The design models have been 3D printed and assembled. We made two devices, only the outer casings are different in the two models. One is printed on a SLS 3d printer (Nylon PA-12) and another one with an FDM 3D printer (PLA Black).Both the models are...
Now that we can read SD cards and have an I/O interface in place from the Z80 to do I/O mapped access to the SD card it's time to hook the two pieces together. To do this we will need to look closer at how Grant's code request blocks. The loader...
More structured details to come. Some quick notes:Copy the original Arduino .ino file to Platform.io IDE on Atom may cause build issues. Create a new .ino file using PIO IDE and then copy/paste source code from Arduino .ino file to new .ino file. The...
It was dumb to use a DC motor for this project. I should have just ponied up the resources for a high speed stepper. My plan was to attach a rotary encoder to the DC motor to accurately measure the number of rotations. This is not easy....First, I tried...
This log includes major upgrades included in the current system.Till now we had been using an older OS incompatible with RPi 3 since the display could have only worked with that image. Additionally it caused the trouble where the onboard or external...
For some reason the 47 pF value for the caps is sitting in my mind. Either after 'calibration' the LC meter is so far off that it read both my TI-89's and my V200's caps 51 pf, both ~8% high, or both of them are within their 10% tolerance and reading...
Tonight I gathered some reference/research material for this project. Fortunately, several others have done some really great work with this module, so here's credit to them: LTC3780 DatasheetBeyond Logic blog postTemplaro blog postGreat Scott videoJulien...
Here's the evolution of Kubelik based on my investigations into why Kubelik lost out in dynamics in comparison with Deca DAC.The filter now uses two inductors per channel, beyond the filter there's now passive I/V with a unity gain buffer following....
Putting everything together also requires checking everything separately first. So I did with the MiCS-VZ-89T sensor, and here is the story, also presented on my blog: MiCS-VZ-89 Air Quality SensorA low power sensor that can measure at the same time...
Digging into SD card writes means shifting gears from the Boot BIOS source code since the Boot BIOS code only does reads. The CP/M BIOS code (CBIOS128.LST) which does the reads/writes after booting. Here's the BIOS code for writes to the SD Card: 0754...
Long ago when I started prototyping ideas, I was using a $89 FPGA Board (Avnet LX9 board). The ChipWhisperer system has always supported this board, but it's not as well documented as my newer, fancier hardware. I wanted to make a log post to demonstrate...
Indeed, immediately after running the Windows software in a VM with the device connected I was getting a live data log of the CO₂ concentration! This screenshot shows me breathing into the vicinity of the sensor:Ok, time to disconnect the device from...
I'd like to avoid frequently replacing batteries or running power wires to the boxes if at all possible, as such, I'm either wanting to have ultra-low power components and 'smarter' operational times (eg only show LED's when someones in the room) or...
An article recently published on MOONGIFT, a Japanese developer site, has showcased RasDash! The article is entirely in Japanese and Google Translate won't accept the URL as it has special characters but YANDEX does. Below are some links and a basic...