Here is a web site (http://www.1wireprojects.net) that uses the CGU4x1 USB devices to control home automation using 1-wire devices. The USB interfaces can communicate with 1-wire devices and forms the basis for home automation through some custom-made 1-wire interface modules. Welcome to my 1-Wire Project web site. I created this site to discuss and help [...]
I have my way of taking notes. I’ve tried to find paper that would suit my needs. Notebook paper is a no-go. What? Just a bunch of lines? No. Regular green engineering paper comes pretty close, but I always end up modifying each and every page by hand. So I broke down and made my [...]
Wow. I found this site: Radio Shack Catalogs of digitized old Radio Shack catalogs. Wow, does that bring back memories. I mean: Groovy, man, does that bring back some far-out memories. Don’t get lost on memory lane… =Gizmo=
I use a lot of the protoboards like the one sold here at CircuitGizmos for developing prototypes of all sorts of circuits. Too often, though, the circuits are created but the effort isn’t documented. Often times the prototype is considered for reuse or modification later, but then it has to be reverse-engineered. With document templates [...]
My keyboard stopped working. Not the whole keyboard, mind you. Just some specific keys. I had taken the keyboard apart and cleaned the inside several times to get it to work again. It would work for a few weeks, but then stop working again. Apparently it wanted to retire. It was a wireless keyboard that [...]
I work at my desk on prototype electronic devices. To the left of my keyboard is an antistatic mat that usually contains embedded prototypes and other electronic devices. The antistatic mat protects those devices from static discharge when I touch the mat before handling the device. Sometimes, though, I will handle the device right at [...]
On the Make Blog: Show us your shop! We love seeing people’s workspaces. You learn so much about them, their approach to their work, the kinds of tools they use, how they organize themselves, what of their labors they choose to display, and so on. You can also get useful ideas for organizing your own [...]
