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My Treasures from PCIM 2018 -- Part 4

snidhi

The main aim to visit such events as an engineer for me is to learn what is going on, have a big picture in mind, attend technical lectures and most important of all lay my hands on sample/free development boards, kits and parts. I was surprise...
- 7 Jun 2018
Focus on Energy and Capacitors PCIM 2018 -- Part 3

snidhi

A significant focus on electric car charging stations and the core power systems and development involved in it. Wanted to see the connector on the other side What does a high power charging PCB looks like...heavyyy A small colle...
- 7 Jun 2018
Power Electronics PCIM 2018 -- Part 2

snidhi

A quick dive into what was on display at PCIM 2018 in terms of power boards and new devices. There was a deep focus on automotive industry and the growing power hunger of electrical cars, smart charging stations battery management. Focus o...
- 7 Jun 2018
My trip Update to PCIM 2018 -- Part 1

snidhi

This is a short blog on my trip to the PCIM 2018 International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management held in in Nuremberg, Germany. Table of Blog Series My trip Update to...
- 7 Jun 2018
Smart Home: Movie Light V2.0

djfraz

So after having my previous Movie Lighting board break, Smart Home: Movie Lighting, I Broke it. I decided to make a new version with some improvements and hopefully have it last longer. I started by ordering the parts I needed, bit of a mistake,...
- 6 Jun 2018
Craftsman Table Saw

bradybowers

Today I assembled my Craftsman table saw. It took about 2 hours because I decided to install the safety gear on it such as the teeth that prevent kickback and also the guide to keep wood from bouncing up I presume. I bought this late on t...
- 6 Jun 2018
Starting out...

bradybowers

I believe this is my first blog so I'll keep it short. I plan on covering any random topics I am thinking about so here we go. -have fun
- 6 Jun 2018
Simple Arduino Music Box: Chimes

jc2048

Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh; Ophelia, Hamlet [III, 1], William Shakespeare Previous blogs:A Simple Arduino Music Box Simple Arduino Music Box: Voices Simple Arduino Music Box: Chords Simple Arduino Music Box: Envelopes ...
- 5 Jun 2018
Season Finale - Master Thesis

kiranrajandayal

The first post is a finale Ah Ah. It's a new beginning. My master thesis is on "Breakdown and partial discharge behavior of Low Voltage Power Cables" in a distribution network. I was able to conduct some significant tests on my sample and to e...
- 2 Jun 2018
Smart Home: Party Ball, Kind of

djfraz

So the I have gotten the code to function as intended. So now for the hardware. I started by depopulating the pcb that came with the original product. My original plan was to make an acrylic version with just the mounting holes, but realise if i...
- 1 Jun 2018
Simple Arduino Music Box: Envelopes

jc2048

Simple Music MakerEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for Your Chance to Win a Fog Machine and a $100 Shopping Cart!Back to The Project14 homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Where, like a sweet melodious bird, it sung...
- 31 May 2018
Homestretch To Production - MAC Address Programming Approaches

kevinkeryk

Introduction When running a race the homestretch refers to an area between the last turn and the winning post. It can also refer to the last part of a product design project or a new production release campaign. In each case, partici...
- 29 May 2018
Simple Arduino Music Box: Chords

jc2048

Simple Music MakerEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for Your Chance to Win a Fog Machine and a $100 Shopping Cart!Back to The Project14 homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll "What harmony is this? My good friends, har...
- 28 May 2018
Bluetooth Unleashed Design Challenge

bernhardmayer

At the moment I am competing in the Bluetooth Unleashed Design Challenge with my project PlantProtector3100.Follow my progres at Bluetooth Unleashed Design Challenge
- 26 May 2018
Educational BoosterPack MKII and Hercules LaunchPad - LCD Driver part 4: Draw, Write and show Bitmaps

Jan Cumps

This blog series explains how to use the Educational BoosterPack LCD with a Hercules LaunchPad.The Educational BoosterPak MKII is a hot item. It has many sensors on board. and a joystick, a buzzer, a 3-colored LED, buttons and a microphone.And also a...
- 25 May 2018
Educational BoosterPack MKII and Hercules LaunchPad - LCD Driver part 3: PWM for the backlight

Jan Cumps

This blog series explains how to use the Educational BoosterPack LCD with a Hercules LaunchPad.The Educational BoosterPak MKII is a hot item. It has many sensors on board. and a joystick, a buzzer, a 3-colored LED, buttons and a microphone.And also a...
- 25 May 2018
Hercules Safety MCU Demo with Educational BoosterPack

Jan Cumps

Learn about Safety features, test interactively and step through with a debugger.This project gives you ready to run hardware with a screen menu and a joystick to navigate through Safety processes. You can trigger Safety mishaps in real time an...
- 24 May 2018
Educational BoosterPack MKII and Hercules LaunchPad - LCD Driver part 2: GIO configuration

Jan Cumps

This blog series explains how to use the Educational BoosterPack LCD with a Hercules LaunchPad. The Educational BoosterPak MKII is a hot item. It has many sensors on board. and a joystick, a buzzer, a 3-colored LED, buttons and a microphone.And ...
- 24 May 2018
Educational BoosterPack MKII and Hercules LaunchPad - LCD Driver part 1

Jan Cumps

This blog series explains how to use the Educational BoosterPack LCD with a Hercules LaunchPad.The Educational BoosterPak MKII is a hot item. It has many sensors on board. and a joystick, a buzzer, a 3-colored LED, buttons and a microphone.And also a...
- 23 May 2018
Smart Home: Movie Lighting, I Broke it

djfraz

So, just to set the scene. I had dimmed the lights, got a cool one out of the fridge and sat down to watch a film. I said "Ok Google, Turn Movie Mode On", the notification came up on my Living Room Kodi, telling me movie mode was on. But no...
- 22 May 2018
Smart Home: Let the Party Begin

djfraz

I decided today to try and work on the programming for the Party Ball. I had already written a c++ program to decode the MQTT messages and am using the LED Controller from MK Smart House as a basis for the code.I wanted to keep the MQTT commands rela...
- 22 May 2018
Simple Arduino Music Box: Voices

jc2048

Simple Music MakerEnter Your Electronics & Design Project for Your Chance to Win a Fog Machine and a $100 Shopping Cart!Back to The Project14 homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly Theme Poll Introduction This is a continuation of...
- 19 May 2018
IoT Connected MSP430 Car

RParkerE

THE PROJECTThe plan for this project was to build a car which could be navigated via a WiFi connection and follow a black line. This blog post will go over the final product. We will be looking at both the hardware and software which was used in this...
- 16 May 2018
Switch from TI-RTOS to SimpleLink POSIX: Sleep when Idle

Jan Cumps

This blog is a side story: how does the MSP432 magically go into low power mode when the RTOS is idle?image source: ARMIt is relevant for the "Move to SimpleLink" blog series because, with the RTOS abstraction, more of what's happ...
- 15 May 2018
RE: L298 Dual H-Bridge and the BeagleBone Black/Green/Wireless and so Forth...

silver2row

Hello, I have been messing w/ motors still. Here is a schematic of the motor driver I am using to set up some software you can find here at GitHub.com: https://github.com/silver2row/flack. This is the L298 and other components f...
- 14 May 2018