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.

Thoughts on Scaling and Biasing an ADC Input Signal

Andrew J

I've been spending some time thinking about best using an ADC and I've done some weighing up of suitable components. I've half settled on a Microchip MCP3248 rather than a TI ADS1115. The Microchip has slightly better specs than the TI bu...
- 17 May 2020
Change is better

kulwindersinghgncc

Change is better for all, in human and technolot too
- 17 May 2020
Testing Release 2020-4 own

rachfasi

Testing Release 2020-4
- 13 May 2020
Simple I/O control using PYNQ

Fred27

I really enjoyed the first PYNQ workshop and also an Embedded Hour session that was a few days later. I thought the best use of time would be to get my head around all the ways you can control the IO on the PYNQ-Z2 board. We were given an exampl...
- 12 May 2020
Gering Up with PYNQ-Z2 ! - Logic Gates

navadeepganeshu

Hello World! In this Blog, I would like to share my experience on PYNQ-Z2: Embedded Vision Workshop (Zero to Hero) Series with Adam Taylor! Getting Started | Getting Up and Running | Unlocking Your Inner PYNQ Hero | Project14 | PY...
- 12 May 2020
MicroPython #4: Interfacing Sensors

navadeepganeshu

MicroPython Interfacing Sensors DHT-11 Sensor interphase with NodeMCU At the end of this, you will be able to interphase DHT11 Temperature Sensor with ESP 8266 NodeMCU bare-metal and also by attaching external LED's. The whole process ...
- 8 May 2020
PYNQ-Z2 Embedded Vision Workshop - Getting Started on Ubuntu 18.04

maxim.yudayev

PYNQ-Z2: Embedded Vision Workshop Series with Adam Taylor Getting Started | Getting Up and Running | Unlocking Your Inner PYNQ Hero | Project14 | PYNQ Workshop Hi there, With this blog post I would like to:Help you bridge...
- 7 May 2020
MicroPython #3: PWM, LED Fade

navadeepganeshu

MicroPythonPulse Width Modulation & Duty Cycles At the end of this, you will be able to implement PWM technique and see it on inbuilt LED in Pin2 of ESP 8266 and also by attaching external LED's. The whole process will be done by MicroPytho...
- 7 May 2020
Solar Cell On A Sunny Day

dubbie

As the sun was shining much more brightly today I decided to repeat my measurements of the solar cell (Solar Cell Maximum Power Output (Hazy Sunshine) ) to try and obtain a more detailed view. This time I only took measurements in the range 600 Ohms ...
- 6 May 2020
PYNQ-Z2 Workshop - Session 1

beacon_dave

PYNQ-Z2: Embedded Vision Workshop Series with Adam Taylor Getting Started | Getting Up and Running | Unlocking Your Inner PYNQ Hero | Project14 | PYNQ Workshop I recently participated in this Element 14 workshop session https:...
- 6 May 2020
Milos Rasic - Project Collection

milosrasic98

1. Introduction 2. Finished Projects 1. SRD-1 Open Source 3D Printed Drone 2. Robot Assisted Garden 3. Robot Arm Sensor Kit 4. Drone Motor Thrust Tester 5. Laser Gates 6. The Smart Room Project The Smart Room Project - Current Phase ...
- 6 May 2020
MicroPython #2: Triggering I/O's

navadeepganeshu

MicroPython Triggering Input / Output Ports At the end of this, you will be able to trigger High and Low voltages to your I/O ports and see it on inbuilt LED in Pin2 of ESP 8266 and also by attaching external LED's. The whole process...
- 6 May 2020
MicroPython #1: Introduction and Gearing In

navadeepganeshu

MicroPython An Inroduction and Firmware Flashing to the ToolMicroPython is re-implemented form of Python 3 programming language that is optimised to run on microcontrollers and in constrained environments. It is much similar to generic Python pr...
- 5 May 2020
Solar Cell Maximum Power Output (Hazy Sunshine)

dubbie

For some time I have been intending to create some sort of solar powered project but never quite got around to it. However, a few weeks ago I decided to do something about this lack and purchased some solar cells, which were rated at a nominal 6V and...
- 5 May 2020
Arduino UNO Clone for DIYers - 2nd Episode

andrewsays

Some of you may have already seen my posting about the Arduino UNO Clone for DIYers. The Arduino compatible board introduced on that posting was actually built for helping my daughter with her Arduino projects and was very successful. I and she have ...
- 5 May 2020
DHT12(I2C)/Python/Firmata/MQTT using Linkit 7688 Duo

oksbwn

This video is a demonstration of the Firmata protocol application with MT7688 MPU and Atmega32u4 MCU with Arduino bootloader. The DHT12 sensor is connected to the I2C interface of the Atmega32u4 MCU and the MPU fetches the sensor data from the MCU us...
- 5 May 2020
The cost of a float in an ISR

jpnbino

Goal Share a time problem when I uncarefully used an unintended float within my ISR. Description Searching about debouncing switch routines, I came across this solution while revising a blog I already knew wri...
- 2 May 2020
Attempting to get Snowboy working on the Matrix Creator

airbornesurfer

Raspberry Pi 2XL Robot Assistant Part 1 element14 presents | Matt Eargle's VCP Profile | Project Videos I know that this is all probably moot at this point, considering that Snowboy will be shutting down at some point in the ne...
- 1 May 2020
Picroft: Opensource Voice Assistant on Pi | Raspberry Pi

oksbwn

This video is all about the installation of Picroft on Raspberry Pi. Picroft is the OS based on Rasbian Lite and Mycroft installed on top of it. Mycroft is a digital voice assistant written mostly in Python. As Mycroft is opensource, this opens up a ...
- 24 Apr 2020
DETECTING and VISUALIZATION of COVID-19 Virus USING NON-INVASIVE TECHNIQUE

214aquariandiamond

I have the solution how this COVID-19 virus can be detected thru the use of a gadget already use commonly in the medical field .The super microscopic virus can be seen. Yes it can be seen by applying biochemical, bio-genetic engineering and com...
- 23 Apr 2020
TI Robotics System Learning Kit (TI-RSLK) Review

jacobp

Note: This isn't a standard review of the TI-RSLK. Since I never actually purchased the kit, but instead chose to purchase the components individually, there will be slight differences. My previous experience with programming microcontrollers is...
- 22 Apr 2020
Reasons why transformer cores are assembled from separate plates

nazima

The transformer's core is the principal part of any electronic and electrical system. By its efficiency, the effectiveness of the secondary and primary windings depends on how the electrical impulse reaches the system. Many people know about the equi...
- 20 Apr 2020
Live streaming to youtube & twitch on the Raspberry Pi 4

gam3t3ch

Today was a fun day I got to try a bunch of things out and was greatly excited to get it finally going my raspberry pi 4 desktop is now a full streaming setup. I used https://restream.io/?ref=l0lJ1 which then I was able to use the we...
- 20 Apr 2020
Formula student

yuricts

Read more about Formula Student and how to use FPGA to autopilot a car here in a while...
- 15 Apr 2020
Sending Data to Azure with MaaXBoard

james.flynn

Want to send telemetry data from a MikroE Click-Board to an Azure IoT Hub using a MaaXBoard? The MaaXBoard runs Debian Linux, so you can easily leverage Python to quickly implement interaction between attached hardware and Azure. This blo...
- 15 Apr 2020