An ESP Makes A Bicycle Odometer
If you’d like to measure the speed of your cycling then it’s easy enough to buy a cycle computer, but as [Clovis Fritzen] has done it’s also an option to …read more Continue reading An ESP Makes A Bicycle Odometer
Category Archives: Microcontrollers
You Can Program AVRs From The Commodore 64
These days, most of our microcontroller boards come with bootloaders so you can squirt hex into them straight over USB. However, you don’t need to do things this way. If you’re …read more Continue reading You Can Program AVRs From The Commodore 64
You Can Program AVRs From The Commodore 64
These days, most of our microcontroller boards come with bootloaders so you can squirt hex into them straight over USB. However, you don’t need to do things this way. If you’re …read more Continue reading You Can Program AVRs From The Commodore 64
Modern In-Circuit Emulator for the 6809
The Motorola 6809, released in 1978, was the follow-up to their 6800 from four years earlier. It’s a powerful little chip with many 16-bit features, although it’s an 8-bit micro …read more Continue reading Modern In-Circuit Emulator for the 6809
Single-Stepping the 6502 Processor
Although marketing folk and laypeople may credit [Steve Jobs] as the man behind the success of Apple, those in the tech world know the real truth that without [Steve Wozniak] …read more Continue reading Single-Stepping the 6502 Processor
Building an IR Thermometer That Fits on Your Keychain
Non-contact infrared (IR) thermometers used to be something of an exotic tool, but thanks at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re now the sort of thing you …read more Continue reading Building an IR Thermometer That Fits on Your Keychain
Toyota Heater Switches Learn New Tricks
The look, the feel, the sound — there are few things more satisfying in this world than a nice switch. If you’re putting together a device that you plan on …read more Continue reading Toyota Heater Switches Learn New Tricks
USB PD On CH32V003 Teaches You Everything
How do you talk USB Power Delivery (PD)? Grab a PHY? Use a MCU with one built-in? Well, if you’re hardcore enough, you can do it with just a few …read more Continue reading USB PD On CH32V003 Teaches You Everything
SIMD-Accelerated Computer Vision on the ESP32-S3
One of the fun parts of the ESP32-S3 microcontroller is that it got upgraded to the newer Cadence Xtensa LX7 processor core, which turns out to have a range of …read more Continue reading SIMD-Accelerated Computer Vision on the ESP32-S3
Try Out MCUs With This Jumperable TSSOP20 Adapter
There are so many new cool MCUs coming out, and you want to play with all of them, but, initially, they tend to be accessible as bare chips. Devboards might …read more Continue reading Try Out MCUs With This Jumperable TSSOP20 Adapter