting this into practice. You may recall that in Section 2, ( Required Components ), I mentioned about using a 4 gang light switch to ...

  • Introduction of Aluminum PCB Board

    e14 Contributor
    Aluminium PCB, also named aluminum base PCB, metal clad (MCPCB) PCB. It is generally including single layer, double layer and multi layer. Normally aluminum PCB consists of line layer, insulating layer, metal substrate. Advantages of Aluminum PC...

  • Researching burning RPI onto an SD card

    e14 Contributor
    There's many ways to skin this cat. Previously I used the Raspberry PI installer to burn the image onto a 4Gb SD card. This time around I see that there is a distro especially for hardware hacking.  I found my way from the Adafruit learrning's l...

  • 4 - Exploring PiFace Digital

    ge0rgej
     As we are getting close to connecting components and running code now is a good time to start understanding how the PiFace Digital board is put together and which elements we will be using in this project. Digital Inputs The inputs ar...

  • 3b - Setting Up PiFace Digital

    ge0rgej
     Setting Up PiFace Digital  Assuming your Raspberry Pi is now setup with SSH enabled, has its own Static IP Address ... and is able to access the Internet,  we are now ready to install the PiFace Digital board, and start running a...

  • 3a - Setting Up The Raspberry Pi

    ge0rgej
     Setting Up The Raspberry Pi As there are already many Raspberry Pi setup guides that can be found online I am not going to go into too much detail about setting up the Pi within this Blog. The following checklist should get you through the...

  • Panasonic Film Capacitors - Aluminium Metallization Technology

    jing.liu
    Currently most of film capacitor manufacturers are using standard foil (PP + Zn-Al type). Panasonic's Aluminium Metallization technolog (PP + Zn-AL Type) has several BIG advantages compared to the standard ones. One big concern from standard met...

  • Beer Distribution Game - Supply Chain Simulation

    e14 Contributor
    Full article found here Supply Chain Management is especially important in Power Electronics due to the irregular cycles of high demand vs. over production which are mainly caused by the supply of wafers and chips.Many companies make use of cons...

  • 2 - Required Components

    ge0rgej
    OK lets get started with a description of all the equipment needed to complete this project; Raspberry Pi - Model B - 512MB Whilst this project will work with a Model A Raspberry Pi I have opted for a Model B unit given that it has the faci...

  • 1 - Introduction

    ge0rgej
    Hi   Having been hooked on the Raspberry Pi for my home media system for some time now, and having an unhealthy obsession with Home Automation, I decided to investigate how the Raspberry Pi could be useful in my current Home Automation setu...

  • Intégration électronique

    e14 Contributor
    Vous avez besoin d'intégrer votre électronique dans un environnement particulier? N'hésitez pas à nous consulter pour connaître les solutions que nous vous apporterons. Banc de test, pupitre, boîtier étanches, racks particulier, valises, etc...

  • Fabrication électronique

    e14 Contributor
    La société ERTO peut vous proposer en plus de l'étude, une réalisations industrielle de vos circuits imprimés, torons de fils, câblage divers. Du proto à la moyenne série (1500 pce/mois), nous saurons répondre aux demandes de fabrication de circ...

  • Découverte d' ERTO

    e14 Contributor
    ERTO est un nouveau genre de BE. Vous deviez souvent passer d'un BE à l'autre pour mener à bien votre projet en entier. Un BE électronique et un BE mécaniques, bien différents, avec leur langage particulier, leurs contraintes, etc...  Aujourd'hu...

  • Adaptation matériel

    e14 Contributor
    Voici un simple déport de la cellule infra rouge d'un flash Nikon SB-900 pour un photographe professionnel. La commande de plusieurs flashs synchronisés peut parfois poser problème quand la cellule est très mal orientées ou même que le flash est situ...

  • RasNASPi

    e14 Contributor
    So after reading an article about setting up a Raspberry Pi as a network attached storage, I decided to set mine up as such. It was a fun venture and I created my own little device to power the HDD (as it wants at least an amp of current, which the P...