playing with bits

I am finally ready to perform some long-range XBee testing using the Digi XBee-Pro XSC modules. I put together a few simple Xbee repeaters u...

I have been into the electronics field since I was about 11 years old. I reached that phase of my life where I began taking everything apart...

This post is way overdue, but here it is anyway as reviously I have talked about NOAA APT reception here and here .This past June 5th was t...

While looking for a solution to display characters over video for an on screen display I came across the Maxim MAX7456 . This is one easy to...

It has been awhile since my original post about seeing how large of a distance I can get two XBee PROs to communicate, but since coming acr...

I finally spent a few minutes powering up the serial VFDs I bought a month or so ago, they are all working. :) And it's bright! :D Placi...

I was recently staring at a pile of 15K RPM SCSI drives that had gone bad at work. I have always admired the build quality of these drives,...