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.

Arduino | Tutorial 3 | Serial Communication

oksbwn

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- 2 Jun 2016
TI SensorTag CC2650 - Firmware Debug while Connected to Smartphone App

Jan Cumps

There are many opinions on the good and bad of debugging. I use it constantly. My development is a constant round-trip between editor and debugger. I like to step through code in a debugger to grasp what's happening in firmware. This blog expla...
- 1 Jun 2016
Automatic Piano | Raspberry Pi Projects

oksbwn

www.youtube.com/watch
- 1 Jun 2016
Benchtop Power Supply | Mod your SMPS

oksbwn

www.youtube.com/watch
- 1 Jun 2016
Image Processing Based Intelligent Traffic Light System

bodhi_94

Problem definitionAt any main road junction, the main problem is that drivers tend to put their need first and avoid thinking about the sanctity of their action when trying to go through a junction. These actions almost every time tend to cause a hug...
- 1 Jun 2016
Shunt calibration with ultra high precision Bulk Metal Foil

DavidGazit

TCR mismatch first & most direct cause of ratio change in precision amplifiers. Bulk Metal Foil put to the test. http://bit.ly/1SATpYj
- 1 Jun 2016
Arduino | Tutorial | Cheap Ethernet Connectivity using ENC28J60

oksbwn

www.youtube.com/watch
- 1 Jun 2016
Arduino | Tutorial | CAN Connectivity using MCP2515

oksbwn

www.youtube.com/watch
- 1 Jun 2016
The Unpredictability of float data type : Explained

deeps

Ever wondered why one of the C data types is called float ?Because in some cases it literally floats nearby expected values! For example :-when you do multiple operations between two relatively small and large values of float. Proofint main(){fl...
- 31 May 2016
Arbitrary Blog Post

the-dubster

Now to be fair, I'm only doing this for the badge - points and all that. When did acheivements begin to rule our lives? I remember when just doing something was an achievement, completing your first circuit, fixing your first tv, kissing your fi...
- 29 May 2016
Arduino-Based Miniature Verdure Simulator

russm24

Ever wondered what it's like to run your own plantation? It's always been something of interest to me to see how it would be to create my own controlled environment to be able to experiment around with. This project does just that. Basically ...
- 28 May 2016
High Voltage GaN FETs - Part 2: Test Setup with LMG3410 Half-Bridge

Jan Cumps

The series will use high-voltage FETs in half-bridge configuration.I have a modular test setup. The design is broken up in two partsRight: uncommitted motherboard without GaN FETs. It is designed in a way that lets you evaluate power transistors in s...
- 28 May 2016
High Throughput SPI traffic part 3a - SPI with DMA

Jan Cumps

We know SPI as a 4*-wire protocol. But it doesn't have to be.I'm checking high speed SPI data transfer with buffers, DMA and parallel data lines. In this blog, I use DMA to hand over data to SPI and let it do its own th...
- 27 May 2016
Spotlight On Your Innovation by ELEKTOR

SmilinVamp

Turn the spotlight on your innovationwith the electronica Fast Forward Awardpowered by ElektorTurn the spotlight of success on your innovation!With the electronica Fast Forward Award powered by Elektor https://www.elektormagazine.com/conte...
- 25 May 2016
Pi 3 Roadtest Progress: 52% ...

alanmcdonley

Sorry for stretching out the suspense. I estimate I am 52% done (52% seems to be at the core of my current progress). Complete:1) Setup: OS, Pocketsphinx, Benchmark, and the process 2) Benchmark 1: pocketsphinx on the Pi 3 (pla...
- 25 May 2016
FINO Tablet: World's First Shatterproof Tablet

e14 Contributor

When we are looking for a great tablet but for some of us, price restricts us to buy a good device. If you’re looking for a fully featured budget-friendly Tablet for a loved one, or just want to treat yourself then I suggest you book your order for F...
- 25 May 2016
PLC's

e14 Contributor
- 23 May 2016
My old playroom.

e14 Contributor

I miss my old playroom Attachments:
- 23 May 2016
Sorry for my absence

dwinhold

Hi everyone, I know I don't have to but I feel I should explain why I have been absent from the community for the past couple months. My wife Claudia had gone in for major surgery 2 months ago so being stupid crazy with work and looking afte...
- 21 May 2016
A web site out of the ark

e14 Contributor

After recent e-buying experiences, I'm going elsewhere as soon as I've sourced the little that I want for my current project. Reasons are: 1. The Farnell web site is cr@p. It breaks most of the rules of good web site...
- 20 May 2016
High Throughput SPI traffic part 2 - SPI with Buffers

Jan Cumps

We know SPI as a 4*-wire protocol. But it doesn't have to be.I'm checking high speed SPI data transfer with buffers, DMA and parallel data lines. In this blog, I introduce the buffered SPI. I'm sending 64 16-bit values in one SPI call..&nb...
- 20 May 2016
High Throughput SPI traffic part 1b - SPI without Buffers

Jan Cumps

We know SPI as a 4*-wire protocol. But it doesn't have to be.I'm checking high speed SPI data transfer with buffers, DMA and parallel data lines. Let's analyse what the SPI cost is of my naive implementation, where I paint pixel by pixel.&...
- 17 May 2016
High Throughput SPI traffic part 1a - Buffers and DMA

Jan Cumps

We know SPI as a 4*-wire protocol. But it doesn't have to be.I'm checking high speed SPI data transfer with buffers, DMA and parallel data lines. This time, I'm preparing a test bed for SPI with Buffers and DMA. Some hardcore memory probin...
- 16 May 2016
IO Ninja — Programmable Terminal Emulator/Sniffer

e14 Contributor

Greetings, fellow geeks! Today I would like to tell you about an interesting tool that can be used by IT-professionals, system administrators, network security experts, penetration testers, and software developers working on device interaction a...
- 16 May 2016
Unusual Features you would not expect from a Terminal Emulator

e14 Contributor

I don’t know about you, but I love Lego, I really do. Back when I was a kid I actually didn’t have the original Lego set – my father was a fan of more advanced construction toys like Meccano and Erector, where you had to screw parts together with nut...
- 16 May 2016