Legacy Personal Blogs

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Embest MBC-SAM9G45 Core Board

kennyxie

The ATMEL MBC-SAM9G45MBC-SAM9G45 is an ARM9 module board produced by Embest built in with powerful ATMEL AT91SAM9G45 embedded microprocessor which is based on the integration of an ARM926EJ-S core with fast SRAM and a wide range of peripherals ...
- 11 Jun 2010
Results of a Grad Show

cookieglitch

Wednesday (9th June) saw the School of Computing, Engineering and Information Sciences put on its second annual graduate show. The VIP part of this went well and if I had any advice for any students out there its this. If you are given the chance to ...
- 11 Jun 2010
DIP your ARM! NXP mbed intro webinar

fustini

There is a webinar tomorrow at 9am CDT on NXP's mbed platform. Essentially,it is an ARM Cortex M3 microcontroller dev kit on a DIP socket - yay! Thisis fantastic news for a SMT soldering slouch like me who's toiling in theworld of 8-bit A...
- 10 Jun 2010
Relacja z udziału w Festiwalu Robotyki Robocomp

polska

Zespół Farnell Polska pragnie podziękować Państwu za spotkanie na Festiwalu Robotyki Robocomp! Już niebawem ogłosimy wyniki losowania zestawów rozwojowych Microchip, w którym udział wzięło ponad 100 uczestników! Poniżej mogą Państwo zobaczy...
- 10 Jun 2010
ESC Chicago: Twitpic stream

fustini

Check out my Twitpic stream for annotated photos from ESC Chicago: http://twitpic.com/photos/pdp7 Filtered to just include ESC content: http://dabr.co.uk/search?query=pdp7+%23esc_events Cheers,Drew@pdp7
- 10 Jun 2010
ESC Chicago: Photo Gallery

fustini

The Embedded Systems Conference Chicago was a fantastic experience! Learned a lot and meet tons of awesome folks. Even ran into old college friend and also a fellow Pumping Station: One member. Also, it was fantastic to meet element...
- 10 Jun 2010
Breakthroughs in the Realm of Technology

e14 Contributor

Scientifically, the term ‘electronics’ refer to that mode of technology directed towards channelizing the electrons through media to project an audio and visual manifestation. These are in the form of cell phones, iPhones, iPods, MP3 players and more...
- 10 Jun 2010
ESC Chicago & Sensor Expo: Final Day

fustini

The final day of ESC Chicago starts this morning in Rosemont, IL. You can still come check out the Expo Hall for free: http://esc-chicago.techinsightsevents.com/https://esc.embedded.com/Chicago/2010/ Here's some shots I took yesterday...
- 9 Jun 2010
ESC Chicago

fustini

I'm really excited that ESC is finally here in Chicago. I've bee reading Embedded System Design couple over two years now and was it hoping it would come here. Here my top picks for what I'm interested at ESC:------------------------------...
- 8 Jun 2010
Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire 2010 photos

fustini

The Ann Arbor Mini Maker Faire 2010 last Saturday was blast. Met a ton of cool makers and their wonderful creations. Also, spent quality time with Great Lakes hackerspace/makerspace neighbors, All Hands Active (Ann Arbor) and i3 Detroit.&...
- 8 Jun 2010
15 year anniversary! :D

wendypreston

OK, this blog post is a quick self-indulgence... I have reached 15 years of service at Harwin! and (love) to all my colleagues at Harwin for tolerating me for all these years - well, I'm not that bad really, I'm sure... Wendy xx
- 7 Jun 2010
Maker Faire Ann Arbor this Saturday!

fustini

Howdy - Hot on the heels of the magnificent Maker Faire Bay Area, there is a Mini Maker Faire in Ann Arbor, MI this Saturday, June 5th, from 10am - 5pm: http://www.a2makerfaire.com/2010/ It's free admission, too! If you are in the...
- 2 Jun 2010
Filters & Phase Shift Part 1

e14 Contributor

Previous Blog talked a little about using filtering to reduce noise. With position sensors, a lot of applications place them in the loop of a control system. I'm not a control-loop engineer, just had a smattering of exposure enough to kno...
- 1 Jun 2010
Happy Birthday to element14!

fustini

A year older or a year wiser? All depends on your POV I took advantage of the three-day weekend and had alot of fun building Adafruit's MiniPOV3 kit on Sunday night at my hackerspace, Pumping Station: One [http://pumpingstationone.org/].&n...
- 1 Jun 2010
Beep Blip Boop - RobotCity in the Windy City

fustini

If you are anywhere near Chicago, then I highly recommend visiting RobotCity Workshop right in the heart of the Lakeview neighborhood:http://robotcityworkshop.com/Additional details can be found on Yelp:http://www.yelp.com/biz/robotcity-workshop-chi...
- 30 May 2010
Maker Faire Bay Area 2010 twitpics

fustini

I tweeted shots from Maker Faire via twitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/pdp7 Dabr does a good job of filtering out non-Maker Faire content: http://dabr.co.uk/search?query=%23makerfaire++pdp7 Please share your tweets & pics too...
- 28 May 2010
Maker Faire Bay Area 2010 photos

fustini

I've created album of my photos from Maker Faire: http://picasaweb.google.com/pdp7pdp7/MakerFaire2010BayArea Everyone else that went please post too. There was no way to see everything so I am hoping to catchup on what I missed via ot...
- 28 May 2010
Reflections on Maker Faire 2010 - Bay Area

fustini

I had good fortune to attend Maker Faire 2010 - Bay Area - this past weekend in San Mateo. This was my first Maker Faire and an incredible experience beyond my wildest dreams. I had no idea the massive scale upon which the Faire operates....
- 28 May 2010
Resolution & Noise

e14 Contributor

Eddy-current sensors are not just for prox. Kaman specializes in custom displacement measuring systems. We can run at frequencies as high a 120khz (well, we probably can go faster, but that's the fastest shipped to date) and get resolutio...
- 28 May 2010
Have you discovered the EaZy life yet?

wendypreston

The last few months, we have been promoting our EZ-BoardWare range, simple stamped metal SMT gizmos that are designed to make your PCB production easier. From cable clips to shield clips, test points to jumper links, these little items are desi...
- 26 May 2010
First Blog - And away we go!

e14 Contributor

It's damned easy to get discouraged about a job. When you're in engineering, everybody--production, marketing, sales, management--wants to dump their work in your lap. I actually LIKE my job. So sue me. I'm an engineer in non-co...
- 25 May 2010
Physics question...

NurulTaha

It's been a very busy May for me. I've increased the number of my training hours per week from 4 hours to 11 hours in the lead up to the Boccia World Championships from 30 May to 10 Jun 2010. It'll be my first time meeting boccia athletes beyond the ...
- 23 May 2010
Review of the Remote Display Multimeter

e14 Contributor

This is a great product. Here's what i like about itI can:read the display and keep the probes in place without twisting your body into an unnatural position take a measurement without wishing for a third hand stand in one spot - no more runnin...
- 21 May 2010
Sometimes it is about surviving

SamKavanagh

After my success in Spain I approached France with the goal of winning or at least putting in a good fight to win the GC competition. After reviewing the various course description there was only one day that had me a bit nervous…day one. The f...
- 18 May 2010
Analog and Digital are Not Mutually Excusive

nickgray

Many things can be accomplished with either analog or digital techniques, but any given application can best be done with one or the other, usually. There are places for analog and places for digital and there really should be no argument about that....
- 13 May 2010