This is fun. Here’s an old photo from when I just started my electronics lab at the old house. You can see that shit kinda got out of hand…
Humble beginnings
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Category Archives: Electronics
ATTINY85
Searching for ATTINY85 over on AliExpress and sorting by popularity renders some interesting results.
Raspberry Pi Pico
The Raspberry Pi Pico looks interesting. Gonna get myself some for playing with.
Zebra Classic Case for Arduino Nano
There are cases for the Nano, but they’re not cheap: Zebra Classic Case for Arduino Nano.
Arduino OLED display
So I followed these instructions to get my OLED display working on an Arduino Nano. I have a 0.96″ 128×64 I2C OLED display:
4 Digit 7 Seven Segment display
I’m planning to get a bunch of these: 0.56 Inch 7 Seven Segment 4 Digits Red Clock LED Display Common cathode Time 12 Pins. Then I need to figure out how to drive them from an Arduino Nano…
// 2022-09-24 jj5 – actually, these might be better: 0.91 inch OLED Module White/Blue OLED 128X32 OLED LCD LED Display Module 0.91″ IIC Communicate For Arduino ROHS Certification.
SparkFun Tiny AVR Programmer PGM-11801
I have one of these: SparkFun Tiny AVR Programmer PGM-11801. I was thinking of getting another one or two for backup, but there’s probably no need at the moment.
Also I figured out how to put a programmer on my Pluggable ATTINY Development Board For ATtiny13A/ATtiny25/ATtiny45/ATtiny85 Programming Editor Micro Usb Power Connector (see that link for details).
Full Feature THETA Robot for BBC micro:bit
On my wishlist: Full Feature THETA Robot for BBC micro:bit.
Atlas DCA Semiconductor Analyser
Here are two options for semiconductor analysis:
Also available in kit format: ATPK3 – Atlas Pro Pack – LCR45 + DCA75 + Case with the LCR45 – LCR Impedance Meter.
Jaycar Maker Hub
This isn’t super high quality content, and is basically just advertising, but what the hell. I’m not sure how regularly they get new content, but today on Maker Hub: