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.

Port of Microsoft Sample: Wi-Fi setup and device control via BLE

james.flynn

IntroductionThe Microsoft sponsored MT3620 communicates using a WiFi connection and in a development or static environment this isn’t an issue, but when deploying in a dynamic field environment, can be because accessing a dynamic WiFi environment and...
- 3 Sep 2019
R&S - FPC1500 new firmware release, InstrumentView new release

geralds

R&S has released a new firmware for the FPC1000 and FPC1500 as well.https://gloris.rohde-schwarz.com/irj/portal/SearchDetailView?xml.unique.id=670352_en&relatedDownloads=542759,670353 Also, there is a new release of the software Instrum...
- 3 Sep 2019
UltraZed-EV Software VCU Lib Test

mollex

Hi everyone!If you want to create your project based on a VCU library or modify it, then perhaps my repository will be useful to you. Getting Started This repository contains example how to build library and app for an easy start debugging ...
- 30 Aug 2019
Layerscape LX2160A: Strong Enough for Computing but Made for Embedded

layerscapesupport

* This blog is originally posted by Joe Byrne @ https://blog.nxp.com/industrial/layerscape-lx2160a-strong-enough-for-computing-but-made-for-embedded . I recently got in a discussion of which graphics card to pair with NXP’s Layerscap...
- 29 Aug 2019
Three Phase Contactor Testing

three-phase

Introduction This blog is an extension of the contactor testing I have carried out recently utilising the Keysight DAQ970A. It goes into the testing arrangements more and the results obtained, so that the Roadtest can concentrate more on the per...
- 28 Aug 2019
PlatformIO #2 SiPEED Maxduino ---> error

weiwei2

The first device i try with PlatformIO IDE is SiPEED maixduino. It is what known as AIoT, which means IoT device with AI technology. The device is powered by a Chinese chip Kendryte K210. It is a system-on-chip (SoC) that integrates machine vision an...
- 26 Aug 2019
PlatformIO IDE for VSCode

weiwei2

Today try install a new IDE for embedded device on Microsoft Visual Studio Code on Windows 10 Proit is call PlatformIO IDE. It supports quite a number of embedded device like MSP430, STM32 and RISC-V I use Anaconda as my bridge to python and it ...
- 25 Aug 2019
Filter Coefficient Translator

dhmarinov

Hello there, Lately I have been working a lot with filter design and implementation on FPGA.As you know the most common way to design a filter is through MATLAB or a suite with the similar capabilities.Either way the produced result is an array ...
- 23 Aug 2019
What are Connections?

dubbie

I feel a bit dim asking this, but what are Connections in Element14? and what do they do? I tried searching for an answer but all that comes up is about electrical connectors, so not much use. Dubbie
- 23 Aug 2019
Building the Haynes Retro Arcade Electronics Kit

airbornesurfer

www.youtube.com/watchHaynes Publishing (the folks behind the indispensable Haynes automotive guides) has released a series of electronics kits targeted at the young STEM-enthusiast. In this video, we'll be assembling the Haynes Retro Arcade elect...
- 21 Aug 2019
TI-RSLK MAX (Update to the TI-RSLK)

jomoenginer

Well, they did it again, TI and DR. Jon Valvano have produced an update to the awesome TI-RSLK kit called the TI-RSLK MAX which now reduces the amount of soldering needed to assemble the kit. It also includes a modified version of the Adapter B...
- 21 Aug 2019
Azure Sphere Starter Kit: MT3260 Pinout

larshaj

Getting started with the Azure Sphere Starter Kit! Here I wanted to make a simple blog informing makers, hobbyist, engineers & etc on how to get going with the hardware. I will also add a bit of information about the software setup. ...
- 21 Aug 2019
HoloPiBot #11 Design Challenge : UnBoxing Finishers Prize

dubbie

Having been overjoyed to have actually finished the recent Picasso Design Challenge and being even more joyed over to be awarded a Finisher Prize, with greater joy at finding out the prize was a PiCadeRetro Arcade Dream Machine, image the amount of j...
- 19 Aug 2019
Crash Alarm

sarisiza

Introduction As technology is evolving, it is getting easier to find new applications for it. One of the main applications is transportation. The numbre of vehicles has increased rapidly, and with that...
- 19 Aug 2019
Looking for old code

grondak

I spent the afternoon looking for some code I wrote in 2013. I'm glad I found it. Is a little C++ to interface the Beagle Bone (any) to the Adafruit 16-channel, 12 bit PWN servo driver board- the PCA9685- over I2C. I then tried the old upgrade trick ...
- 18 Aug 2019
RTFM - Read the "Fine" Manual

darrell.little

Thought I was going to type something else in the blog title, didn't you? So, I'm fairly new around here in the element14 community. From what I've seen so far, it's a great place to learn about a lot of different things. As a refreshing change...
- 17 Aug 2019
CircuitPy is a blast

grondak

I just found CircuitPy! Wow this is impressive. While I love C++ in the Arduino and have written some fun code with it ( see https://github.com/grondak/Reinforcements ), I'm really interested in Python. There's so much activity around Python these da...
- 16 Aug 2019
Raspberry Pi 4 unboxing

soleakun

Last week I received my first Raspberry Pi 4. This blog is about setting it up The Raspberry Pi 4 have 2 HDMI port (one for input and one for output). They are both in microHDMI format, I guess to save space. This is a somewhat uncommon connecto...
- 16 Aug 2019
YATB Part 1

darrell.little

Wow, I get a free blog here. Neato. How many tech oriented blogs can one person have? Apparently there's no limit. yatb.devcali.co
- 15 Aug 2019
Transmission Lines (Part I): Introduction

caroline_teledynelecroy

Somewhere on the front panel of almost any oscilloscope is a "Cal" reference signal output (Figure 1). That signal is really intended for adjusting the capacitance compensation screw to calibrate a 10X high-impedance probe, but most of us k...
- 15 Aug 2019
Videos No Longer Uploading to Blog

dubbie

I no longer seem to be able to upload AVI videos to Blogs I am creating. Is anyone else having this problem? It starts but then after achieving somewhere between 3% and 9% uploaded, it just stops and doesn't proceed any further. I have tried turning ...
- 14 Aug 2019
Can i charge my laptop with Raspberry Pi official USB-C power supply ?

soleakun

Recently I bought a Raspberry Pi official USB-C power supply. https://my.element14.com/raspberry-pi/sc0216/rpi-power-supply-usb-c-5-1v-3a/dp/3106944?st=usb-c%20power It is rated at 5.1V 3A output out of curiosity, I try use it to power up my zbo...
- 14 Aug 2019
Something is going on here - "Mr. Incognito" is walking through Element 14

geralds

I wonder, I feel a bit happy.A guest, aka "Mr. Incognito"? goes through the element 14 forum.What is he doing here?He digs out all sorts of bugs from the depths of the E14 jungle.Was that among other things because in the previous month or a fe...
- 13 Aug 2019
Augmented Reality Circuit Board Visualizer

derail

During my Electrical Engineering degree myself and a few peers chose to develop an Augmented Reality tool for Electronics Workbenches. We saw a problem in the lab that we knew how to solve, and were extremely excited by the idea. Fast-forward a ...
- 12 Aug 2019
Micro: Bit code club post 3: wearables

ashutosh_pandey

Wearable tech has come a long way from digital watches to fully functional smartwatches that can double up as phones. Fitness tracking in particular has become really important- we live quantified lives. We track the number of calories we eat, the nu...
- 11 Aug 2019