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My slices arrived Friday.

4ringfan

I ordered a couple Raspberry Pi 2s and they arrived on Friday. I just had to see what all the fuss was about.So far, I've been most excited about the Favi mini laser pointer keyboard that I ordered to go with it. I know it is si...
- 4 Apr 2015
Launchbox #1 - Parts Arrived!

e14 Contributor

My name is Mathew Halm, and I am the Director of Avionics for Student Space Systems, an organization of undergraduates at the University of Illinois with the goal of designing and manufacturing rockets capable of reaching space. We have been given th...
- 3 Apr 2015
Si4707 effort on hold

packetgeek

I'm putting the I2C coding effort for the Si4707 chip on hold. The basic initialization code (same as for the Si4703 breakout board) does not work with the Sparkfun board. Cause seems to be double-use of pull-up resistors (one set on the ...
- 3 Apr 2015
More I2C stuff

packetgeek

A couple quick switches this week... Successfully figured out the C code to control the volume on the RDA5807. The Bass Boost feature refuses to work. It could be that the documentation is borked. At this point, I'm giving up a...
- 3 Apr 2015
Testing Home Automation with ARM mbed IoT Starter Kit.

mudz

AIM: To establish a connection between IoT starter Kit and Internet enabled Modem via AirGrid Modules.Requirements: ARM mbed IoT Starter Kit, 2 AirGrid M5-HP Modules, 4 Ethernet Cables, 2 PoE adapters, Internet enabled Modem. &...
- 2 Apr 2015
Device Internationalization

chriswhite

In this week’s Embedded.fm episode, we ran across some communication and spoken language issues. This reminded me of the incredible information download I got from Ken Lunde, author of CJKV Information Processing, on Episode 26. I subsequently p...
- 31 Mar 2015
HDI Rigid-flex PCB High frequency Thick copper Multilayers PCB One stop shop

e14 Contributor

Factory Capacity of FPC Tapes of FPC: single-sided,single-sided hollow-out board,double- sided,double-sided boards, 3~6 layered board,Rigid-Flex PCBsubstrate copper thickness of FPC： 8um 12um 17.5um、35u...
- 31 Mar 2015
Arduino and Cybot - Part 2 - Now on Bluetooth and Batteries

neilk

I connected an HC-06 Bluetooth adapter, across the Arduino Rx and Tx, as in my previous Blog posts. In MIT App Inventor, I created the following Android design: Since I already had an Arduino sketch which controlled the motors (previo...
- 30 Mar 2015
Raspberry Pi 2

Capper

I received a Raspberry Pi 2 after playing tag with the UPS driver last week. I haven't had time to do much with it yet, however I have a few notes:The micro SD card socket was slightly bent, so I had some trouble loading the card at first t...
- 30 Mar 2015
RDA5807SP update - 2015-03-28

packetgeek

Finally had some time to play the the RDA5807SP again. Attacked it from a different direction (probably what I should have done in the first place). The documentation mentions specific bits (the chip id) being 0x58. In reading the r...
- 29 Mar 2015
3D Printing

e14 Contributor

You walk up to the washing machine. You turn a knob, and it breaks off. Now you have to call the manufacturers and order an expensive new knob. Or do you? Printing started with ink splashing into sections of paper...
- 29 Mar 2015
My first PCB (Printed Circuit Board) ...

drlucyrogers

"I want to connect my *thing* to the internet"First question:- Why? For me, Lucy Rogers, it's mainly for fun. I want my toy dinosaur to nod anytime someone tweets #wakedino. But also sometimes for a purpose - I want to be abl...
- 28 Mar 2015
I am getting a Panic code on boot up.

donb

I had my Pi system off for a while and moved it to a different work space and when I tried to boot up I get: Panic:VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(179,8).From what I have read this is an error while loading some file in the boot procedu...
- 28 Mar 2015
Electronic Tutorials (only theory)

lokkytron

Hi mates I want to share this resource I found, and that I think it is very good.There are a bunch of tutorials written to target to a minimally experienced reader (IMO)Of course it is required know the basic concepts but in general I have found...
- 28 Mar 2015
K64F Weather Part 3 -Interface to thingsNext click on the API

colin_meikle@mentor.com

Using A Web Service to Display Results This is a follow on from K64F MBED Part 2 Weather StationOften you want to record, store or display the results you collect over time. You can do this yourself, either by storing the results locally e.g. we...
- 27 Mar 2015
Atmel SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra Road Test -- Building a QT application

pettitda

In order to create an QT application to run on the Atmel SAMA5D4 Xplained Ultra board, I did the following: 1. From the Linux4SAM PokyBuild < Linux4SAM < TWiki page: a) bitbake meta-toolchain-qteb) sudo tmp/deploy/sdk/poky-eglibc-i686...
- 27 Mar 2015
Raspberry Pi - Network Spy Energy Saver

Matt

The subwoofer we had in our home cinema setup died a few weeks ago, so I did my research and found a nice replacement. The only thing I didn't spot was the fact it never goes into standby if there's no signal (unlike the old one). I tried using some ...
- 27 Mar 2015
My first experience with Raspberry Pi 2

jdlui

First application with Raspberry Pi 2 is live! This is a lot different than learning Arduino! The installation of OSMC ran smoothly and was very quick. I look forward to chronicling from the mindset of a complete noob. The only kink I ran into s...
- 27 Mar 2015
Woohoo... RoadTest Pi is is Here!

ejohnfel

Thank you Element14! My RoadTest Pi 2 came today! I have my test drive mapped out for the weekend!
- 27 Mar 2015
I can't put my eyes apart

lokkytron

www.youtube.com/watch It hurt each time they crash... impressive www.youtube.com/watch if ever I wear glasses like these, to walk on the street never willl be the same for me. Another awesom race.www.youtube.com/watch
- 27 Mar 2015
Mi primera publicación

e14 Contributor

Y he aqui mi primer post, que espero no sea el ultimo,
- 26 Mar 2015
Starting out with Arduino... then bring in the RPi...

couchie

I'm wanting to host the DB on a remote server at a central location. So really, I'm thinking I just need a source to scour the info from the RFID card then send that data to the SQL server. The server will get the tag ID and basicly tell the Arduino ...
- 26 Mar 2015
Installation technology with process safety

helenchick

Improved performance and stepped-up functionality are the main areas witnessing hyperspeed development in connector technology. For the HARTING Technology Group, efficient handling represents the third – and no less important aspect. Installers perfo...
- 25 Mar 2015
Help? Image and font conversion for TFT LCD not going as hoped.

4ringfan

I'm trying to convert images for use on an LCD connected to an Arduino. First I tried using the UTFT library. I converted my image to an array using an online tool. Whenever I tried to facilitate the array within any of my Arduin...
- 25 Mar 2015
New Motor Control Solution

benmatrix

At MatrixTSL we provide rugged and reliable technology to help teach or learn in education and also to rapidly develop working systems for industry. Our latest motors solution is no different in that it aims to deliver a fully working system to ...
- 25 Mar 2015