playing with bits

Thoughts of a computer scientist focused on electronics.
VHDL, RF, DSP, PIC, Digital, Analog, plus anything I find interesting at the moment.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Custom PCB for Toshiba TCM8230MD Camera

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I recently purchased a few small TCM8230MD CMOS cameras made by Toshiba from SparkFun. I plan on using the camera for some machine vision e...
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Automatic plant watering system, Part II

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Last summers automatic plant watering system worked well, but it never ended up leaving the breadboard. So as I already have my pepper plan...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Quadrifilar Helix Antenna for NOAA APT Reception

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Since most of my previous attempts of NOAA APT live weather imagery reception have resulted in rather poor quality images, I finally decided...
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Friday, May 22, 2009

POCSAG and FLEX pager reception and decoding

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Browsing the 900Mhz band last week, I came across the distinct sound of pager protocols on a handful of frequencies. Years ago I began liste...
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Remote GPS tracker + Accelerometer

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This summer there are a few projects I have planned. One of the first is a model rocket tracking / data-logging system for some launches I ...
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Sunday, April 5, 2009

Long Range XBee PRO

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Digi recently released a new series of XBee wireless long range transmitters which I have been very excited to play with. The XBee-PRO 900 s...
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Monday, February 9, 2009

HO scale train layout signal dispatch panel

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My dad has a pretty good sized HO scale model train layout that he has been working on for the past year or so. The last time I came to visi...
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