December 2010
7 posts
Review - mbed LPC1768 Development Board
Hello readers Today we will examine the mbed NXP LPC1768 development board. The goal of the mbed system is to “provide(s) a platform for microcontroller hardware, tools, libraries and resources designed to enable rapid prototyping with microcontrollers.” (http://mbed.org/handbook/About). Personally I also see this as a good option for a “next step” for those who have outgrown their Arduino –...
Tutorial: Arduino and the DS touch screen
This is chapter twenty-three of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – A tutorial on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here. Please note from November 1, 2010 files from tutorials will be found here. Welcome back fellow arduidans! Today we are going to spend some time with a touch screen very...
Tutorial: Arduino and the DS touch screen
This is chapter twenty-three of a series originally titled “Getting Started/Moving Forward with Arduino!” by John Boxall – A tutorial on the Arduino universe. The first chapter is here, the complete series is detailed here. Please note from November 1, 2010 files from tutorials will be found here. Welcome back fellow arduidans! Today we are going to spend some time with a touch screen very...
Kit review - Sparkfun Function Generator
Hello readers Time for another kit review (anything to take the heat off from the kid-e-log!). Today we will examine the Sparkfun Function Generator kit. This is based from an original design by Nuxie and has now been given a nice thick red PCB and layout redesign. Although quite a bare-bones kit, it can provide us with the following functions: sine waves triangle waves a 5V square wave...
Project - The "Kid-e-log"
Hello readers Recently I was listening to a friend who has three teenage children, of whom needed to arrive home before their parent. Unfortunately the parent needs to work all day and arrives home in the evening, and they lamented not being able to check when the children had arrived home. After a few hours it occurred to me that a simple time clock would solve her problem - each child could...
Project - The "Kid-e-log"
Hello readers Recently I was listening to a friend who has three teenage children, of whom needed to arrive home before their parent. Unfortunately the parent needs to work all day and arrives home in the evening, and they lamented not being able to check when the children had arrived home. After a few hours it occurred to me that a simple time clock would solve her problem - each child could...