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Category Archives: Design
Microcontroller display
Here’s an interesting video about integrating a display with your microcontroller: The BASICS of Adding a Display to Your Arduino, ESP32, STM32, or other MCU Project. The graphics library he recommends is LVGL.
Running Linux in PDF
Arduino Keyboard library not working on Debian KDE
Man, I just spent quite a bit of time diagnosing this particular issue.
The problem was that my Symbol Keyboard stopped working. This is a USB keyboard I made from an Arduino Leonardo. The touch screen was working okay, but the keypresses weren’t being delivered over USB.
Long story short, the 7-port USB 3.0 hub attached to my workstation needed rebooting! I disconnected the power supply and disconnected the upstream USB cable to remove both sources of power, then when I reconnected everything my stuff started working again, including my symbol keyboard.
Lesson learned: if you’re debugging a USB device failure try plugging the device directly into the host to avoid any potential issues caused by your hub(s).
It was lucky I had a spare 104-key USB keyboard in the cupboard because I needed one while diagnosing this issue (the Windows box I was using only has a tenkeyless 87-key keyboard plugged into it but the Windows alt-key codes require use of the number pad).
The latest incarnation of my symbol keyboard looks like this:
Concluding Maxitronix 20in1 | Maxitronix 20in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay
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In this video we conclude our Maxitronix 20in1.
The videos we made for this feature of the show:
- Introducing Maxitronix 20in1
- Brightness Alarm | Project 1/20
- Darkness Alarm | Project 2/20
- Electronic Candles | Project 3/20
- Light Alarm With Latch | Project 4/20
- Light-Controlled Organ | Project 5/20
- Photometer | Project 6/20
- Shot In The Dark I | Project 7/20
- Shot In The Dark II | Project 8/20
- Visitor Alarm | Project 9/20
- Speech Conductor | Project 10/20
- Burglar Alarm | Project 11/20
- Magnetism Detector | Project 12/20
- Ferromagnetic Substance Detector | Project 13/20
- Non-Touch Switch | Project 14/20
- Glass Organ | Project 15/20
- High-Water Indicator | Project 16/20
- Low-Water Indicator | Project 17/20
- Rain Detector | Project 18/20
- Touch Buzzer | Project 19/20
- Weather Indicator | Project 20/20
- Concluding Maxitronix 20in1
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CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI
This turned up in my feed today: CSS library based on Counter Strike 1.6 UI. I was particularly interested in how they implemented the tab panels.
Mail Call #20: GreatFET One, Cynthion, Mesh Holder, USB Cable, Calculus, KVM and More! | In The Lab
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In this video we take a look at what has arrived in the mail from AliExpress, eBay, and Amazon.
- Hannord USB3.2 10Gbps Cable USB A to Type-C 3.2 Data Transfer USB C SSD Hard Disk Cable 3A 60W Quick Charge 3.0 Charge Cable
- Advanced Calculus (as mentioned by my mate Learning as a hobby, see also Nicolas Bourbaki)
- KVM Switch 8 Ports, HDMI 2.0 KVM Switcher and USB 2.0 Hub Support 4K@30Hz for 8 PC Share Keyboard, Mouse and Monitor Compatible with Windows/Linux/Mac System etc
- Great Scott Gadgets GreatFET One Bundle – Hi-Speed USB Peripheral, Logic Analyzer, Debugger and Development Board. Open Hardware. Includes GreatFET One, Wiggler, Cable & 120 Prototyping Wires
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In this video I mention my mate @learningasahobby790 who makes interesting videos about mathematics and philosophy, check him out.
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Touch Buzzer | Project 19/20 | Maxitronix 20in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay
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In this video we do the 19th project from the Maxitronix Sensor Robot 20 (20in1) Electronics Project Lab Kit: Touch Buzzer.
This circuit uses a Darlington pair to amplify the very weak signal from the touch sensor.
We use the Rigol MSO5074 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope to look at the square wave from the astable multivibrator.
We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to examine the thermal characteristics of the circuit, particularly the 1K resistors getting warm.
We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply to provide 9V for our circuit and also to measure the current drawn by the circuit in its inactive (11mA) and active (12mA) states.
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Rain Detector | Project 18/20 | Maxitronix 20in1 | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay
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In this video we do the 18th project from the Maxitronix Sensor Robot 20 (20in1) Electronics Project Lab Kit: Rain Detector.
We use the Rigol MSO5074 Mixed Signal Oscilloscope to see the 1.6 kHz square wave from our astable multivibrator.
We use the UNI-T UTi260B Thermal Imager to watch the thermal effects of the circuit. We see both the 1K resistors in the astable multivibrator get warm, but only the activated side of the bistable multivibrator gets warm.
We use the Fluke 17B+ Digital Multimeter to buzz out the circuit looking for mistakes.
We use the Riden RD6006 Bench Power Supply to provide 9V for our circuit. I make a mistake and connect it the wrong way around to begin with!
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JTAG ‘Hacking’ the Original Xbox in 2023
This turned up on hacker news today: JTAG ‘Hacking’ the Original Xbox in 2023 – Using Intel CPU JTAG to dump the secret bootrom in Microsoft’s original Xbox. There’s some info being collected on github: github.com/Necrosys/x86-JTAG-Information.