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Because I have not tested all electronic circuits mentioned on this pages, I cannot attest to their accuracy; therefore, I do not provide a warranty of any kind and cannot be held responsible in any manner.
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Kindle E-books for electrohobbyists
30. January 2011 - 11:31 — adminWant some e-books for microelectronic hobbyists? Look at my list of books about Arduino, Processing, ARM and other. I will add new titles as they come on, so stay tuned.
Best viewed with Amazon Kindle e-book reader (buy your own) or with Apple iPad (buy here).
MSP430 Launchpad - the cheapest way to MSP430 family
21. February 2011 - 12:10 — adminThe TI's MSP430 family provides very cheap 16bit uCs with low power consumption.
2010 Link Flush
26. December 2010 - 7:58 — adminMany links flushed at once, or "what I forgot in 2010"...
EtherCard - cheap Ethernet module with ENC28J60
8. August 2010 - 14:20 — adminThe Ether Card is a basic Ethernet interface for use with the JeeLabs' Carrier Board, but you can use it in your own design (or breadboard...)
DIY USB Sound card, vol. II
6. January 2010 - 2:28 — adminAnother attempt to make an USB sound card based on TI's PCM2704 chip by Miroslav Batek.
Open source hardware 2009
12. December 2009 - 15:36 — adminI definitely can't omit this: Make's Guide to Open Source Hardware Projects of 2009. Enjoy!
Do you want to have your very own MCU?
17. November 2009 - 18:33 — adminMy dream, past in the 80's, was to design and make my own microprocessor. This isn't such impossible as it sounds nowadays, thanks to modern FPGAs.
FPGA Interfacing of LCD module
21. October 2009 - 21:01 — adminThis project is about interfacing a typical HD44780 Text LCD to an FPGA using delay elements with a Finite State Machine (FSM).
OWFS - One-wire File System
25. September 2009 - 19:26 — adminOWFS is an easy way to use the powerful 1-wire system of Dallas/Maxim under Linux.
USB Logic Analyzer
13. September 2009 - 14:54 — adminLogic analyzer based on Altera FPGA with USB interface.