Mysterious pads identified
I hate seeing things like this on boards: Its obviously got pads for DIP switches of some sort, but its mysteriously unpopulated! Luckily, searching for "Innolux" and "CPT" reveals they're competing L…
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BT eFrame 1000
Just received my BT eframe 1000 this afternoon; set it up in the office to play with a bit :) Anyway, first order of work when I got home was to open the thing and have a look. This guy has already do…
Style update
Finally got round to updating the style on my journal; I think it looks much cleaner now. I also enabled non-LJ-user comments etc. More documentation added to pypickit, including some nice diagrams: I…
pypickit
I've just created a project on google code so my python pickit code is in a public place for others to use. Currently it supports the Microchip PicKit2 ICD device, and has libraries for talking to Cam…
Bzzzz XBees arrived
First order of work is to interface onto the BT module for reprogramming purposes. Its an SPI device, and you're meant to use an expensive development kit to program it. However, I don't see why that…
XBee wireless point to point link project ideas...
After recovering earlier today, I've been reading up on these XBee RF Modules. Effectively you can hook two of them up and get a point to point wireless serial link between them at a fairly reasonable…
Gilbert U238 Atomic Energy Lab Kit (1950s)
Now, this sounds both cool and scary: it comes with four types of Uranium ore, a Geiger counter, and a booklet on "prospecting for Uranium". There's Uranium in them thar hills! Just noticed the text o…
Geektalk
My friend Colin was round last night for a tech session... among other things, we looked at my Python PicKit source, and between us, we finally figured out how the hell JTAG works from the hardware in…
Motherboard SPI bios recovery
I've recently upgraded my media box PC to a new funky shiny one. During the course of this, I upgraded the BIOS on the new motherboard, and it decided to fail halfway through. Result: Brick!! However,…
Granton harbour
Near the end of the pier Originally uploaded by adq\uk I decided to go for a walk to Granton Harbour today, as it seemed to be quite sunny. However, as I got further along this pier, the wind got stro…