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.

D-Sub Mixed from HARTING

e14 Contributor

HARTING’s D-Sub Mixed connector range combines the advantages of an industry standard I/O interconnect product with the customisation flexibility for any application. It is possible to complement signal contacts with either Power (10/20/30 and ...
- 18 Nov 2015
I2C Multiplexer for the Raspberry Pi on Kickstarter

land-boards

Land Boards has launched our newest card, the I2C Multiplexer for the Raspberry Pi on Kickstarter. This card allows you to hook up multiple I2C parts with the same address to the Raspberry Pi. The card also allows you to run different I2C bus voltage...
- 14 Nov 2015
Correctly Installing Brian 2 Simulator for windows 7 64-bit

mohanedessam

I did this blog post especially because I had some hard time installing the Brian2 simulator, even though I followed all the instructions in the official documentation Link I tried many time until l found a working method, which is using an olde...
- 14 Nov 2015
Luz de freno FSUPV-02

e14 Contributor

Una de las partes más importantes, si no la que más, a la hora de llevar a cabo un proyecto de estas dimensiones es cumplir con la normativa de la competición. Dicho reglamento asienta las bases de la Formula SAE y sirve de guía a la hora de desarrol...
- 13 Nov 2015
An Introduction to Microcontrollers and the C Programming Language (notes-20151112)

packetgeek

I decided to take the course that Element14 was including in their Road Test, but didn't want to wait to get started. I also wanted to avoid any deadlines as I'll be switching jobs, taking a final, and taking a certification test in the near fu...
- 13 Nov 2015
Arcnet MCA Project

SGarciaV

Written by Salvador Garcia Introduction In 1987 IBM introduced a new standard for personal computers. While the ISA standard remained standard on most of the PC sold at that time, IBM introduced its line IBM PS/2 computer, boasting a new bu...
- 11 Nov 2015
Arduino - Windows communication: Using C#

SGarciaV

Hi all! One of my past blog entries described in detail my adventures in designing and building the EPROM Reader. When discussing the Windows software I made a brief mention of a sub project that provided a prototype of the communication subsyst...
- 10 Nov 2015
How I Enroll for a RoadTest - Part 3: Help Me

Jan Cumps

The element14 roadtests are a great way to learn new things. Whenever I see a test that interests me, I enroll.Success is not guaranteed. I've been selected for some, not for others. In this series I'll explain how I decide to enroll or not.I...
- 7 Nov 2015
ImageCraft JumpStart Microbox Education Kit - Part 3a: The Education Shield - LED matrix and I/O expander

Jan Cumps

The ImageCraft JumpStart Microbox Education Kit is a set of hardware and software tools to teach C and Cortex-M embedded programming.In essence, it's an Arduino compatible shield, an STMicro Nucleo dev board, a C book, an IDE, a compiler and librarie...
- 5 Nov 2015
HowTo SPI && EtherCAT

nicolaurbano

This is a new tutorial dedicated to spi communication. The main purpose is to introduce to analize and implement an EtherCAT slave. Full source code available to run Hercules TMS570LC43x LaunchPad.http://www.thetaooffieldbus.com/SpiHerculesDevKit.htm...
- 5 Nov 2015
A Quick Update

CharlesGantt

Hey everyone! I just wanted to jump in and give everyone a quick update on myself and my projects. Things have been progressing slowly for me over the last few weeks due to Halloween getting closer and me having to attend nightly events at a lo...
- 3 Nov 2015
Blinking an LED or Three

chriswhite

Written by Elecia White. The first thing that most people do when getting a new board is to blink an LED. Embedded engineers treat it as though it is the simplest, most basic operation. We call it “hello world” to show how friendly and software-...
- 2 Nov 2015
N64 with RPI B

e14 Contributor

I am working to measure water temp and chemistry on an Aquaponics fish tank project. A non-working N64 console has come into my possession and I want to use it as the component base using a RPi B. The plan is to use the original on/off switch on the ...
- 1 Nov 2015
ImageCraft JumpStart Microbox Education Kit - Part 2: Stepping Through an Example - what do I learn?

Jan Cumps

The ImageCraft JumpStart Microbox Education Kit is a set of hardware and software tools to teach C and Cortex-M embedded programming.In essence, it's an Arduino compatible shield, an STMicro Nucleo dev board, a C book, an IDE, a compiler and librarie...
- 31 Oct 2015
How I Enroll for a RoadTest - Part 2: success and failure

Jan Cumps

The element14 roadtests are a great way to learn new things. Whenever I see a test that interests me, I enroll.Success is not guaranteed. I've been selected for some, not for others. In this series I'll explain how I decide to enroll or not.I...
- 30 Oct 2015
Halloween SFX PiBox Blog: Status

kay.hildebrandt@digisound.de

Hello Guys I have more than a week bad cold and can not finish the project until 31.10.! Sorry! But I will try my best to finish it when I get well! A new 3D printable housing for RaspPi 2 with SenseHat is ready! See attachment.&...
- 29 Oct 2015
Foginator 2000 parts arrived

e14 Contributor

I got a box of nice parts to build my copy of the Foginator 2000 My biggest confusion was what to do about the other parts I would need. I did not know if they were arriving seperately or whether I needed to order them. ...
- 29 Oct 2015
Journal

s2000gt

FreeSoc2 ordered from Sparkfun
- 28 Oct 2015
How I Enroll for a RoadTest - Part 1: yes or no

Jan Cumps

The element14 roadtests are a great way to learn new things. Whenever I see a test that interests me, I enroll.Success is not guaranteed. I've been selected for some, not for others. In this series I'll explain how I decide to enroll or not.I'll also...
- 28 Oct 2015
LED Pixel Touch Sensitive Games Table – Part 1

benmatrix

Introducing my latest project using Flowcode and E-blocks. The RGB LED pixel touch table. My brief was simple, I wanted a new coffee table for my front room and decided to build my own. As I was building my own I could add in some electronics to...
- 28 Oct 2015
Panasonic new sensor product grid-eyes, mostly use for smart homes, part no. AMG8851.

e14 Contributor

Grid eyes Details Panasonic new sensor product grid-eyes mostly use for smart homes part no AMG8851AMG8851 Here we strongly suggest use the whole Panasonic MCU module together with sensor module, photo as below: Price details: 1 ...
- 28 Oct 2015
NOUVEAU PARTENAIRE

e14 Contributor

L'ISAT Formula Team est heureuse de compter le goupe FARNELL dans ses partenaires pour cette nouvelle année. C'est pour nous une chance inouïe d'avoir des partenaires de cette ampleur.Le département électronique vous fera suivre l&#3...
- 27 Oct 2015
Panasonic to Release 'eneloop solar storage' with LED Lighting

e14 Contributor

Osaka, Japan - **Panasonic** Corporation today announced that it has developed "eneloop solar storage," a small-scale power storage system that provides **LED lighting** for areas without mains electricity. The product will be shipped to regions in A...
- 27 Oct 2015
How to Make the Wifi Wireless Switch Work Under 5V?

e14 Contributor

As my last post referred that the Itead wifi switch is set to work under AC current. It is very practical for home appliance. However, when consider to use it in electronic DIY, it is not so convenient. If I can make it work under 5V, I think i...
- 26 Oct 2015
BEAM Robotics, a Blast from the Past

SGarciaV

Back in 2007 I was involved in a project to document, in the most simple way, all about BEAM robotics. BEAM is Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics and Mechanics. It is a type of robot whose objective is to mimic simple inset lifeforms. Yes, the pursuit ...
- 26 Oct 2015