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.

  • Minion Compressor Mod

    4ringfan
    I bought a very large Dewalt Compressor for my new lakehome's automotive garage.  My dad, , thought you guys might like to see what I've done with it.  I still think he needs arms with black gloves to make it look like he is holding t...

  • raspberry pi 2 model b

    e14 Contributor
    Hi I got a raspberry pi 2 model b what program should I download to the micro sd card (the micro sd is not from any starter kit...)

  • Preparing to Develop Mobile Apps with Cordova

    PEarle
    Cordova is an Apache project which allows you to develop mobile apps in HTML - so if you are competent with html and javascript, its quite a straight forward process to create apps. I've just bought a new MacBook which I need to set up with Cordo...

  • Drones Vs. Drones

    plowe
                           (Robotic falconry via Wired.Com) The rise of Quadcopters and Drones has been a pretty quick one. You only h...

  • TI Hercules RM57 POWER QUALITY ANALYZER

    martinvalencia
    GOALMy goal is to design a power quality analyzer with which voltage, current, active power, reactive power, apparent power, line frequency, power factor, crest factor and power disturbances is determined.  TI HERCULES RM57Lx as main proces...

  • Autosport Engineering at the Autosport International Show 2016 (UK), January 14-17th

    jwatson
    The chequered flag fell last night on the 26th annual Autosport International – Europe’s largest motorsport and performance car show held at the NEC in Birmingham, England.The show warmed up with 2 dedicated trade days; ‘Autosport Engineering’ hostin...

  • dBrass: Digital Kulintang

    lexbryan
    My project is to build a digital version of this instrument. This is a kulintang. It's common in Muslim tribes in the Philippines and some part of South East Asia.I will attach a piezo sensor to each of my rubber pads that will act as a gong. I ...

  • Newly developed 'metallic glue' could replace welding

    e14 Contributor
    HelloFound this article interesting and wanted to share.I feel if this product could be used in high temperature applications, is strong, conductive and all the awesome they will initially claim- then hey - it would be nice to see and/or test with it...

  • DJ3JJ > 432 MHz Amateurfunk Blog

    e14 Contributor
    Ich habe angefangen Eagle zur Erstellung von Hochfrequenz Projekten zu benutzen.Aktuell arbeite ich an einem 100 W Verstärker für das 9cm Amateurfunk Band (3.4 GHz)Wer Interesse hat sich hier auszutauschen; bitte melden.Ich habe bereits eine RF Bibli...

  • BITS N BYTES – Arduino Encoder Control - How-to

    SmilinVamp
    Example Rotary Encoder I have recently acquired a piece of hardware from a friend.  The item in question is a really cool, high current triple output power supply.  I have big plans for a remote control head for this unit that will tur...

  • ChipKit MAX32 – 9×14 LED Matrix

    SmilinVamp
     CHIPKIT MAX 32 – LED Matrix ShieldThis project started a few weeks back when one of my Arduino colleagues brought the LOL Sheild to my attention.  (A write up for the LOL Shield can be found on it’s designer’s page: jimmieprodgers.com ) Th...

  • BOGUS BURDEN 4000 – Description of Project

    SmilinVamp
    BogusBurden4000 – Finished ProductPROJECT BACKGROUND / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:A while back I had subscribed to a very interesting video blog called the EEVBLOG (Electronics Engineering Video Blog).  The blog is created and is run by an interesting Aust...

  • 1870's Programmable Clock Project...

    jonivanart
    First off, I have no idea how to do a blog so if this goes tot he wrong place then sorry in advance. LOL!I am working on my 4th art project in a series called "TIME". Everything is in #steampunk style art. I have built a Violin, a lamp and ...

  • 15-second binary countdown timer

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    Thanks to John, Shabaz and Dragan for helping me.   www.youtube.com/watch  /* binary countdowntime Kenneth Thomas January 5, 2016 Open source.. */ int greenLED = 13; int redLED = 12; int blueLED = 11; int white...

  • Putzing around with an Arduino...sort of

    e14 Contributor
    e14 Contributor
    So I have been playing around with an arduino for about a month and I have caught a bug for learning and building electronics projects.   It's come a long way since being in high school electronics classes 30 years ago.  What are your ...

  • A/D Conversion on SAMA5D3 Xplained

    e14 Contributor
    I have enabled A0-A2, but if I try to read the raw voltage using a cat of the Voltage0_raw file, I get a timeout.  Same thing for chan 1 and 2.I can see that the channels have been enabled by doing a cat of the voltage_en files.  Is there f...

  • How to create a drone which bares more weight

    e14 Contributor
    I would like to know more about drone which can handle more weight .. what are key things we should consider

  • Recycling old computer cases

    chrystalw
    Hi everyone, My dad and I have started to recycle old useable computer cases that are going to be destroyed. We clean them up, remove and hardware and paint them. We use different colour spray paint and make space and planet pictures on all side...

  • 2016 - A new begining

    e14 Contributor
    The dawn of 2016 is upon us all.  2015 has taken the technological expectations of a generation into a whole new realm.  The advancements in micro technology has brought automation to the masses and has made not only micro controllers small...

  • Wierszyki na urodziny w języku niemieckim

    e14 Contributor
    W życiu nas wszystkich są sytuacje kiedy musimy składać życzenia z wielu okazji. Czasem są to życzenia urodzinowe, życzenia z okazji  dnia matki itd.Trzeba mieć na każdą taką okazję  garść życzeń. Zastanów się, czy wolisz gdy ktoś składa ci...

  • Writing a buffered UART driver for the NXP LPC17xx.

    tdrazich
    Although UARTs have been around for a long time, there are still many uses for them on embedded devices due to their minimal hardware requirements. Whether the UART is used for inter-device communication or for a simple terminal interface, it can be ...

  • Udemy - Microcontrollers and the C Programming Language

    shattered97
    This is my first road test for Element 14 and I am reviewing Udemy course: Microcontrollers and the C Programming Language.  I going to try to document my progress through this course as I move through the each of the sections.  My personal...

  • Merry Christmas and happy holidays

    dwinhold
    We (The Winhold family) want to wish the Element14 community, all of its staff and members a wonderful Christmas and happy holidays! Thank you for all you have done for us and the best of wishes for everyone! Dale, Claudia, Chrystal and Nicholas...

  • BANC MOTEUR

    e14 Contributor
    L'ISAT Formula Team est heureuse de vous présenter sont Banc moteur. Avec le soutien sans failles de FARNELL ELEMENT 14, l'équipe électonique a pu réaliser le faisceau permettant de faire tourner le future moteur de TASIA16.Nous tenons à reme...

  • Firecrackers Improvements

    drlucyrogers
     The Firecrackers (blog here and video here) that I made for Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight were good, but after I'd tried them out in real life on site, I knew there were some improvements I could make.These included stringing...