EEVblog - The Electronics Engineering Video Blog » microcontroller http://www.eevblog.com No Script, No Fear, All Opinion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:56:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Copyright © David L. Jones 2011 eevblog@gmail.com (David L. Jones) eevblog@gmail.com (David L. Jones) 1440 http://www.eevblog.com/images/logo/EEVblogDaveLab144x144logo.jpg EEVblog - The Electronics Engineering Video Blog http://www.eevblog.com 144 144 No Script, No Fear, All Opinion David L. Jones David L. Jones eevblog@gmail.com no no EEVblog #174 – Renesas RX Design Contest Winners http://www.eevblog.com/2011/06/05/eevblog-174-renesas-rx-design-contest-winners/ http://www.eevblog.com/2011/06/05/eevblog-174-renesas-rx-design-contest-winners/#comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:41:13 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=1518

Dave talks about the Top 3 winners in the Renesas RX Design Contest he was judging.
Check out the winners HERE:
http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest

]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2011/06/05/eevblog-174-renesas-rx-design-contest-winners/feed/ 5 0:25:41 Dave talks about the Top 3 winners in the Renesas RX Design Contest he was judging. Check out the winners HERE: http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest Dave talks about the Top 3 winners in the Renesas RX Design Contest he was judging. Check out the winners HERE: http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest David L. Jones no no EEVblog #130 – The uCalc Credit Card Scientific Calculator / Computer http://www.eevblog.com/2010/11/29/eevblog-130-the-ucalc-credit-card-scientific-calculator-computer/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/11/29/eevblog-130-the-ucalc-credit-card-scientific-calculator-computer/#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 01:34:16 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=1202

Dave describes the design of his open source hardware uCalc credit card sized calculator / computer.
Specifications: PIC 24F 16 bit Processor, 256KB Flash, 16KB SRAM, 64KB serial flash user memory, 3-Axis tilt sensor, Micro SD card, capacitive touch sensing keypad, 128×64 dot matrix display.

]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2010/11/29/eevblog-130-the-ucalc-credit-card-scientific-calculator-computer/feed/ 50 0:20:51 Dave describes the design of his open source hardware uCalc credit card sized calculator / computer. Specifications: PIC 24F 16 bit Processor, 256KB Flash, 16KB SRAM, 64KB serial flash user memory, 3-Axis tilt sensor, Micro SD card, capacit[...] Dave describes the design of his open source hardware uCalc credit card sized calculator / computer. Specifications: PIC 24F 16 bit Processor, 256KB Flash, 16KB SRAM, 64KB serial flash user memory, 3-Axis tilt sensor, Micro SD card, capacitive touch sensing keypad, 128×64 dot matrix display. David L. Jones no no EEVblog #122 – Renesas RX Design Contest Announcement http://www.eevblog.com/2010/10/28/eevblog122-renesas-rx-design-contest-announcement/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/10/28/eevblog122-renesas-rx-design-contest-announcement/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:11:47 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=1126

The announcement of the Renesas RX Design Contest at Devcon 2010.
Dave makes a BIG appearance about half way through.

http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest

]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2010/10/28/eevblog122-renesas-rx-design-contest-announcement/feed/ 8 0:11:57 The announcement of the Renesas RX Design Contest at Devcon 2010. Dave makes a BIG appearance about half way through. http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest The announcement of the Renesas RX Design Contest at Devcon 2010. Dave makes a BIG appearance about half way through. http://www.renesasrulz.com/community/rx-contest David L. Jones no no EEVblog #102 – DIY Constant Current Dummy Load for Power Supply and Battery Testing http://www.eevblog.com/2010/08/01/eevblog-102-diy-constant-current-dummy-load-for-power-supply-and-battery-testing/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/08/01/eevblog-102-diy-constant-current-dummy-load-for-power-supply-and-battery-testing/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:54:39 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=951 Dave grabs a few junkbox parts and builds a useful constant current load for switch mode power supply, battery testing, and other applications.

]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2010/08/01/eevblog-102-diy-constant-current-dummy-load-for-power-supply-and-battery-testing/feed/ 40 0:00:01 Dave grabs a few junkbox parts and builds a useful constant current load for switch mode power supply, battery testing, and other applications. Dave grabs a few junkbox parts and builds a useful constant current load for switch mode power supply, battery testing, and other applications. David L. Jones no no EEVblog #96 – The TI LaunchPad MSP430 Development Board http://www.eevblog.com/2010/06/24/eevblog-96-the-ti-launchpad-msp430-development-board/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/06/24/eevblog-96-the-ti-launchpad-msp430-development-board/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:21:12 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=840 Drive-Time.
Dave rants randomly about TI’s bold new entry into the hobby/hacker/maker market with the $4.30 MSP-EXP430G2 Evaluation Board, and what it’s got to do with the Arduino.


]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2010/06/24/eevblog-96-the-ti-launchpad-msp430-development-board/feed/ 53 0:00:01 Drive-Time. Dave rants randomly about TI’s bold new entry into the hobby/hacker/maker market with the $4.30 MSP-EXP430G2 Evaluation Board, and what it’s got to do with the Arduino. Drive-Time. Dave rants randomly about TI’s bold new entry into the hobby/hacker/maker market with the $4.30 MSP-EXP430G2 Evaluation Board, and what it’s got to do with the Arduino. David L. Jones no no EEVblog #63 – Microchip PIC vs Atmel AVR http://www.eevblog.com/2010/02/22/eevblog-63-microchip-pic-vs-atmel-avr/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/02/22/eevblog-63-microchip-pic-vs-atmel-avr/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:54:02 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=577 Let the microcontroller fanboy wars begin!
Dave’s rather random rant on which is better, Microchip PIC or Atmel AVR.
(Warning, Dave hates Fanboys)

And check out this way to program AVR chips with the PICkit2


]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2010/02/22/eevblog-63-microchip-pic-vs-atmel-avr/feed/ 114 0:00:01 Let the microcontroller fanboy wars begin! Dave’s rather random rant on which is better, Microchip PIC or Atmel AVR. (Warning, Dave hates Fanboys) And check out this way to program AVR chips with the PICkit2 Let the microcontroller fanboy wars begin! Dave’s rather random rant on which is better, Microchip PIC or Atmel AVR. (Warning, Dave hates Fanboys) And check out this way to program AVR chips with the PICkit2 David L. Jones no no EEVblog #53 – Mr Murphy and Microchip PIC Silicon Bugs http://www.eevblog.com/2010/01/07/eevblog-53-mr-murphy-and-microchip-pic-silicon-bugs/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/01/07/eevblog-53-mr-murphy-and-microchip-pic-silicon-bugs/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:36:38 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/?p=501 Dave tangles with Murphy’s Law and Microchip silicon bugs with his latest PIC project.

The PIC24FJ256 errata

And that Jim’s Mowing Franchise looks pretty tempting.

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All with no more silly 10 minute youtube time limit.

]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2009/11/21/eevblog-45-arduino-picaxe-and-idiot-assembler-programmers/feed/ 56 0:00:01 Dave checks out what all the fuss is about with the Arduino, contemplates the PICAXE, and cuts loose on die hard assembly language programmers. All with no more silly 10 minute youtube time limit. Dave checks out what all the fuss is about with the Arduino, contemplates the PICAXE, and cuts loose on die hard assembly language programmers. All with no more silly 10 minute youtube time limit. David L. Jones no no EEVblog #31 – Microcontroller Datasheet Utopia http://www.eevblog.com/2009/09/14/eevblog-31-microcontroller-datasheet-utopia/ http://www.eevblog.com/2009/09/14/eevblog-31-microcontroller-datasheet-utopia/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:45:52 +0000 EEVblog http://www.eevblog.com/2009/09/14/eevblog-31-microcontroller-datasheet-utopia/ Dave gets disturbingly emotional about microcontroller datasheets and documentation.

LINKS:
The NEC Micro datasheet(20pin) and datasheet(80pin)

]]> http://www.eevblog.com/2009/09/14/eevblog-31-microcontroller-datasheet-utopia/feed/ 23 0:00:01 Dave gets disturbingly emotional about microcontroller datasheets and documentation. LINKS: The NEC Micro datasheet(20pin) and datasheet(80pin) Dave gets disturbingly emotional about microcontroller datasheets and documentation. LINKS: The NEC Micro datasheet(20pin) and datasheet(80pin) David L. Jones no no EEVblog #8 Part 1 of 2 – Graphical LCD display development http://www.eevblog.com/2009/05/10/eevblog-8-part-1-of-2-graphical-lcd-display-development/ http://www.eevblog.com/2009/05/10/eevblog-8-part-1-of-2-graphical-lcd-display-development/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 02:36:37 +0000 EEVblog http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/?p=66 Graphical LCD display development and PIC demo board stories.


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