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.

Increased apprenticeships in the UK

gnevison

A significant achievement of the UK Coalition Government has been the increasing uptake of apprenticeships in our industry.For more details please read the attached: Attachments:community.element14.com/.../ESCO-apprenticeships.docxESCO apprenticeship...
- 5 Feb 2015
Probing your Hercules LaunchPad CAN bus Part 2

Jan Cumps

The Hercules LaunchPads of Texas Instruments have two (or three) CAN controllers.It is possible to learn the CAN protocol and have real messages flowing with the LaunchPad and only three jellybean components.This series explains how the standard TI e...
- 4 Feb 2015
Raspberry Pi 2 off the starting line

M0DCD

Okay you've got you hands on a Pi 2 but it seems you can't get to download the system to get it running... well here's how. Download the NOOBS Lite version rather than the full installation, http://downloads.raspberrypi.org/NOOBS_lite_latest&nbs...
- 2 Feb 2015
Probing your Hercules LaunchPad CAN bus Part 1

Jan Cumps

The Hercules LaunchPads of Texas Instruments have two (or three) CAN controllers.It is possible to learn the CAN protocol and have real messages flowing with the LaunchPad and only three jellybean components.This series explains how the standard TI e...
- 2 Feb 2015
MIT App Inventor and Arduino Part 4 - send more than 1 data item from Arduino to Android and display

neilk

This is a follow on from an earlier posting:http://www.element14.com/community/people/neilk/blog/2014/07/18/app-inventor-and-arduino-part-2--send-data-from-arduino-to-android-app I have written this in response to a request from kennethbuenavent...
- 2 Feb 2015
Creating the 6 DoF Platform – Pt1

benmatrix

About 6 months ago we were invited by RS Components and DesignSpark to help exhibit on their stand at the Electronica exhibition in Germany. The requirements; create a demonstration which would showcase our software and its benefit in rapid prototypi...
- 2 Feb 2015
Linux auf dem RIoTboard - oh jeh!

e14 Contributor

Nachdem ich beim RIoTboard die Reset-Taste korrekt eingelötet habe (siehe vorhergehender Blog), kann ich das RIoTboard in sein Gehäuse einbauen und mich um die Linux-Installation kümmern. RIoTboard wird mit vorinstalliertem Android Betriebssyste...
- 1 Feb 2015
RIoTboard auspacken

e14 Contributor

"RIoTboard is revolutionizing the IoT". Das ist genau was ich suche?! Zu mir:Ich beschäftige mich als Hobby mit der Programmierung von Microcontrollern. In 2014 schwerpunktmäßig im Kontext von HomeAutomation und dem Internet Of Things....
- 1 Feb 2015
Se qualcuno a qualche idea a cui una persona non ha mai pensato la metta pure qua!

e14 Contributor

Progetti impossibili!
- 30 Jan 2015
7.4v Battery Charger?

e14 Contributor

Can this - Amazon.com : Portable 5V Mini USB Charging Board Charger Module for 1A Lithium Battery : MP3 Players & Accessories Charge this - http://www.amazon.com/Tenergy-Li-Ion-2200mAh-Rechargeable-Battery/dp/B002Y2LJW0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&am...
- 30 Jan 2015
New edition of The Art of Electronics is finally announced!

Jan Cumps

The title says it all. Release 3 is announced.
- 29 Jan 2015
Enchanted Objects - Coming Soon

patkelly

doctorcdf
- 28 Jan 2015
A peek into achievements of technology evangelist of Cisco: Carlos Dominguez

e14 Contributor

Technology evangelist Carlos Dominguez of Cisco is an electrical engineering graduate from the University of P.R., Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.A prominent thought leader of the IT world, Dominguez is an expert in cloud computing, big data, mobility, and s...
- 28 Jan 2015
'Create an IoT system with FRDM-K64F and SDK - Part 1 : Enable the SD-Card'

bheemarao

Here is a blog on how to test / configure SD-Card on K64 board using KDS + KDSK 1.1.0 (Newer version) Pre-requisite for this project execution:1) KDS (Kinetis Design Studio)2) KSDK 1.1.03) FRDM-K64F4) SD Card We will be following below step...
- 28 Jan 2015
measuring absolute thermal resistance

TEMProducts

I did this experiment a while back, after researching thermal conduction. The goal was to characterize TCAP-4325 thermal connector, for the OEM datasheet. Thermal Resistance was defined as a temperature differential measured across tw...
- 27 Jan 2015
Toyota follow Tesla and Release Patents for Hydrogen Fuel Cell

plowe

Motoring technology and clean fuel seems to be a hot topic at the moment. At the back end of 2014 we saw Tesla release their patents for free use and now, in early 2015, motoring giants Toyota have done the same with their new hydrogen fu...
- 26 Jan 2015
Greetings

brianchadorourke

Don't know why it took me so long to register; but I did. I hope to learn a lot and and meet a lot cool people.
- 26 Jan 2015
How to solder SMD antenna wire!

e14 Contributor

www.youtube.com/watch
- 25 Jan 2015
Arduino controlling Stepper Motor 28BYJ-48 with Accelstepper Library

neilk

The 28BYJ-48 stepper motor with a ULN2003 driver board is readily and cheaply available on eBay. With nothing special in mind, other than curiosity, I bought one and had a quick play with it, using the standard Arduino Stepper library. I manage...
- 24 Jan 2015
Retour sur Poyjoule au mondial de l’automobile 2014

Polyjoule

&nbs...
- 24 Jan 2015
The Hercules LaunchPad MK II

Jan Cumps

Texas Instruments has released a new version of the Hercules LaunchPad.And I have one since two weeks. These are my first impressions. Whats new in MK II More of everything. I've worked with the original LAUNCHXL-TMS570004 Hercules La...
- 21 Jan 2015
How to repair Micro SD port on pcDuino!

e14 Contributor

Hi there, lots of time mishap happens, the micro SD port on my pcDuino got broke cause of dry soldering and lack of attention. but here in the video i have showed tha...
- 20 Jan 2015
MIAC PLC – Mini Hydro Generator

benmatrix

The MIAC is a very capable unit for controlling systems, creating test mechanisms and communication thanks to it’s USB and CAN connections. It is also a fraction of the price you would pay for a similar Siemens PLC and most importantly it is fully co...
- 19 Jan 2015
BeagleBone Black-based Antique Podcast Player

e14 Contributor

Thought you guys might like to see my latest project, based on a BeagleBone Black: Antique Radio Podcast Player | My Gorram Frakking Blog I replaced the internals of a 1936 antique radio with modern electronics, suc...
- 18 Jan 2015
Bilan de la saison 2013/2014

Polyjoule

Bonjour à tous, Après un long moment d'absence sur ce blog, nous revenons pour vous faire part de nos avancements. La saison 2013/2014 fut riche en émotion aussi bien sur le circuit de l'Ahoy de Rotterdam que sur celui de Colomiers.L&#39...
- 17 Jan 2015