I have a new post on Hackaday: Adapting An Old Rotary Dial For Digital Applications.
Category Archives: Learning
Build A 400 MHz Logic Analyzer For $35
I have a new post on Hackaday: Build A 400 MHz Logic Analyzer For $35.
400MHz Logic Analyzer
@nanofix makes his own 400MHz Logic Analyzer. Nice one!
Debugging USB Firmware
An old article from Jan Axelson about Debugging USB Firmware. I’ve been reading her books.
Shouting in the Datacenter
The effects of vibration from shouting at a hard drive.
Simulation And Motion Planning For 6DOF Robotic Arm
I have a new post on Hackaday: Simulation And Motion Planning For 6DOF Robotic Arm.
LibreOffice Calc: Data -> Calculate -> Recalculate Hard (Ctrl+Shift+F9)
This is a note for Future John. In LibreOffice Calc you can run Data -> Calculate -> Recalculate Hard to force a recalculation of your worksheet. I needed to do this so that changes to my macros got picked up. The shortcut key is Ctrl+Shift+F9. There is also F9 but I can’t use that shortcut key because I have it bound to something else.
Can We Replace A Program Counter With A Linear-Feedback Shift Register? Yes We Can!
I have a new post on Hackaday: Can We Replace A Program Counter With A Linear-Feedback Shift Register? Yes We Can!
Life Changing Tips for Wicking Solder
Here’s a great video from nanofix about how to use solder wick: Life Changing Tips for Wicking Solder. He mentions a bunch of products some of which I am planning to get!
Excel and VBA reading
I’m doing some Excel VBA work for $dayjob and got a few books to brush up on the tech involved: