Archive for 2013
Post archive

Sound Reactive LED Lights
Jan 13, 2013
A simple tutorial showing how to use Arduino and Python to make some sound-reactive LED lights!

Y13 House Design
Jan 22, 2013
For Year 13 Graphics & Design, we were tasked to find a real client and design a project for them. My clients were my parents, who wanted to build a house on an empty section they have.
Playing with RF
Jan 23, 2013
My first blog post here, showing some spectrograms of an RFM23 transmitter module. This post was mainly for testing the capabilities of my website.
Adding extra chips to the PicKit 2
Jan 23, 2013
In this, I show how you can add extra parts to the PicKit2 programmer, so you can program Microchip's newer PIC24 devices.


Linear LED PWM
Feb 03, 2013
In this tutorial, I will show you how to properly control an LEDs brightness using <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse-width_modulation">PWM</a>. It isn't as simple as you think!


OLED Watch
May 01, 2013
As a side project, I decided it'd be neat to have a programmable wrist watch. I had an OLED lying around with the right dimensions, but I needed a breakout board to be able to use it. So instead of simply making a breakout board, I decided I'd turn it into a smart-watch platform!

Repaper e-Ink Display
Jul 05, 2013
Experiments with Repaper's e-Ink display, and driver code for the PIC32
PicKit2 Revisited
Aug 13, 2013
How to add the latest PIC24 chips to the PicKit2, plus an advanced GUI for editing the device file

OLED Watch Rev 2
Oct 02, 2013
After making a mistake in my last design, I took the opportunity to re-design the PCB and add some extra features. This will be a work in progress so look in here for related blog posts!