In my previous post, I described a project that I’ve been (very slowly) working on. One of the major aspects of the project was that it would be cross-platform and use the CMake build system – both of which are new to me in this project. One obstacle that I ran into was that I […]
Back in college, my roommate got me one of those USB missile launchers that allows you to pan and tilt and fire foam darts. Specifically, it was a Dream Cheeky “Rocket Baby” model (they have since been discontinued). Although it was a fun desk toy, the novelty wore off relatively quickly, and it spent several […]
Last year at work I briefly ran a book club where we attempted to read Richard Lyons’ Understanding Digital Signal Processing. Unfortunately, the book club sort of fell apart around halfway through the book. Most of us didn’t come from a DSP background and were hoping to use this book as a gentle introduction to […]
I’ve been working on a new project recently. Actually, “recently” isn’t necessarily the best word. I’ve been poking at it for months, but only really putting in an hour or two a week here and there, so it’s been coming along very slowly. At any rate, the project idea is very simple: I’m just making […]
Cadsoft’s Eagle schematic capture and PCB layout software has become very popular among hobbyists, most likely due to its reasonable (non-existent, for the lite version) price tag. However, at times it is not the most straightforward piece of software to use and learn. While I’m afraid I’m not going to write a tutorial that explains […]