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.

  • Happy Pi Day 2020 - 14.3.2020

    vimarsh_
    I present to you the first 1 Million (1000000) digits of π 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446...

  • RSL10-SENSE Smart Band Wearable & Asset Monitor

    crisdeodates
    1. Introduction2. Unboxing3. Software setup: Part 14. Software setup: Part 25. Hardware setup, Final product, and Testing  ---  RSL10-SENSE Smart Band Wearable & Asset Monitor #1 - Introduction Hi Folks !! It's Cris ...

  • Knipex pliers

    neuromodulator
    I recently received a nice package from E14:Of all these items my favorite items are the Knipex pliers. They are mostly cutters and so far I'm very happy with them as they appear to be very high quality and well built. Lets take a closer look at ...

  • UnBagging More Gifts

    dubbie
    Another parcel from Element14 arrived today.... just as I was about to leave for my 3000 steps of exercise so I waited until I returned to open it, along with a nice cup of tea. Inside the bag was a very nice light grey Influencer of the Tear 2019 T ...

  • Gifts Unbagging

    dubbie
    It was great to receive a parcel this afternoon from Element14, which I think is for being Influencer of the Year 2019, or maybe E14 is just being nice to me. A nice XXL T shirt as well as an Element14 Breadboard module (some assembly required. Just ...

  • Taking MAX32650 ADC to its limits (up to 9V7) using MAX32650 EV-KIT

    mahmood.hassan
    Introduction:One of the standout feature of MAX32650 is its sigma-delta ADC with input and reference scaling option. Generally sigma-delta ADC is found in only application specific mcu and known for its accuracy. Another uncustomary feature of its AD...

  • Bitmap (24 bits per pixel) Image decoding using MAX32650 EV-KIT

    mahmood.hassan
    Introduction:One of the key feature of Maxim MAX-32650 micro-controller is 24-bit TFT LCD controller with color and monochrome display support. So in order to test the capabilities of this builtin 24-bit TFT controller, the best option is to run it a...

  • Exterminate! Experimenting with an SA602A

    jc2048
    Introduction In a recent thread here, I mentioned to that it might be possible to use the balanced modulatorin an RF mixer chip to create a Dalek sound effect. Later on, I discovered that I had a couple of them[in the old DIL package, too...

  • Testing Release 2020-2

    rachfasi
    Testing Release 2020-2

  • Call That a Relay?

    Andrew J
    This isn't meant to be an educational posting where you will learn a bunch of stuff about relays, but I've being doing some work recently that I thought might be of interest to some, particularly old-school engineers, to see how things change...

  • It's Time for some 'Electrical Engineering'

    dubbie
    I'll come clean, despite studying Electrical & Electronic Engineering (I don't think you could do just Electronic Engineering in those days) I never liked the Electrical bit. I'm not happy messing about with invisible stuff that can k...

  • Children's acoustic toy

    cypresstwist
    AcousticsEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for a chance to win an $200 Shopping cart of product!Back to The Project14 homepage Project14 HomeMonthly ThemesMonthly Theme Poll I'm making a children's toy with 10-11 analog buttons. Each t...

  • An 8085 Microcomputer Design (from way back)

    dubbie
    I was just doing some tidying up and came across a hand drawn schematic for an 8085 microcomputer that I must have design 30 or 40 years ago. I cannot say exactly when as I do not remember doing it! If it wasn't in my hand writing I would have sa...

  • Networking with Sequans Monarch Go - Part I

    kevinkeryk
    Introducing the Sequans Monarch Go Module Recently, Avnet announced a new distribution agreement with Sequans for their Monarch Go modules and I wanted to see if I could get this working with some of the Avnet boards that I have around my office...

  • Just Finished My Python Course : Can you run Pythin directly on any Arduino?

    dubbie
    I have just finished my Introduction to Python Course put on by FutureLearn which was not too difficult and I think I might have learnt something. Now I want to try out a few things - I still do not know how to blink a LED in Python yet.  What I...

  • Over the Air (OTA) Programming of ESP826 (part II continued) - Part III

    neilk
    My previous Blog - Over the Air (OTA) Programming of ESP8266 - Part II - ended prematurely, because I clicked the "Publish" button by mistake!! The Blog ended at the point where I had just shown the last segment of code inserted into the sketch ...

  • CuteABot #1 : Coupling Two CuteHero Robots

    dubbie
    Recently I purchased and Blogged about a CuteHero walking robot which I had purchased to see if it's legs might be useful modules. ( CuteWalking Robot  ) As it seemed pretty good value (four micro servo motors plus lots of nice plastic leg p...

  • QuadABot #2 : Now With Four Legs (Almost)

    dubbie
    I have now 3D printed the four shoulder mounts and leg parts (well, 3 legs anyway - somehow I forgot to print the fourth leg) and mounted them altogether. I had overlooked the problem that when the shoulder 3D parts are mounted on the opposite sides ...

  • USB-C Power Delivery Sink (CYPD3177)

    wolfgangfriedrich
    A USB-C PD Sink up to 20V 5A based on the Cypress CYPD3177 USB PD Controller Edit: NEW Rev 4 now available. Important improvement with a 2nd switch to select the current! New FETs have a Rds_on of only 9.5 mOhm, which cuts the dissipation almost...

  • RE: Hello and the Cape Fiasco/BeagleBone Black Wireless

    silver2row
    Hello, I have been trying to make things and put items of interest together. With some help from #beagle at Freenode and with the book "BeagleBone by Example (Prabakar 2016)," I have come to a conclusion. ... The conclusion I have come...

  • Over the Air (OTA) Programming of ESP8266 - Part II

    neilk
    OTA Firmware Updates using an HTTP server In my previous Blog:Over the Air (OTA) Programming of ESP8266 - Part I , I described how to update ESP8266 firmware OTA, using the Arduino IDE to connect to the ESP8266 via a "network port". I ...

  • QuadABot #1 : Initial Leg Design

    dubbie
    I have been looking at simple walking robots for some time, gathering together examples and looking at how legs work and eventually I decided it was time to try and design my own. To start with I am attempting to design, build and programme a quadbot...

  • Siglent SDS1104X-E Oscilloscope Performance

    Andrew J
    EDIT: 10/02/2020 - I've updated a couple of points in the text below following very informative comments received from other members.IntroductionI’m taking the time to better understand how my scope is working and I was looking at its quoted perf...

  • CuteWalking Robot

    dubbie
    I have an interest in all types of mobile robot and at the moment I am concentrating on all sorts of walking robots. I saw this Cute Hero walking robot at what seems a very reasonable price. I wasn't sure but it looked similar to the Penguin Bot ...

  • Synthberry Pi: first tutorial

    costantinorizzuti
    SynthBerry Pi is a prototype made by Artis Lab based on the Raspberry Pi mini computer. SynthBerry Pi is a compact stand-alone synthesizer capable of performing patches created through Pure Data. Eight slide potentiometers are connected to the Raspbe...