On the one hand, I feel lucky to have been born where and when I was, which was in Sheffield, Yorkshire (God's own county), England, in 1957. Due to my good fortune, I got to see the 1960s firsthand, albeit through the eyes of a young lad. I also got...
Here's the latest version using the inductor boost topology, along with the matching programmer board. With a barebones program loaded, this particular unit should glow for almost seven years on a CR2032 (consuming 3.6 uA) - it runs for seven seconds...
It shouldn't surprise anyone that a DCC recorder is significantly more complicated than a regular cassette deck. This article gives an overview of the general architecture of a DCC recorder, and the DCC-175 in particular. ---------- more ---------- The...
The other day, I wanted to do some work on this project again after it had been put away for a while. But to my surprise and disappointment, the DCC-175 that I was using for the project before, had completely stopped working. Normally when you push the...
Prototype delays due to electronic components shortagesAs already stated a few times, we are still victims of the electronics industry supply-chain difficulties. Back in July, we informed you that “98% of more than 2000 components are now secured...
My Inspiration When I was designing Think-a-Tron 2020, my plan A was to use an ESP32-CAM to read QR codes off the back of some business cards. I did have a backup plan though. I ordered a GM67 Bar Code Reader Module from AliExpress just in...
(Original post date: 24/01/16)In my last log I talked about the implementation of the electronics needed for adding a MIDI interface to my vintage toy synthesiser. As a suitable follow-on, within this post I thought I'd talk in-depth about MIDI message...
Introduction In this project, I will show an easy way to get started with TinyML: implementing a Machine Learning model on an Arduino board while creating something cool: a gesture recognition system based on an accelerometer. To make the experiment...
Dan Maloney11:56 AMHi all - we'll get started in just a minute. Quite a turnout so far.. andy.duli joined the room.11:57 AM limor11:57 AMyayyyy!@ limor11:57 AM/me does a jig JustTheDazz11:57 AMHi Everyone! Cesos11:58 AMHello world! juli11:58 AMHi...
Will S Merkens12:36 PMI have stuff stored on 8mm tape and it's still readable Nick Tonn12:36 PMWell, i still disagree about the theory that drives are made specific for MFM and fail at GCR. PixelDud12:36 PM@deʃhipu My guess, SSDs. Tom Nardi12:36 PM@deʃhipu...
How the Original Think-a-Tron Works Before you can begin to understand how Think-a-Tron works, you need to see one actually running. This video does a great job of explaining how to operate a Think-a-Tron. Having seen a Think-a-Tron in action, would...
Monday, 21/08/2023, 08:09. -------------------------------------------------------- Edit¹: Well, this is me from the future, if I remember correctly, almost all of this project log is useless. But hey, I found this video here: It is about catalytic...
IntroductionThe intention is to introduce PIC32 into ece4760 in the Fall 2015 semester. This is a start at understanding how the chip works. The general way to learn this processor is to look at examples which come with the MPLAB distrubution, Use the...
Matteo Borri12:02 PMThe first thing I'd like to do is give an update on the existing Mars rovers (with which I don't have anything to do, sadly for me). Curiosity is doing relatively well, in that they're switching from her B computer back to her A computer...
Hi everyone, welcome to Hack Chat. I'm Dan, I'll be moderating today for Adam Zeloof as we talk all about mechanical engineering. Is @Adam Zeloof logged in yet? Adam Zeloof12:01 PMI'm here! There we go. Hi Adam, welcome to the chat. And welcome to the...