This is my second installment on using PLX-DAQ as an easy method of sending data from an Arduino or any AVR related MCU to Excel. Here I will be showing you how to process the data into a graphical chart for plotting it’s values…the easy way
Long ago, in a land called Kettering, OH, my 14-year-old self got bored, restless and discontent, but this was no ordinary case of adolescent ennui. I was jealous, longing, consumed by the desire to do one thing above all else. It was a crazy...
I've led an incredible life, one too incredible to keep telling, so I'm putting it all here in brief. Buried among the rest of my stuff it will tell my story until I'm ready to write my book. One day I will, but until then. Born Jan 1967, same year as...
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Originally published in 2017. PDP-1 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory As you might have gathered from my projects, I am a bit of computer and electronics history buff. I’m old enough to actually remember using an 8-bit Heathkit H-89 computer...
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The BPI-Pico-S3 is an ESP32S3 development board that has been fully adapted to CircuitPython, and the TinyUF2 + CircuitPython firmware is installed by default. No need to install any drivers in Windows 10, Windows 11, Ubuntu Desktop, or Mac OS operating...
Are you the type of person who likes listening to good ol' radio like I do? Unfortunately, medium-wave broadcasting has decayed in the last few decades. There's nothing in many areas, even at night when medium wavelengths work best. That’s why the radios...
My daughter loves reading, and I appreciate her hobby as it helps her collect information. To honor her hobby, I will give her a customized bookmark that I made. It will be a symbol of love and appreciation for taking her hobby so seriously...
The ideaI’m David, and my goal with this repository/article is to demystify Sockets by try to explain them in the simplest possible way.In these examples, I’m going to use NodeJS and Particle (any version will do) to show how hardware can talk with NodeJS,...
Table of Contents 1. Hardware2. The serial console 1 Hardware The Netgear ReadyNAS 3138 is a 1U rack-mounted NAS server with 4 3.5'' SATA drive slots. I have recently purchased such a device in order to use it as a small home fileserver and decided to...
Dyson V6 Setup and Running System Dyson handheld vacuum cleaners utilize high RPM brushless DC motors. Specifications indicate that some models can reach as high as 125000 RPM. I’ve disassembled DC56(V2), V6, and V10 models. Each has a brushless single-phase...
The battery in my Lenovo laptop were slowly losing charge. Remaining capacity was 69% (good score after 2,5 years) but I need the really long battery time while travelling. The battery statistics according to Lenovo power utility:So, I bought some...
South by Southwest 2014 is approaching, bringing along the usual tech-startup-launch frenzy, streets filled with party buses and endless hordes of geeks drinking themselves into oblivion. Although Interactive traditionally draws from software crowds...