Logic Sniffer Java client is an alternative OLS-client provides a software client for the Open Bench Logic Sniffer logic analyser hardware (that is based on ideas from open source SUMP analyzer). Software works also with SUMP compatible devices and Bus Pirate hardware. When tested with the demonstration data the software seemed to work quite well →
Many thousands new electronics products were announced during the past year. EDN Hot 100 products of 2012 article lists the ones that especially caught the attention of EDN magazine editors and readers. They range from ICs and components, to software, test instruments, development tools and sensors, and more. Take a look at this list. →
phatIO a different way of interfacing a computer with the world that you might be used to. I first saw phatIO uses file system to control external hardware article at Hackaday.com that mentioned phatIO. phatIO is an USB I/O device that uses a mass storage file system for control. Using mass storage for I/O controlling →
Netduino is an interesting dev board built around the .NET Micro framework with the goal of being compatible with Arduino shields. Netduino is an open source hardware platform that can run .NET Micro Framework 4.2 code. The Netduino is a dev board built around the .NET Micro framework with the goal of being compatible with →
H-bridge circuit is a very useful in electrical motor controlling. You can drive a DC motor easily at both directions with H-bridge, and if you add some PWM to driver circuit you can even control the motor speed on both directions. There are very many simple H-bridge circuit designs in Internet. Nowadays there are many →
Since its introduction of the iPad nearly two and a half years ago, Apple has held onto the lion’s share of the tablet market. Welcoming the son of iPad–introducing the iPad Mini article tells that with the 7-inch market growing at an exponential rate, it was only a matter of time before Apple would address →
MaKey MaKey is an interesting gadget that allows you to easily build your own touchpad keyboard to your PC. →
Nokia Lumia 800 smart phone has display got broken. What to do? A real goldmine for anyone attempting to star repairing a cell phone nowadays are disassembly/assembly videos on Youtube. So I got there and looked for Lumia 800 related videos to see if anything could be done for this. Nokia Lumia 800 Teardown – →
Logic analyzer is a very useful tool for embedded system debugging. In many embedded-system magazines and on Web sites you’ll see advertisements for instrument “boxes” or pods that connect to a PC through a USB port. These devices capture digital and analogue signals that a host PC displays in a standard scope or logic-analyzer format. →
When browsing Dealextreme New Items one day I saw Logic Analyzer w/ DuPont Lines and USB Cable for SCM – Black product that was described as USBEE AX PRO. I had previously looked at the USBee but thought they were too expensive. This one was really cheap (around 10 Euros). I have not tried USBEE →