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Posted April 10, 2014 by Chris

Now for some real fun, we’ll take a look at how to convert from Analog to Digital in our new course: An Introduction To Microcontrollers. Here’s an overview of the lesson:

"In order to interface to the analog world, microcontrollers often have an internal analog-to-digital converter. In this lesson, we will test the converter to understand how it works."

Posted April 8, 2014 by Chris

"…I decided that I would create electronic fireflies as one of my gifts for family. I also decided that I would try to create these on their own dedicated PCBs and housings."

Posted April 7, 2014 by Chris

"This is a simple walk through on attempting to build a quick ‘inverse-panorama’ camera jig for time lapse photography."

Posted April 6, 2014 by Chris

" I started generating concepts for a small robot late in 2007. Once I had finally settled on what I was going to build, work started on my robot in the summer of 2007. This page is devoted to the robot I ended up creating. Since then, it has undergone several revisions, reflecting my increasing knowledge and skills from my coursework."

Posted April 5, 2014 by Chris

"As I started to get into multi-rotor aircraft, I came across the KKMulticopter platform as a good way to build inexpensive practice aircraft. As I looked at the design, I realized that it would be pretty easy to adapt it to a two-prop tilt-rotor design, but before I could begin coding the software for it, they released a firmware for just that! When I saw this video, I knew I was going to have to build one… and that I would use it for evil."

Posted April 4, 2014 by Chris

"The Real Dropbox is a interactive scanning device directly connected to the users dropbox account. Initially the concept suggested further functionality such as implementing the ability to make phone calls using a skype account and a earphone. The goal was to produce something out of an idea, that could indeed be useful to someone. Even if it was only ourselves."

Posted April 3, 2014 by Chris

This week we’ll be looking further into microcontrollers with some Timers and Timing in our new course: An Introduction To Microcontrollers. Here’s an overview of the lesson:

"All processors use a master clock frequency to execute instructions and microcontrollers are no different. In this lesson, we will explore the relation between processor speed, instruction timing, and internal timer modules."

Posted April 2, 2014 by Chris

"Our project was to create a new type of controller for a remote controlled helicopter. This new controller is in the shape of a hand paddle that a user can move around to control the movements of the helicopter."

Posted April 1, 2014 by Chris

"This project seeks to develop an additional form of authentication for vehicle security, specifically in the form of a tapped password. The goal of this project is to implement this form of authentication and determine the level of possible security while maintaining enough flexibility to allow human variation in password inputs."

Posted March 31, 2014 by Chris

"When I learned about Elco Jacobs’ amazing ShiftPWM Arduino Library, I knew all I needed was a little general purpose driver board to light all that LEDs up. the library basically uses shift registers and a high frequency serial signal in order to PWM control a lot of LEDs on just three Arduino pins. handy enough, I was introduced into etching PCBs at the same time, so there it was, my first etching project."