This is hilarious and educational, all at the same time! For those who don’t get how pointers work, this clears it up:
Electronics
I noticed I was doing a lot of breadboarding at my desk (as opposed to my worktable in the basement). That was fine, but I always had to have …Read the rest of this post
STMicroelectronics has a new “evaluation board” for its “value line” of STM32 microcontrollers, priced at “under $10″. (Product page) This seems to be a follow-up to its little brother: the …Read the rest of this post
With some very helpful basic electronics advice from NJC (of NJC’s MSP430 LaunchPad Blog), and others on the Four-Three-Oh! forums, I rebuilt my IR sensor with a lower value pull-up …Read the rest of this post
TI’s MSP430 LaunchPad is growing a great community, and along with it, some opportunities. Joe over at http://joesbytes.com/wordpress/ recently sent me a sample of his new LaunchPad Mini Proto Board; …Read the rest of this post
My circuit boards arrived, and they are beautiful! The quality on these boards is outstanding. I will definitely be ordering through DorkbotPDX again. You can see that the cuts are …Read the rest of this post
One of the main reasons I wanted to learn microcontrollers was that I wanted to make my own energy consumption monitor. I live in the US, and I have an …Read the rest of this post
On Saturday, gatesphere posted a code on the Four-Three-Oh! forums for a free TI eZ430-F2013 USB stick style development board (+s/h). Well, since “free” translates roughly to: “You must order …Read the rest of this post
Since starting with the MSP430 LaunchPad, I found out about Texas Instruments’ very liberal sample program. They (TI) will send you samples of up to eight line items at a …Read the rest of this post
My tinkering was featured on Four-Three-oh! I’ve been playing with the MSP430 Launchpad recently, trying to teach myself how to use microcontrollers. The Launchpad is great! USB flash programmer, …Read the rest of this post
