Author Archives: e8johan

Duinofied PIC

Posted on January 21, 2013 by e8johan

The PICnDuino is an open source hardware platform with dual micro controllers. It is compatible with both Arduino and Amicus18 – a PIC based board inspired by the Arduino. This means that you can play with both the Arduino through the usual C-inspired … Continue reading →

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SparkFun on Test Rigs

Posted on January 18, 2013 by e8johan

As a short follow-up on the Design for Manufacturing article by Bunnie, here is SparkFun’s take on the topic.

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Calculate Hashes in Hardware

Posted on January 17, 2013 by e8johan

We recently wrote about BORPH, a Linux version that could launch hardware processes on configurable hardware systems, i.e. FPGAs. The question that always pops up is what kind of process you would like to run in hardware. By pure coincidence, … Continue reading →

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Flexible OS for Flexible Hardware

Posted on January 16, 2013 by e8johan

BORPH is an operating system designed for FPGA-based hardwares. It is basically a Linux kernel that is able to spawn what is known as hardware processes, thus executing in hardware. The develoment is done at Berkley, and the name of … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing – Design for Manufacturing

Posted on January 15, 2013 by e8johan

Bunnie has released part 2 of his series on outsourcing production. This time the topic is Design for Manufacturing.

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Motor Driver Booster Pack

Posted on January 14, 2013 by e8johan

Do you have a need for speed? Or just a need to run a couple of motors? If you combine that need with a TI LaunchPad, the Motor Driver Booster Pack from Longhorn Engineer might be just for you. It … Continue reading →

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Good old DOS

Posted on January 11, 2013 by e8johan

Remember the days spent moving drivers into himem. Not something you’d like to relive? If you want to, then FreeDOS is for you. It is DOS, developed as open source, but also adapted to the future. There is even the … Continue reading →

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Outsource Your Projects

Posted on January 8, 2013 by e8johan

Boingboing leads us to the first path of the great series of Bunnie Huang (who runs a great blog, by the way). This is the start of a four part series on outsourcing manufacturing. More specifically, to outsource to China, but … Continue reading →

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Custom game controllers for all

Posted on January 4, 2013 by e8johan

Do you dream of making the ultimate game controller. Then the Esplora board from Arduino is what you need. Basically it is a Leonardo board, but with a range of integrated sensors. Leonardo means onboard USB HID support, so you … Continue reading →

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Tiny Arduino Clone

Posted on December 21, 2012 by e8johan

A couple of days back, we wrote about Kimio Kosaka’s amazing freeform Arduino clone. This artist of electronics is not a one hit wonder. He has done more work around the Arduino. For instance, his one-chip clones are real works … Continue reading →

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