Only a quick update! So on Monday, I started my job at Imagination Technologies, wahoo! Not much to say really (more so that I’ve signed an NDA and don’t fancy breaching it), I’ve had a fair bit of trouble with my house but that’s not a massive biggy really, I should hopefully be moving in […]
One of the most cool features of the ARM Cortex series of processors is the SysTick. The SysTick is a 24 bit timer with a user configurable prescalar which can be used for simple variable incrementing tasks such as incrementing a second counter or similar. For the example of done, I’ve made the SysTick counter […]
Upon my return from my Central Europe tour (realistically – Belgium and Germany), I had the parcel everybody loves, A lovely little cuboid from Itead Studio! Contained within were my Eon Smart Watch 3 PCB’s, the ultimate model. As with always, I set to building then pretty soon after receiving the PCB’s as they were […]
Well I decided to buy a dedicated USB STLink V2 adapter off eBay for Watch 2 (http://goo.gl/urzxxj – As with all eBay links, it will expire!), for a ridiculously cheap price of £3.11. This is pretty much just the front section of the STM32 discovery board in a standalone dongle, by using a standard 10 […]
Its been a pretty hectic exam period (It hasn’t really, I just didn’t really know what to start the post with!) but I’ve regardless managed to finish Watch 1, finish most of the construction of Watch 2, design and send off for Watch 3 and learn a fair bit about Visual basic along with way! […]
So I’ve finally got round to writing my first tutorial! This first tutorial will be on using the STM32F0 with simple GPIO ports. I’ve set it up so that the LED’s will alternate depending on whether the push button is pressed or not. I’m using Coocox for my IDE and there are loads of other […]
Today has actually been a really successful day! I finished the routing of Watch 3 and sent the gerber files to ITead Studio for them to be developed into PCB’s, managed to get my personal Bluetooth packet system working and had a tasty postal order through! One of the things that came in the post […]
Well, today has certainly been a productive day! I recieved my new HC-06 bluetooth module (I stupidly ripped up the RX trace on the other one trying to unsolder it from the backboard) and have managed to implement the “harris protocol” system! I’ve gone for a really simple protocol as the module itself only sends […]
3 blog posts in one day! So today, along with my Farnell arrival came the magical package from the far lands of Asia containing my Watch 2 PCB’s! Choosing a black solder mask really brings out the PCB shine and makes the product look more professional already! For only $6 extra, I’d say its worth […]
For the first time in a good few years, I got my first order off Farnell! I had a bit of a ‘mare’ the other night as I realised that my soldering iron had broken and just as I was about to receive the PCB’s for Watch 2. So as my closest easy access and […]
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