XMOS Dev Kit Arrives and Contest Information
Just received an XMOS XK-1 Development Kit in the mail as part of a Design Challenge hosted via Trossen Robotics. XMOS has in interesting architecture, something new to explore. I am especially...
View ArticleKiCAD for Schematics and PCB Layout
It’s been a while since I’ve done my last hobby PCB project, the SBBPWR module. SBBPWR stands for Solderless Bread Board Power Supply. I did this design and several other BB adaptors using KiCAD....
View ArticleInexpensive Stepper Kit
Initial review of a inexpensive, too good to be true, stepper motor with driver kit from BangGood. While browsing around at Amazon I came across some amazing deals on items related to the Arduino. This...
View ArticleCypress PSOC4 kit for $4!
You can really get a lot for $4. I just received a PSoC 4 CY8CKIT-049 4xxx Prototyping Kit. What is a Cypress PSOC? (from their site) PSoC® 4 is Cypress’s newest ARM-based PSoC, featuring the low-power...
View ArticleUDOO Up and Running
Just fired up a UDoo to play with in the lab. A UDoo is a combination of a Raspberry Pi and an Arduino. But4 X the speed of a Pi and the Arduino is really an Arduino Mega built into the same board....
View ArticleMy Favorite Arduino, the Nano
The Arduino Nano is my favorite version of the Arduino. Pictured here in my breadboard next to a custom made FTDI adapter, more on that later. The Modern Device Educato might be a close second but I...
View ArticleDigital Oscilloscope Kit from China
We recently built the Digital O-Scope kit from BangGood in China. It is based on the STM32F ARM processor and includes a nice color LCD. It’s single channel and not very fast but plenty fast enough to...
View ArticleChina Goodies – Gearbest.com – Arduino Bits
A review for some Arduino related items we recently received from Gearbest.com. A cheap Arduino Mega compatible board, LCD/Keyboard shied, Acrylic mounting plate for Arduino and a simple cable. Each...
View ArticlePCB Supplier Review–PCBCart
We had a PCB made for the ESP01 Neopixel adapter project featured in a prior post. In that project we used an ESP826 to create a web site monitor. In this post we do a review of the board supplier,...
View Article$14 GM328A Component Tester + 3D Printed Enclosure
GM328A_2I purchased a “GM328A Transistor Tester Graphic Wave Signal LCRRLCPWMESR Meter Inductance” from Banggood. It came as an assembled unit and tested out very well on my bench. Unfortunately, it...
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