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Who says I can't have a LASER? Broke down and bought one of those 3018 PRO CNC table top machines. So, now I can do the acrylic engraving and LASER blasting. 7 bloomin; watts (so it says... |
Monday, 11 January 2021 - 01:16 |
Can't upload to "arduino" in studio7 Ok, I'm trying to use a library that is apparently only for Arduinos only, called FastLED for writing to the various 2812 type LEDs. I've spent all day trying to get rid of... |
Wednesday, 30 December 2020 - 01:36 |
Waterproofing suggestions.... I've been working on a project for our RV. It's a lighted sign with our (and our dogs) names on it. After several other tries (like EL panels), I found this on Amazon... |
Friday, 18 December 2020 - 02:10 |
Moving on, to assembly. But a manual would be nice. I have another small project (well, the same RV sign), and it calls for a much smaller device. So I figured I'd delve into assembly again. I know, i could do it... |
Monday, 30 November 2020 - 02:03 |
Microchip Studio 7 (Version: 7.0.2542 - ) Locking up I never had this issue before with Studio. But now, I have to restart it about every 15 to 30 minutes. It "seems" to be connected to the usage of the I/O... |
Sunday, 22 November 2020 - 21:52 |
Can AVR's PWM go to zero? I'm trying to make a sign for our RV. Solar charged (I hope, so far, no joy). The processor will read the output of the solar cell, and based on the light... |
Saturday, 21 November 2020 - 00:28 |
Anybody interfaced to a Meade motorized telescope base before? I tossed the telescope (everything, except the moon, looked like just a dot of light, power baby, you need more power). But I kept the motorized base. Finally opened it up... |
Sunday, 15 November 2020 - 17:41 |
Selecting a "flavor" or something? Sorry for my ignorance up front, and I wasn't sure how to phrase anything for a search. I had been using code like: TCCR1B |= (1<<CS10) | (1<<WGM12); ... |
Sunday, 15 November 2020 - 17:25 |
"scuse me buddy, can you spare a few nano seconds? Ok, back to playing with an LCD. Took forever and a lot of head banging to realize that the "Busy Flag read", does not need (nor want) the Enable line to go low. ... |
Tuesday, 8 September 2020 - 01:16 |
Suggest a good scope? I have a Tektronix 222 and a 2430A. The 222 is kinda handy, but not really good. The 2430A is pretty good but outdated plus it's big and I have little space right now... |
Tuesday, 1 September 2020 - 21:36 |
Anybody have any data on Pittman HP plotter motor with shaft encoder? I salvaged a bunch of these things out of some old HP desktop plotters one they went obsolete. Nice little motor, 19V, with a little rotary encoder on the back end.... |
Monday, 10 August 2020 - 21:47 |
Anybody here use LTSpice? I've had a version of it downloaded for a while, but never really got to use it much. I mostly used Labcenters simulation stuff. But found it doesn't quite do... |
Monday, 3 August 2020 - 22:23 |