Guest Blog by Harry I know this site is mostly dedicated to electronics hardware, and while I do have a long time interest in electronics, I’m a complete newbie when it comes to that. But I’ve been finding my way around the bits and bytes for far longer than I care to admit…since I really [...]
I created a tool that runs on the command line or “DOS box” that lets you use a U401 or U421 (output) in a batch file or other type of PC script. This is output only. You can set or reset the lines on the U401 or U421 using this executable file. The program is [...]
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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 [...]
I read a post on the Society of Robots a couple of days ago. The original poster asked how to connect a parallel port of a PC to an AVR in order to program the AVR. This was the first way that I programmed AVRs – before I had programming tools for the AVR. I [...]
