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.

MSP430 Tools

WestfW

This isn't supposed to be a blog about getting a LanuchPad toolset running on my Mac, so I'm not going to talk much about that adventure. At least not here. In the interest of maintaining the multi-platform spirit of Arduino, and because ...
- 10 Aug 2010
Maker Faire Detroit: Singing Lobsters & Dancing Fish

fustini

Maker Faire Detroit was filled with clever gadgets and wonderful creations. Looking back on the event, one exhibit pops to the front of my mind - the Sashimi Tabernacle Choir. I first caught of glimpse of it in between performances ...
- 10 Aug 2010
In The Driving Seat

e14 Contributor

Krishan Meetoo I am just about to embark on my final year at Aston University, studying Design Engineering. I have been lucky enough to work on some amazing projects over the years including graphic design for BBC 1xtra, interi...
- 9 Aug 2010
Several weeks in the life of an intern at Premier Farnell…

e14 Contributor

…it’s fast-paced, inspiring and ever-changing – I can tell you that! For those who don’t know me, I’m Lauren; I will be working with Premier Farnell for 8 weeks and I am fresh from completing my first year at the University of Warwick studying E...
- 5 Aug 2010
High voltage metalized polypropylene film capacitor(CBB90)

e14 Contributor

Are non-inductively wound with double-layer metallized poyester film as electrode and polypropylene as dielectric,wrapped with PBT tape and sealed with epoxy resin.Use tinned copper-clad steel leads,or UL wires.Features:1. Good self-healing abi...
- 2 Aug 2010
What's so special about Ardunio, anyway?

WestfW

It is a matter worth some amount of philosophical debate as to why Arduino is so successful in the first place. The nay-sayers will point out that it's not much more than a breakout board for a chip with a bootloader, and a rather watered down ...
- 1 Aug 2010
MSP430 "LaunchPad": The Latest "Arduino-Killer"

WestfW

A month or so ago, Texas Instruments announced that they were releasing a new "development board" for their new "Value Line" MSP430G microcontroller chips. The board is pretty simple, but sells for only $4.30, making it accessible to hobbyists ...
- 1 Aug 2010
Maker Faire Detroit this weekend!

fustini

If you are in the Midwest and enjoy seeing ridiculously cool DIY inventions, then you must get yourself to Maker Faire Detroit happening this Saturday & Sunday! http://makerfaire.com/detroit/2010/ www.youtube.com/watch My loc...
- 29 Jul 2010
2010 National Championships

SamKavanagh

Well it has been a wild 30 days bookmarked by two National Championship’s that had me contesting 6 different races. If I was not on the road traveling to and from the events, I was at home trying to maximize my rest while squeezing out every last dro...
- 27 Jul 2010
DIY Brain Machine: Use Open Source to "Ride Your Own Brain Waves"!

fustini

"You don't have to be a Buddhist monk to meditate, or a Sleeping Beauty to sleep well. Achieve these altered states of consciousness, and others, with this simple microcontroller device"-Mitch Altman, MAKE: Volume 10, http://makezine.com/ ...
- 20 Jul 2010
Fiber Optical Solutions

e14 Contributor

SUN Telecom Taiwan Founded in 1989, As a well known brand in China and Taiwan, we have sell our products to more than 70 countries worldwide. SUN Telecom provide total solution for fiber optic communication and FTTx Main products :GEPON OLT ONU ONTPL...
- 13 Jul 2010
Hackerspace tour: Hacker Dojo (Mountain View, CA)

fustini

During my two recent trips to California, I had the pleasure of spending time at Mountain View's immense hackerspace. Hacker Dojo, as described on their site, is "a community of members who share a common love of creating wonderful things and u...
- 12 Jul 2010
shabbir

e14 Contributor

Rental Cars Sale
- 10 Jul 2010
Atmel AT91SAM9G20 Core Board

kennyxie

The Atmel AT91SAM9G20 Core Board produced by Embest, measuring 45mm x 52mm, is a very small size, low power consumption but high performance arm9 based processor board. It is based on an ATMEL AT91SAM9G20 ARM926EJ-S core based microprocessor, with 64...
- 7 Jul 2010
Global MEMS applications and its market

e14 Contributor

Dear All, Below is my article on MEMS published in EDN asia: Global MEMS applications and its market( 01 Jun 2010 )By Kevin Khua, Technical Support Engineer, Premier Farnell Asia PacificEver wonder why when your smartphone is turned ...
- 30 Jun 2010
new achievements in the project

e14 Contributor

After some minimizations of out team due to some changes in our class at school... well... there is just me developing on this. Currently I'm doing an internship in the technology department at company for network controlling devices, so there's agai...
- 29 Jun 2010
SuperPro 5000/5004GP vs. SuperPro 5000E/5004EGP

e14 Contributor

By November 2009, Xeltek has launched scaled down versions of its best seller programmers. We would like to introduce SuperPro 5000 Economy model as the single socket universal programmer, and SuperPro 5004 Economy Gang Progra...
- 25 Jun 2010
Let’s get social and connect closely on Twitter!!!

e14 Contributor

Trends are changing so quickly for online environment. Heretofore, online marketing was made of blogs, forums, Wikis, RSS links and any SEO activities. Now we have a new player that is significantly taking its place into our lives: ...
- 25 Jun 2010
EAGLE Newsgroups available on element14

Richard_H

Hi to all, now you have access to the EAGLE Forum from the element14 CadSoft EAGLE group. See the Sub-communities box. Access our Announce, Beta-Test, Support, Suggest and User Chat and Freemium groups. Feel free to participate. Richard
- 23 Jun 2010
【EAGLE】“Group（对象组合）”的使用

huayuliang

写在前面：Group 究竟如何翻译最合适呢？另：如有错误，请及时纠正，谢谢！------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 作为EAGLE的基本操作，Group 是最常用的命令之一，这里详细说明下 Group 的具体使用。...
- 23 Jun 2010
Výsledky soutěží o iPod Touch a hodinky Texas Instruments

laskowska

Rádi bychom Vám za tým Farnell Česká republika poděkovali za Vaši účast na veletrhu Amper a za Vaši účast v soutěži o iPod Touch a 10 hodinek od Texas Instruments. S potěšením vám oznamujeme, že výhercem soutěže o iPod se stal ...
- 22 Jun 2010
WYNIKI LOSOWANIA NAGRÓD – RESULTS OF THE PRIZE DRAW

polska

Farnell Polska ma przyjemność poinformować, iż zwycięzcami w losowaniu zestawów Microchip są następujące osoby: Farnell Poland is delighted to inform that the lucky winners in Microchip prizes draw are following people: Nagrodę ...
- 20 Jun 2010
Meglátogatott minket az Electrosalon kiállításon? Nézze meg az iPod nyereményjátékunk nyertesét!

e14 Contributor

Az iPod Touch nyertese - Electrosalon kiállításA Farnell Magyar Csapata ezúton szeretné megköszönni az Electrosalon kiállításon tett látogatásukat és az iPod-ért való részvételüket nyereményjátékunkonÖrömmel értesítjük Önöket,...
- 16 Jun 2010
Chicago Talks: DIY CNC Mill & Circuit Bending

fustini

Upcoming talks at Chicago's hackerspace, Pumping Station: One:http://pumpingstationone.org/events/ This Friday, June 18th:DIYLILCNC - A low-cost, open-source desktop CNC mill - http://www.diylilcnc.org Chris Reilly and Taylor Hokanson will talk abou...
- 15 Jun 2010
My website

e14 Contributor

Homepage: http://sites.google.com/site/klmkishore12345/ Some thoughts and ideas about ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: http://sites.google.com/site/klmkishore12345/my-interests/energy-and-environment Thanks. P.S.: Photography website: http://...
- 11 Jun 2010