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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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Microchip launches first 32-bit Arduino compatible development platform
4. June 2011 - 11:42 — adminDigilent's chipKIT™ platform is the 32-bit Arduino-compatible kit.
A "Logic Probe - Next Generation"
27. June 2010 - 12:30 — adminAn older article, but a good idea... Logic probe on steroids.
QP: Open-source state machine framework
6. March 2010 - 12:56 — adminQP™ is a family of lightweight, open source, event-driven, state machine frameworks and real-time kernels for embedded microprocessors, MCUs, and DSPs.
Microcontrollers gotchas
5. April 2009 - 14:59 — adminA list of AVR and PIC common pitfalls by Ladyada.
MIDI expander with old ISA-BUS soundcard
15. February 2009 - 16:30 — adminAn interesting article about utilizing an old ISA soundcard as a MIDI expander.
Using SD/MMC cards with Atmel or Microchip
8. January 2009 - 19:36 — adminIt is easy to interface a MMC (MultiMediaCard) with a Microchip PIC or with an AVR via the SPI bus.
Site tip: MCU Space
18. November 2008 - 16:39 — adminAn interesting site about 8bit MCUs by Microchip.
RSS feed for the PicList mailing list
12. October 2008 - 10:41 — adminA short announcement: I've prepared the RSS feed for the PicList.com mailing list. You can find it here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/pic-list. Enjoy.
Sakura - The World’s Simplest Open Source DIY MP3 player!
11. October 2008 - 10:35 — adminFor around $30 in parts and a good amount of patience, you can have a completely open source and hackable mp3 player ready to go. It can be modified to accept serial commands, be embedded in an art project, used as the voice of your next smart talking robo-sidekick, or filled with music and used as is. Put in whatever size card you want, up to the theoretical limit of the MMC format.
