If you are new to chip design, then a starting point should be to learn a Hardware Description Language, such as SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL. My recommendation is to learn Verilog first, it is the far more popular choice for HW designers...
You can get these from a couple different places, but your best bet for variety is gonna be a cigar store. Don't let them charge you more than a couple bucks for any box. I have also found them in thrift stores. Cigar boxes come in various levels of...
I seems the 10.1 inch screen is a bit to much weight for the mount, to fix this I added a shim I fabricated out of plastic sheeting. When this still was not enough I moved on to using high power magnets. Placing one exactly where the mount touches the...
Create a ring base. You might start with a standard jewelry finding (some on Amazon).At this point, the device should work. You only need to make a way to wear it. However, this is a tricky, crafty step. I chose to try many different things, eventually...
Other TweaksAdding a BootsplashShea Silverman's blog has great instructions on how to play a video file during Raspbian's system boot. I created a video using still photos from the Mac OS boot sequence and ffmpeg on my Windows machine.Switch from LXDE...
Populating the ResistorsBegin soldering by stuffing the resistors. Resistors are not polarized in anyway, which means that you can insert them in either direction.Use a resistor color code chart or app to identify the different resistor values and make...
While the CAD files for the case should be good for all types of CD Drive, the electronics are going to have to fit in whatever space is left after removing the bulk of the original CD mechanism. All that's retained is the tray and front portion containing...
tl;dr; flash firmware from https://github.com/arvydas/blinkstick-firmwareI used an ATtiny85 since I have a few dozen of them already on hand since they're so useful to have. You can use any AVR programmer or any chip that supports V-USB but I'd recommend...
Now you can disconnect the USB from the 'DEBUG' port on the microcontroller, and connect it to the 'DEVICE' port, and move the slide switch to the 'DEVICE' position.Once the microcontroller is back online, and the power led is lit, you should see a prompt...
Getting Started! Setup the IDE and establish a link to the ARM Microcontroller. After you get familiar with the powerful ARM microcontroller, you will need to set up your IDE (Integrated Development Environment) where you do the programming and the communications...
laptops typically use 12 volts as an operating voltage but a lithium cell can only provide and average of 3.7 volts meaning that most laptop manufactures arrange 3 batteries in series which creates one battery with a total voltage of 11.1 volts. But...
## HOW TO OPENDon't bother to look in the handlers, there is nothing there, the on/off switches are magnetic (as explained above).So, let's find the electronics board (CVI). Under the battery, there are 4+1 rubbers. The one with a whole in it (h5), does...
Sensor board project page on EasyEDA. When I ordered these boards I ordered 100pcs at a time. They are very versatile in where they can be placed. They were designed to be put inline with individually addressable LED strips. These strips carry 5V power...
The orientation of most of the components can be determined by their footprint. However, there are a few difficult parts. On standard-variant boards, the ZXGD3009 should be oriented so that the barely-visible "3009" reads in the same direction as the...
Slicer settings are pretty important to make the best light pipe you can. Basically, print hot, decently fast, 5-10% over-extruded, and try to keep the extrusion path linear in the direction of the light pipe. This boils down to: Quality0.4mm Nozzle0.2mm...