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.

TI SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3200 LaunchPad: MQtt Motor Control

martinvalencia

MQTT (Wikipedia): MQTT (formerly MQ Telemetry Transport) is a publish-subscribe based "light weight" messaging protocol for use on top of the TCP/IP protocol. It is designed for connections with remote locations where a "small cod...
- 29 Aug 2015
Features and Benefits of M12 Connectors

helenchick

M12 connecters are an interface for data, signal and power – with a range of coding options available. The HARTING M12 connectors range is available in IP65/67, and includes a wide product portfolio. There are two types of termination availabl...
- 28 Aug 2015
Mood Light Project using E-blocks or Arduino

benmatrix

The objective of this project is to design and build a microcontroller-based Mood Light using an inexpensive tri-colour RGB LED. You will be the envy of all your friends once they see this awesome and futuristic mood light in operation. No not really...
- 27 Aug 2015
Looking for odd value resistors? Why not try our new website www.resistors4u.com?

DavidGazit

One of the unique features of Vishay Foil Resistors is that they can be produced with any six digit resistance value at no extra cost. In addition there is no MOQ for our resistors so if you need some odd or non standard value resistors for a new des...
- 27 Aug 2015
Looking for odd value resistors? Then why not check out our new website www.resistors4u.com?

DavidGazit

One of the unique features of Vishay Foil Resistors is that they can be produced with any six digit resistance value at no extra cost. In addition there is no MOQ for our resistors so if you need some odd or non standard value resistors for a new des...
- 27 Aug 2015
Raspberry pi walkman/portable audio video player

e14 Contributor

my project is to make a walkman style portable audio video device running on osmc. The pi will have a 32~64 gb sd card for movies and audio. however it will have access to wifi and a NAS file server i will post links to parts and stuff
- 27 Aug 2015
Error Handling

chriswhite

Written by Elecia White. On Episode 112 (My Brain Is My Resource), Chris and I briefly answered a listener question about how to handle errors. Our response went something along the lines of “bubble errors up to wherever the system is intelligen...
- 26 Aug 2015
Beaglebot Wii Remote

e14 Contributor

A Beagle Bone Black Bot controlled over bluetooth using a Wii-Mote So my third and final Bot in the series. This time controlled using a Wii-mote over bluetooth. I came across a python module that allowed any linux system to communicate with a W...
- 25 Aug 2015
BeagleBot - Self Driven

e14 Contributor

How to make your own self driving BeagleBotSo after my last post about how to make a WiFi Remote Controlled BeagleBot I have been working on a self controlled version. So using an analogue IR sensor and an extra servo, you can now improve your B...
- 25 Aug 2015
I2C with Fuel Tank BoosterPack - part 3: First Attempt with Hercules LaunchPad

Jan Cumps

We know that it's tough to talk to the fuel gauge chip on the Fuel Tank BoosterPack. Its I2C interface is sensitive to right timings.I tested the communication with a Dangerous Prototypes Bus Pirate, and captured some question-reply sequences wit...
- 24 Aug 2015
Conference Musings

chriswhite

Written by Elecia White.I recently attended a conference I wasn’t happy with. It got me to thinking about conferences, why I attend them, and what I want out of future ones. I primarily attend conferences to learn things and to meet people. The ...
- 19 Aug 2015
This seems fitting

robblain

Hello World
- 19 Aug 2015
Hi -don't know if this is the place to do this. I am a new member - just getting started in 3D printing, am 81 years young and need all the helpi can get. My name is Howie. will be watching this blog often-hoping to learn all i can about 3D printing.

e14 Contributor

Guess I should be typing here. I am using 123D design soft ware- trying despertly to learn how to use it.
- 17 Aug 2015
Part1: PCB Design Software CadSoft EAGLE

drlucyrogers

Eeek - how do I get started? For this series of blog posts, I'll be sharing how I make this circuit into a PCB: The circuit will turn on an LED when it gets dark I am going to make it with a 3V CR2032CR2032 battery so the finished PCB...
- 17 Aug 2015
I2C with Fuel Tank BoosterPack - part 2: Capture Test Communication with a Papilio

Jan Cumps

We know that it's tough to talk to the fuel gauge chip on the Fuel Tank BoosterPack. Its I2C interface is sensitive to right timings.The Dangerous Prototypes Bus Pirate is famous for its sturdy communication prototyping capabilities. Before I tes...
- 17 Aug 2015
I2C with Fuel Tank BoosterPack - part 1: Communication Test with a Bus Pirate

Jan Cumps

We know that it's tough to talk to the fuel gauge chip on the Fuel Tank BoosterPack. Its I2C interface is sensitive to right timings.The Dangerous Prototypes Bus Pirate is famous for its sturdy communication prototyping capabilities. Before I tes...
- 16 Aug 2015
Step-by-step guide how to use GPIB with Raspberry Pi Linux

tin_xdevs

Using PC to control GPIB instruments, such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies is easiest thing, as most of vendors already supply ready to use libraries and packages to interface their instruments via GPIB. But if you want use using Linux-...
- 15 Aug 2015
Esempi di interpolazioni polinomiale con Horner e Newton

matfur92

Allego a questo post un esempio di interpolazione polinomiale effettuata con il polinomi interpolatore di Newton e con il metodo di Horner Attachments:community.element14.com/.../funzionePerPolinomioInterpolante.m.zip community.element14.com/.../horne...
- 14 Aug 2015
Isolated DC/DC Converter TIDA-00349

martinvalencia

IntroductionMy main intention today is the presentation of this excellent product launched by Texas Instruments the world, I'm excited to show the performance of TIDA-00349.To analyze performance, I'm using a FLUKE oscilloscope and a th...
- 13 Aug 2015
Low cost and high quality PCB manufacturer

e14 Contributor

Dear Friend,Good day to you.If you are looking for a trustworthy PCB and PCBA partner, KJPCB is definitely a good choice for you. This is Vicky from Kuaijie Electronics Co., Ltd., was a professional PCB and PCBA manufacturer in China.KJPCB have ...
- 12 Aug 2015
Wahoo! Package expected from Element14 tomorrow

sftwrngnr

I received an email from UPS today indicating that I've got a package arriving from Element14. By golly, awesomeness truly abounds I tell ya! Granted, I can do exactly nothing about said package arriving, other than "ooing and ahhhing," because...
- 11 Aug 2015
Hercules LaunchPad and GaN FETs - Part 1: Control Big Power with a Flimsy Mouse Scroll Wheel

Jan Cumps

In this blog I'm using a scroll wheel from a defunct mouse to control a GaN power stage. A Hercules LaunchPad has the duty to read the scroll wheel and drive the GaN.I'm controlling a humble 15 watt incandescent lamp here, but we wouldn't ...
- 10 Aug 2015
Bench vice recommendation - Modelcraft

e14 Contributor

I needed a bench vice to hold my soldering iron when making up audio cables and to hold parts while I work on them My bench top is made from 3 inch thick solid yellow pine so a clamp fixing vice is out of the question I bought a MODELCRAFT PVC7...
- 10 Aug 2015
The Plant Blog 2: The Mini Plant New Design

e14 Contributor

Hi everybody, Last blog, I wrote about our pH situation. The next topic I will topic about is the design of the system itself; specifically water circulation. This is a huge topic for this project, and I will have to split it up into two sections to...
- 10 Aug 2015
Windows 10 and TI Hercules Development environment: works

Jan Cumps

I've upgraded my PC from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, and checked to see if my Texas Instruments Hercules tool chain still works. I'm using Code Composer Studio 6.1.0. I've done a full build and debug cycle and that worked ok.I've also tested if I...
- 7 Aug 2015