Also available on Twitter
My TweetsCategories
Recent Comments
- Gábor on GCC Error Messages
- e8johan on GCC Error Messages
- Juampa on GCC Error Messages
- e8johan on GCC Error Messages
- lava on GCC Error Messages
Archives
- June 2022
- September 2015
- August 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- August 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- July 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
Meta
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Dead bugs
I did not know it, but soldering a circuit without a PCB is apparently called creating a “dead bug”. The ICs being soldered are placed on their backs, legs pointing upwards, like a dead bug. Over at the dangerous prototypes … Continue reading
Posted in AVR, Electronics
Comments Off on Dead bugs
Raspberry Pi R2 Details
The people over at the Raspberry Pi foundations do not rest. Having doubled the provided memory without affecting the price, they go on to deliver the schematics for the second revision of the boards. A great platform keeps improving, pushing … Continue reading
Posted in Raspberry Pi
Comments Off on Raspberry Pi R2 Details
License to Entertain
A while back, the Raspberry Pi foundation announced that they are selling additional codecs in their webstore. The Pi comes with H264 support out of the box, but MPEG2 and VC-1 (some Microsoft thingie) are nice to have as well. … Continue reading
Posted in Raspberry Pi
Comments Off on License to Entertain
Fatter Pies
The Raspberry Pi model B now ships with 512MB of RAM. Opens the system to even more possibilities.
Posted in Uncategorized
Comments Off on Fatter Pies
The Next Level of Home 3D Printing
The hobbyist 3D printer prints using a thin stream of molten plasting. By adding layer upon layer, a 3D object is created. The big boys don’t do this because of problems with resolution, overhangs, etc. Now, the people at formlabs … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Printing
Comments Off on The Next Level of Home 3D Printing
Step-by-step: PCB-less Arduino
Over at the Arduino site, there is a page on building an Arduino clone on a breadboard. This trick can be further simplified by using the internal oscillator. You lose some speed, but also some complexity.
Posted in Arduino
Comments Off on Step-by-step: PCB-less Arduino
Portable 3D Printing
The Ben Heck Show had an episode on creating a portable 3D printer. The idea is to fit an entire 3D printer into a suitcase for bringing to fairs and such. The video is a nice guide to the bits … Continue reading
Posted in 3D Printing
Comments Off on Portable 3D Printing
Self-printed Retro Joystick
Over at Thingiverse, the Dutchman known as srepmub has published a great looking 3D printable retro joystick. The instructions contains printable parts, PCB and build instructions. As a later entry, he shows the results of two days (!) of polishing. … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Projects
Comments Off on Self-printed Retro Joystick