If you’re planning to do some hacking with CPLD or FPGA chips you’ll need a way to program them. JTAG is one of the options and here’s a cheap method that uses the serial port (trans… more →
Hack a Daywrote 6 days ago: We planned to have an on-board and continuous feedback from the robot and decided to use char based … more →
wrote 1 week ago: We’ve been learning about resistors the last few days. What fun and exciting things can we do … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Battery vs. LogoChip powered motor We first looked at how a Lego motor spins when connected to the b … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Light sensors are interesting and useful sensors, especially in robotics. “Line follower … more →
wrote 1 year ago: If you’re planning to do some hacking with CPLD or FPGA chips you’ll need a way to progr … more →
wrote 1 year ago: The latest offering in glove-based noisemakers forsakes commonly used flex sensors in favor or photo … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Little Bird Electronics posted an article about using an analog voltage reference with Arduino. This … more →
wrote 1 year ago: If you don’t mind getting your fingers a little dirty you can replace your mouse with a piece … more →
wrote 1 year ago: A few days ago, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. introduced the new VFCD1505 surface mounted backbonded … more →
wrote 1 year ago: [Ken] needed to supply 3.3 volts of regulated power. He started by using a linear voltage regulator … more →
wrote 1 year ago: [Ladyada] has been hard at work reverse engineering the charging method used by Apple products. This … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Hello everyone Today we are going to continue exploring alternating current, with regards to how res … more →
wrote 1 year ago: Hello readers (and those from Portland State University) Today we continue with the series of articl … more →
wrote 2 years ago: [Kevin Fodor] shares his method of reading multiple inputs on one pin of a microcontroller. The anal … more →
wrote 2 years ago: [update - 31st May 2010 - new, improved article about resistors is here, please read after this post … more →
wrote 3 years ago: Okay, so back to the classroom, while it’s fresh on your mind. Yesterday we talked about Kirch … more →