All posts on May, 2008
Posted on 19 May 2008

Liberlab is an Open Source project that aims to help democratize educational scientific experimentation through the creation and use of a DIY digital lab at a very low price ( ~ 15 €/$). Liberlab can also be used to learn about robotics, automation, human-machine interface or interactive arts. [more]
Posted on 19 May 2008

In this article we will see a state of the art USB programmer for the AVR microcontrollers from Atmel. The programmer firmware has no device dependent data. Therefore it works for almost any AVR microcontroller on the market and possible future microcontrollers. [more]
Posted on 19 May 2008

MIDI devices are very easy to connect to DS via DSerial. MIDI Out can be directly wired to the connector without any components. MIDI In requires to use an Optocoupler, but the schematic is quite simple. [more]
Posted on 19 May 2008

The GoGo-Board is a open-source low-cost robotics platform designed with easy construction for hobbyist in mind. It can be programmed with the Logo programming language, which let’s you spend more time on what you want to do rather than on the hardware details. [more]
Posted on 19 May 2008

This power supply module plugs straight into common bread boards, allowing you to cleanly and easily power your board with a wall wart plug or with wires into screw terminals. It features a variable voltage regulator that can be set to output 3.3 or 5V with a jumper, or any voltage if a potentiometer is added. The input has a rectifier that accepts AC or DC [more]