Guitar Amplifier project from Electronics 101 Book
When we were writing the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Electronics 101 we were rushing a bit and I wanted to go back and finish this project and make it look nicer.
Thing Speak Demo
BroadCam Video Streaming Server Live 1 Video Streamed by the BroadCam Streaming Video Server by NCH Software.
Book Review
Essential Windows Phone 7.5: Application Development with Silverlight By Shawn Wildermuth I came to this book after dabbling with Windows Phone development. I have done some casual coding and the approach in this book was perfect to take my basic knowledge acquired through experimentation and fill in the blanks on the what, why, how of serious App development using Silverlight. The author, who runs his own training company and is widely published, takes you through the programming environment pointing out the importance of knowing how consumers interact with Windows Phone and how to avoid pitfalls that can derail your project.
.NET Gadgeteer Arcade Part 1.5
OK so I could not wait until I got home to put the arcade cabinet together it is being held together with rubber bands but here it is.
.NET Gadgeteer Arcade Part 1
When the Gadgeteer was first announced there where several cool demo projects and the one that caught my eye was this mini arcade cabinet. This seemed like a great opportunity to try out Ponoko, they will work with you to make things that a few years ago would have required resources that are available to only the biggest manufactures with in house prototyping systems. On this first attempt at truly creating something this project also provided all the files needed and as I have never made a CAD file this gave me a good start. After downloading the drawing file
Choosing a Microcontroller revisited
One of my early posts was about chossing a Microcontroller and after using sevral diffrent ones for a bit longer I thought I should go back and explain in a bit more detail what I have learned and hopefully help others make a more informed choice. I am going to focus on I think are best suited to beginners or folks new to this who do not want to spend a lot of money to get started. All of these can be purchased for less than $50 Arduino based This is an Arduino microcontroller it has 14 digital I/O
Book Review: Sams Teach Yourself Windows® Phone 7 Game Programming in 24 Hours
Book Review: Sams Teach Yourself Windows® Phone 7 Game Programming in 24 Hours By Jonathan Harbour This book delivers what is promised in the title, after you’ve gone through the book you will feel confident enough to program in the Windows Phone 7 environment. The author is clear and encouraging, providing sample code and art but gives you the tools needed to take the next step and create your own. I had followed other tutorials about app development and each glossed over the creation of images; this pointed me in the right direction to make my own. As this is
.NET Gadgeteer fun with LEDs
Daisy chained to Multicolored Leds using this code TimeSpan ts = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 1); TimeSpan ts2 = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 5); led1.BlinkRepeatedly(Gadgeteer.Color.Orange, ts2, Gadgeteer.Color.Green, ts); led.BlinkRepeatedly(Gadgeteer.Color.Orange, ts2, Gadgeteer.Color.Green, ts); after a few cycles the LED’s no longed blink together. I need to look in to why this is.
.NET Gadgeteer
About a week ago I received the new .NET Gadgeteer from GHI Electronics. This is a modular based system that instead of using shields like the Arduio based controllers there are also major improvements in writing code for this system. After creating a new project you can drag and drop the different modules on to a design surface and the are many to chose from and the list is growing and now includes a 3.5 inch touch screen display a camera RGB LED’s buttons Ethernet a SD card reader USB host and a joystick and soon there will be an Accelerometer Bluetooth WiFi GPS and many more.
Interview on EE Web
This was great fun and an honor http://www.eeweb.com/spotlight/interview-with-sean-westcott Photo credit Megan Westcott
