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.

Helical Copper Tape Antenna for 2m

kmikemoo

What can I say? I like projects that involve PVC. That way, when I goof it up, it's not expensive to redo.This antenna was created by John Portune, W6NBC, and it was featured by the ARRL in QST (their magazine) and on a webinar. You...
- 4 Feb 2021
5 common Room Sensor Enclosure devices

camdenboss

For the electronics industry, IoT, smart home and intelligent electronics become more and more popular amongst consumers. We are all guilty of enjoying the benefits of smart technologies and surround ourselves with them, to control certain aspects of...
- 1 Feb 2021
Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 3

neilk

INTRODUCTION This is the third part of a series of blogs devoted to programming the Raspberry Pi pico: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1 - Describes setting up the toolchain and building all the examples using the command line...
- 29 Jan 2021
Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 2

neilk

Introduction At the end of my previous blog: Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1 I said: "Next Step:""Learn how to modify the blink source file - to blink2 - build/compile it and then flash the pi...
- 28 Jan 2021
SnowBot #2 : Snow Wheels

dubbie

After very little success with my existing tyres for my SnowBot (SnowBot #1 : Version 1 | element14 | Dubbie Dubbie) I decided to 3D print some snow tyres, or more accurately, snow wheels. I wanted to have wheels that had suitable protrusions fo...
- 27 Jan 2021
Adventures with the Raspberry Pi pico - part 1

neilk

My pico arrived on Monday, 24 January, but I had other things that I had to do, so I resisted starting on it until Tuesday, 25th. I'm documenting everything to make sure that I understand what's going on! The Easy Bit!!! Open the...
- 27 Jan 2021
Vintage Upcycling With Raspberry Pi and Arduino by Enrico Miglino

ilvyanyatka

Got balearicdynamics new book "Vintage Upcycling With Raspberry Pi and Arduino" a couple days ago. Excited to read it! There are links to three webinars recordings where Enrico explained in details how to make three projects from the book (the...
- 27 Jan 2021
day1

shubhamdevkar

Using Arduino iot33Introduction This system is very efficient for customer identification. In this system, we are going to use biometrics i.e. fingerprints of the customer for identification and secure access to locker roomsBank can easily track...
- 27 Jan 2021
FPGA and DSP ep. 2: Implementing a folded FIR filter on FPGA

dhmarinov

This is a follow up video about FIR filter design on FPGA. It goes into the implementation of a folded FIR as well as some aspects the design.You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/LD8176BYne8
- 24 Jan 2021
FPGA and DSP ep. 1:Efficient parallel FIR filter implementation on FPGA

dhmarinov

Hello there, I made a video about FIR filter design on (Xilinx) FPGAs.You can check it out here: https://youtu.be/_1LlX-V5yCA Cheers!
- 24 Jan 2021
SnowBot #1 : Version 1

dubbie

Well, it had to happen eventually, it has snowed where I live. Some years it doesn't snow at all, but this year, it snowed this morning so I'm making the most of it. Time to try out SnowBot. players.brightcove.net/.../index.html Sad...
- 24 Jan 2021
Adrian's blog index

ajcc

Single-board computers BeagleBone Black Electronic test equipment Repairs Teardowns Single-board computersBeagleBone BlackEasy Temperature Logging with cron Short review of Adafruit's Proto Plate for the BeagleBone and BeagleBone B...
- 23 Jan 2021
One-handed Video Game Controller for playing FPS games

sharkegg

This was my attempt to create a one-handed game controller for playing FPS games when I injured my right arm. The goal was to be able to use all of the controls available from a normal game pad, but using only one hand! This included full "look/aim" ...
- 22 Jan 2021
Crawling Worm Robot #3 : The 3D Printed Version

dubbie

Previously I have implemented a microprocessor control system for the crawling worm robot kit (Crawling Worm Robot #2 : ATTiny85 Controller Added | element14 | Dubbie Dubbie) and I decided that the next step would be to make my own 3D printed chassis...
- 22 Jan 2021
My 2020 Achievements!

dubbie

I thought I would have a go at listing my 2020 achievements, some of which are due to Element14. 1) Still alive (major achievement).2) Taught my grandson some bad habits (his parents did not seem to think this was as much fun as I did)..3) Grew ...
- 21 Jan 2021
Use Digital to control Analog Freezer Temperature on the cheep.

mrmnt63

Problem: As a result of a Power outage, an electrical power surge took out my deep freezer. It was full and melting quickly. Analysis: I found that the cooling system still worked, it just was not being regulated by the thermostat anymore. If I turne...
- 17 Jan 2021
Choosing the correct terminal block

camdenboss

Terminal blocks are common place on electrical assemblies and are sometimes overlooked and under-estimated as being just a little green or black connector block. This misconception couldn’t be more wrong and is an important factor that needs to be co...
- 14 Jan 2021
JFET Colpitts Oscillator

jc2048

Introduction This one started last year with me just messing around on a windy, rain-swept day, seeing if I could do something simple with a JFET. It's taken quite a while to make it to the blog: I dropped it, started it again, stalled, and have...
- 9 Jan 2021
Experimenting with a Cascode Switch

jc2048

This one came out of reading about GaN FETs in this 'essentials' blog: Semiconductors I GaNFETs for Power Conversion When I had a look at the datasheet for one of the parts being advertised, I realised from the equivalent circuit that it was a ...
- 7 Jan 2021
"Turn the radio on!" - Easy E4 PLC in communication with Easysoft7 and Galileo10 - Preview to the Eaton Roadtest review part3

geralds

Hi all,,The Eaton Easy E4 PLC is a nice device.Lets playing Easy!Here is a preview to my roadtest review - part 3.players.brightcove.net/.../index.htmlThis video shows a bit playing with the programs Easysoft7 (creating the PLC Projects) and Galileo1...
- 4 Jan 2021
How I write RoadTest reviews

rancell

I've participated in quite a lot of RoadTest reviews now and I thought I should write down my thoughts on how I tackle a review. This is what I've found works for me and is not the only way to do these. Please leave a comment if you've read my review...
- 28 Dec 2020
How Do You Get a Nano into an Eagle Schematic?

dubbie

As it is Christmas and we are in a lockdown, or as good as, so cannot see any family, I thought I might use this opportunity to actually get to grips with Eagle and maybe make a PCB for my robots so that I can continue my quest to take over the world...
- 22 Dec 2020
Vr Dev... Continued

carson2026

I found a source, I have not tested it yet, but it looks helpful. I hope this will work. https://www.linux-projects.org/page/2/
- 21 Dec 2020
7 segment display clock

lorrainbow

Hello! This is my first blog post. I post a lot to twitter but thought it would be good to keep track of everything for my element14 presents videos here. For my next video I'm making a 7 segment RGB LED clock. I've 3d printed the b...
- 18 Dec 2020
Technology for Conservation

cgm11

We are seeing a lot of advances in the field of edge computing, specially, low power consumption devices capable of running AI models on several types of MCUs, such as the so popular Cortex-xM Series or new ones like the RISC-V GAPs. We are also livi...
- 18 Dec 2020