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ATX RasPi

The people behind lowpowerlab has come up with a nice solution to switching your Raspeberry Pi on and off. Using a microcontroller and letting it communicate with the Pi over GPIO, the power supply is kept in sync with the … Continue reading

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Machine Code for Beginners

The great Introduction to Machine Code for Beginners by Lisa Watts and Mike Wharton from 1983 is available online. This book is a simple, step-by-step guide to learning to program in machine code. Machine code is the code in which … Continue reading

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Arduino from the Command Line

Feeling limited by the Arduino IDE? What to avoid writing linked scripts by hand? Try Ino. Ino may replace Arduino IDE UI if you prefer to work with command line and an editor of your choice or if you want … Continue reading

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Raspberry Pi Camera Available

The Raspberry Pi Foundation just announced the availability of the long awaited camera board. The camera boards are now available for order! You can buy one fromRS Components or from Premier Farnell/Element14. We’ve been very grateful for your patience as we’ve tweaked … Continue reading

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ESD Safety

Or, you can read up on Wikipedia.

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LEGO runs Linux

Oldest CES news of the year, but I’m just very happy to hear that the next generation of Lego MindStorm will run Linux!

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Capacative Touch

Adafruit is a great resource for may electronic projects. One of my favorite parts is their focus on wearable electronics. Gizmos with LEDs and speakers have been around for a while. You can even get them from Thinkgeek. However, capacitive … Continue reading

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NES in an FPGA

FPGAs are a fascinating piece of technology. Gaming can also fascinate. Merging the two in a retro recreation of a the classical NES means that I have to write about it. Ludde (from Gothenburg, just as myself) built a NES … Continue reading

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Flattr Experiment Ended

Over the last year, or there about, we’ve had Flattr links at the bottom of all posts on Digital Fanatics. The total yield of these is EUR0.52, or which one payment came from Thingiverse and the other from my account … Continue reading

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ZX81 using AVR

Jörg Wolfram has re-created the ZX81 system using an ATMega AVR MCU. The system uses a PS2 keyboard, NTCS (or VGA/LCD) for graphics and an SD-card instead of a tape. Looks like a great recreation of the past. The curious … Continue reading

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