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.

How to set up a laser printer?

e14 Contributor

I am new on Raspberry pie, I would like to print any document but I have to idea how to set up a printer. I am using a network printer for my computers already in used. How to I start with the Raspberry?
- 17 Jan 2015
Ir outlet

e14 Contributor

I thought this project was pretty cool for home automation. Whenever I watch a movie and the force of gravity pulls me to the couch, I have to get up and turn off the lights then sit back down. Using an arduino uno, Ir reciever, and a relay i made it...
- 11 Jan 2015
Communicating via BLE using TruConnect

ndutton

TruConnect is designed to reduce time to market by simplifying development.You can connect to a TruConnect module via BLE, and place it in remote command mode. This allows the full range of control and monitoring available via a TruConnect terminal c...
- 11 Jan 2015
Molex Showcased Simplified Complex Fiber Optic Mapping Issues in High Density Telecom and Datacom Equipment at SC14

MolexConnectors

Keeping up with rising data bandwidth and density demands is critical. As a result, OEMs and end users of advanced network architectures and software-defined networking systems are rapidly developing increasingly complex fiber-optic-based syste...
- 9 Jan 2015
Fake Razer Mouse

Matt

The Microsoft Intellimouse 3 I had been using at work bit the dust & I had look around for alternatives. For gaming at home I have a Razer Deathadder 3, and I also have an Anker mouse kicking around.. but I find the middle-click button requires t...
- 9 Jan 2015
Using CP2130EK, an USB to SPI brigde, in Android (Part2)

gihu

In this part 2, the code of the app is based on the same idea, but this time using android API bulktranfer methods just to use the SPI in the CP2130. The APPLike the first app, it is created using Android Studio. Minimum requierements are a hard...
- 8 Jan 2015
Technology of 2015: What can we expect?

plowe

Another year gone and another year full of amazing advancements in the world of engineering and technology. 2014 has seen the rise of Internet of Things, 3D printing and many more besides. It seems that companies are not only looking at developing ne...
- 8 Jan 2015
where abouts

e14 Contributor

where are the non electrical parts list
- 7 Jan 2015
Password Hell - New Year's Resolution

Matt

Last year, following a number of online services that had password breaches, I decided to get my act together & make sure I did as much as possible to secure my passwords for all the 740+ logins I've got. State of play beforehand Th...
- 7 Jan 2015
Meanwhile...

packetgeek

Used my gift card from the holidays. Ordered the RDA5807M chip, a breakout board for it, and a TEA5767 board. I'll continue experimenting and writing code for the RDA5707SP while I wait the 2-6 weeks for delivery. Once they come in,...
- 7 Jan 2015
Controlling 6+ motors/servos with the pi

e14 Contributor

I'm looking to make a robot with my raspberry pi model B and have been researching controlling motors. I need something cool to show off at an upcoming Comp Sci career fair at my school. So far all of the boards I have looked at only easil...
- 7 Jan 2015
Blocking Patents with Open Source Prior Art

elecia

An Embedded.fm podcast listener asked a question on Twitter about using open source as prior art to block future patents. So, of course, I’m going to answer on a blog. I asked podcast guest Judith Szepesi of HIPLegal, LLP for advice. Note that s...
- 6 Jan 2015
Using CP2130EK, an USB to SPI brigde, in Android (previous)

gihu

The CP2130 is an easy to use USB to SPI bridge, Silabs gives the necessary tools to get it running in several OS. For Windows, Linux and OSX we have dll that once installed the OS recognize the CP2130, and you can code your program to communicate wit...
- 5 Jan 2015
Using CP2130EK, an USB to SPI brigde, in Android (Part1)

gihu

This porject is intended to communicate an Android device, through a USB otg cable with a CP2130EK with no specific driver, directly driving the USB connection using its command and bulk tranfer methods in the corresponing end points. Goal:Use a...
- 5 Jan 2015
2 modes in RDA5807SP?

packetgeek

Hmm... Interesting. In doing more research on the RDA5807 chip sets, it appears that they have to modes. One to emulate the TEA5767 chip (which is the mode for which I've been writing code) and a separate RDA5807 mode, which has more capa...
- 4 Jan 2015
Here goes something!

e14 Contributor

having receiving my Raspberry Pi arrived in my stocking on Christmas Day, I'm now finally ready to have a go!
- 3 Jan 2015
How I started with my DIY and hacking projects? (LED Sky project - more pics to come)

matija.martinec

This post is mainly going to discuss how I have started my projects like my LED sky, 5x5x5 RGB cube (Currently does not exist because it was squished flat on the party...) etc. Let's use the LED sky as our example :When you want to do a project ...
- 2 Jan 2015
Roberts 747 - DIY Raspberry Pi internet radio/streamer

e14 Contributor

Great radio from 1990. Fully working in very good condition. Found it on antique sale after a long hunt for something like this.I have a spare Raspberry Pi model B V1 home as a spare and it was just catching dust for some years as I couldn't decide w...
- 2 Jan 2015
Embedded Systems - Shape The World

markvenn

I have just signed up for this course, sounds pretty interesting to me and it might always highlight something useful, you never know. I have ordered a dev board, the Texas Instruments Tiva C LaunchPad which is an eval board with an ARM Cortex ...
- 27 Dec 2014
Digital Electronics : Basic Logic Operations and Circuits

matija.martinec

Hello everyone, in this post I will go over basic logic operations and their circuits : First of all we need to define some Boolean data types and notation. We need to go over this because without basic knowledge about boolean algebra we can't w...
- 27 Dec 2014
Electronics in depth : Diodes

matija.martinec

Diodes, you may not know it, but you use them every day. They can be found as full or half wave rectifiers to make AC current into DC for a ton of electronics. (e.g. cellphone chargers, DC motors in mixers etc.) For us to understand what d...
- 26 Dec 2014
16 Lines of 5V I/O on a Raspberry Pi daughtercard

land-boards

I've got a Kickstarter up for a Raspberry Pi daughtercard which connects up to 16 I/O lines of 5V signals. Features List Daughtercard to the Raspberry Pi (you supply the Raspberry Pi)3.3V to 5V bidirectional voltage translators on 16 GPIO (...
- 26 Dec 2014
Configurable 5V Raspberry Pi I/O Card on Kickstarter

land-boards

I have a Configurable 5V I/O card for the Raspberry Pi on Kickstarter. FeaturesAll Raspberry Pi I/O lines8-bit bidirectional 3.3V to 5V level translatorFuses on 3.3V and 5V power linesAll of the Raspberry Pi I/O connections are brought to ...
- 25 Dec 2014
RasberryPi/camera/motor control/sensors/LCD

e14 Contributor

Looking to control 3 DC 24v Motors 6-10 Amp each in 2 directions -forward & Reverse. Accept an analog input voltage 0-20ma. Have a Touch Screen (small as possible) and the Camera with Wireless and Bluetooth. Debating beaglebone or Rasb...
- 22 Dec 2014
LED Lighting to Reduce Energy Consumption

e14 Contributor

"Let's cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next twenty years." - President Obama's 2013 State Of The Union Address The United States is the 2nd largest energy consumer in the world. Around 40% of ...
- 20 Dec 2014