Legacy Personal Blogs

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LTC4365: a compact OV/UV and reverse protection

Lupo

Nowadays it is possible to design a very compact protection with few components as detailed at http://www.hwmakers.eu/lt-spice-iv/compact-overvoltage-undervoltage-reverse-protection-with-ltc4365/ available on www.hwmakers.eu
- 5 Dec 2012
BP 0x0003

billabott

Well, I am somewhat proud of myself for finally reading and working thru the MPLAB IDE Quick Start for version 8.80.00. Hey, it has only been a year! Where did the time go? Recently placed order for a couple of samples from Mi...
- 2 Dec 2012
Well, that was slightly longer than I had planned in-between posts !

GreenYamo

Just realised that the last post I made was several months ago - Not Good ! Anyway, taking a break away from Raspberry Pi, I'd like to do a post on the books that have helped me get to grips with the Arduino. (I'm by no means an expert, but thes...
- 24 Nov 2012
Bio - Presentación a la comunidad.

iddar

Presentación oficial ante la comunidad web y publico en general.Soy un geek echo y derecho, linux user, me encanta crear comunidad, compartir conocimientos, Mi rastro en la red es bastante amplio ventajas de tener un nombre poco común diría yo. Esper...
- 19 Nov 2012
Using Data Logger Shield with Freedom Board

McuOnEclipse

Hello,this post shows how to use an SD Card data logger Arduino shield with with the Freedom board:http://mcuoneclipse.com/2012/11/18/arduino-data-logger-shield-with-the-frdm-kl25z-board/ Happy Shielding :-)
- 18 Nov 2012
We are back!

BlueSkySolar

Hello Everyone! It's been a while since we posted here, but we will be making brand new updates on all of our progress since WSC2011. In the meantime, check out our website http://blueskysolar.utoronto.ca/ Stay tuned!
- 13 Nov 2012
项目人人小站

e14 Contributor

项目初期的信息暂时发布在我的人人小站。网址链接为：http://zhan.renren.com/openfly欢迎关注！^_^
- 13 Nov 2012
BP 0x0002

billabott

Installed freeware Bricx Command Center (BricxCC) on my Dell Laptop running WinXP Pro. Serial port wired to IR tower and loaded firmware to my Lego RCX1.0. No problems at all! It is fantastic! Then I compiled a simple BEEP program and it worked perfe...
- 13 Nov 2012
MakersItaly: the italian way to be makers

Lupo

There is a big community of italian makers as seen at makersItaly. I think these pictures well represent the italian way to be makers: http://www.hwmakers.eu/uncategorized/the-italian-way-to-be-makers/#more-201
- 13 Nov 2012
The beginning

e14 Contributor

Whassaaaaaaaa, this is my first blog so I'll tell you what I'm going to blog about.Let's start at the beginning. At school I asked a teacher if he I could take part of a technical contest. He send me to a TOA (a technical teacher assistant).&nbs...
- 10 Nov 2012
MakersItaly

Lupo

MakersItaly (http://www.makersitaly.it/) is the most important italian fair dedicated to the makers and DIY world. Don't missi it!News from Hardware makers blog (http://www.hwmakers.eu/)
- 7 Nov 2012
100% operational – Adafruit is back and shipping today #sandy

ladyada

Special thanks to the entire Newark Element14 team that was checking up on us the entire time - thanks Tom, Denise, Sue and all!Adafruit is 100% operational – Back and shipping today #sandy above an early am panorama of the Adafruit shipping area bef...
- 5 Nov 2012
Affordable dev boards

ChrisE

Doing quite a bit of work with evaluation boards at the moment and I was wondering if, on the off chance, anyone had some links to affordable boards for prototyping and such like. Basically just wanting to get myself up to speed with a wider range of...
- 4 Nov 2012
Unboxing Raspberry Pi

iddar

En este articulo resumire mis primeras impreciones de la ya famoza Raspberry Pi. Lo primero que me sorprende de la llegada de este curioso dispositivo es lo pequeño del empaque el cual apenas y excede el tamaño de mi mano en la caja se ext...
- 3 Nov 2012
PCB Visualizer brings PCB designer and PCB producer closer together

luc.smets@gmail.com

When I started in the PCB business in 1990, data handling was very different from today. Many customers still came to me with a set of hand-taped artworks and a drill drawing. If we were lucky, all the taped tracks were still sticking to the Mylar sh...
- 31 Oct 2012
HELP MEEE BEN HECK!!!

e14 Contributor

Ok so if anyone somehow manages to step by, I need help on a few project hopes, one I would like to make a mini programming computer like Ben heck here:http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjdj14C_jAIBut with a few small changes, 1 a scroll wheel allowing me...
- 28 Oct 2012
Unsecuring the KL25Z Freedom Board

McuOnEclipse

Hello,in case you have accidentially secured the KL25Z Freedom board, or disabled the Reset pin of the KL25Z and are not able to recover the board, then this post might be helpful:http://mcuoneclipse.wordpress.com/2012/10/26/unsecuring-the-kl25z-free...
- 27 Oct 2012
Raspberry Pi-powered HeaterMeter #piday #raspberrypi @Raspberry_Pi

ladyada

Every Friday on Adafruit we do "Piday" (http://www.adafruit.com/blog/category/raspberry-pi/) a celebration of Raspberry Pi related projects and more. Here's a fun one from today HeaterMeter for RaspberryPi joins an Arduino / AVR ATmega328 micro...
- 26 Oct 2012
Like a packet with no TTL

ChrisE

Good evening, So to my title - I feel like I am in the network with no time to live - I will just keep on going until I eventually find the way to my destination! Not the best network in the world, but I'm being hypothetical of course. Networki...
- 25 Oct 2012
FLORA PCBs and hanging out with the element14 folks

ladyada

Great day FLORA PCBs are in! Did some fun demos and some of the element 14 team was in town - Denise, Sue, Tom (and Becky and I were there). Phil on camera duty.http://www.adafruit.com/products/659 Attachments:
- 25 Oct 2012
Part list of the missing components of the Freedom Board

McuOnEclipse

The FRDM-KL25Z board comes with some headers/parts unpopulated.As I have ordered the missing parts, I have put together a list of Farnell part numbers:https://mcuoneclipse.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/completing-the-frdm-kl25z-board/ Happy assemblin...
- 24 Oct 2012
Sneak Peek! RGB LCD plate for Raspberry Pi

ladyada

www.youtube.com/watchHere's a sneak-peek preview of something I am working on! A RGB LCD plate for Raspberry Pi. There's also a new case, a FLORA (Arduino-compatible) and more if you look close Today some folks from element14 are visiting Adafruit, ...
- 23 Oct 2012
About Adafruit!

ladyada

www.youtube.com/watch A lot of people ask me what my company is and what I do, so recently we made this video - enjoy! Adafruit was founded in 2005 by MIT engineer, Limor "Ladyada" Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for lea...
- 23 Oct 2012
Using proximity switches for speed control - A few good tricks of the trade !

noshea

Using proximity switches for speed control – we have seen customers use these techniques to understand and monitor speed of their equipment Speed RateA proximity switch can be used to measure the speed of a conveyor belt, pump, etc by putting a ...
- 22 Oct 2012
SmartPlugs and SmartPanels - Revolutionizing the Appliance Control

ngadhia

www.youtube.com/watch Attachments:community.element14.com/.../br_5F00_precomm_5F00_10.pdfbr_precomm_10.pdfcommunity.element14.com/.../br_5F00_splug-and-spnl_5F00_15.pdfbr_splug and spnl_15.pdf
- 18 Oct 2012