February 2017 – James A. Cleland

All of that Useful Hardware…

Posted by jcleland February 21, 2017May 2, 2020Embedded Development

… And not a single component being utilized except the breadboard. Still love this though.

Maxim DS1620 Thermometer Output on Hitachi 44780 Example

Posted by jcleland February 15, 2017May 2, 2020Embedded Development, Hardware Interface Implementations, PIC

Not long ago, I wrote a post regarding hardware and software interfacing a Maxim DS1620 Digital Thermometer/Thermostat. In my copious free time, I decided to follow through with a working example that displays temperature data on any LCD display that uses the ubiquitous Hitachi 44780 chipset. Below you’ll find a schematic as well as a […]

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I2C Master and Slave In Hardware: Progress!

Posted by jcleland February 7, 2017May 2, 2020Embedded Development, Hardware Interface Implementations, PIC

This is an update to a post that I made a week or so ago. I’ve reverted to using hardware and had good results this week. It took a lot of trial and error, but here we go: When the master implementation is finished, I plan to make the source public. It needs some hardening […]

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New Toy – Hantek DSO1200 Handheld Oscilloscope

Posted by jcleland February 3, 2017May 2, 2020Test Equipment

Due to a recent change in spending habits, I decided to replace my ageing scope meter with a newer, nicer model. If it holds up for a few months, I will probably give it a brief review. Still exploring options, but triggering seems to be half-way decent for a portable, rechargeable scope in this price […]

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