INSTALLING MINT ON A RELUCTANT TOSHIBA SATELLITE LAPTOPDownloaded the latest Linux Mint 16 with Mate image via torrent from linuxmint.org. Burned to DVD and used it to boot the Toshiba. All seemed to be going well untill the boot finished and I tried...
1) Come up with a simple good idea.2) Add good ideas to it.3) Try to implement it.4) When it fails, start to strip down the design to try to get it to work.5) Strip it down more6) More...7) Rejoyce when something simple works8) Add a few simple things...
Go to your local Big Box hardware store (Home Depot, Lowes, Menards, Ace, …). Find a nice employee in the lumber section and ask for "Four cheap two-by-fours, and someone to cut them for you". Getting the boards cut in store saves you time,...
Have them cut the boards for you to these specs:Board #1 and 2: 20.75", then 20.75", then the remainder should be cut in half (will be 27.25" each, minus whatever is converted to sawdust)Board #3 and 4: Just saw these in half: 48" long.This will give...
CLEAN UP YOUR WORKSPACEGather your componentsWe will start with the "multivibrator" or "Oscillator" circuit. It supplies an A.C. Waveform to the "T1" transformer. you can make a PCB or just solder the legs togetherIt's not a very complex circuit.First...
Component sources:Most items are commonly available, with the possible exceptions being the 63C09EP (be sure to get an 'E' type with external clock) and the Z8536 CIO. I obtained the CPU via eBay. The CIO might be a bit harder to find. It's not critical,...
Build the hardware:- Make/order the DSI Shield PCB.- Solder it!- Check the BOM, as not all components should be mounted.- Make/order/design an adapter board for your screen.- Connect the two boards together with the LCD. Power the system through USB.-...
Clone the repository:git clone https://github.com/twlostow/dsi-shieldInstall an LM32 toolchain. You may find one on Lattice website. There's a pre-built version for Linux (IA32) available here.Download and install Xilinx ISE 14.7 Webpack from Xilinx...
Build the software:- edit software/rev1/panels.h and set the panel type you wish to use.$ cd software $ makeThis will produce the boot.ram file that the synthesizer will embed in the FPGA bitstream. The file contains both the panel initialization/HDMI...
Keeping the screen tensioned is what keeps it flat. I provided the needed tension almost all in the vertical axis with weight. Take a scrap of your screen fabric, and test how hot you can get an iron on it, before it melts. Three layers, and two are...
The light block fabric is actually three layers. White on both sides, with black plastic in between, but you are still painting fabric so you may have to experiment to get it right. Lay your light block fabric out on some hard clean surface. Don't step...