Jul 03 2021
Recently I’ve been working on a network router using the Compute Module 4 and a custom base board with a Realtek RTL8111H PCIe Ethernet controller. Raspberry Pi OS doesn’t come pre-installed with the r8168 or r8169 driver needed for the RTL8111, but getting it compiled and installed is pretty easy. Or at least until I …
Apr 20 2021
My Samsung HT-C460 home cinema had started going into protection mode – it would display “PROT” on its screen and turn off after a few seconds. It’s an old cinema system with a DVD player that hasn’t been used in years (I only use it to feed the TV audio through), but I thought I’d …
Jun 15 2020
This is where I’ll be uploading builds of AVR-GCC for Windows 32 and 64 bit, which will also include Binutils, AVR-LibC, AVRDUDE, Make and GDB. I’ll be trying to keep the builds up to date with the latest tool releases when I can.
Jun 14 2020
After seeing the work done by Thomasz Mloduchowski and Colin Riley with managing to bridge the Raspberry Pi 4’s PCI-Express bus to a USB 3.0 port, and then seeing these comments on hack-a-day, I thought I would give it a go too! So, here’s a PCIe bridge “chip” that simply replaces the VL805 USB 3.0 …
Feb 10 2020
Ever wanted to power a project from a USB power bank, only to have it keep shutting itself off because the current draw was too low? This project aims to fix that with these handy and slightly over-engineered USB modules containing a microcontroller, op-amp, MOSFET and a few other bits to create a pulsed adjustable …
Jan 06 2020
At the moment I’m living in a block of flats and my mailbox is in a central lobby area. I’m often receiving small surprise packets from China and never know when the postman has been, usually between 8 and 12, sometimes even twice a day! I also don’t have any road facing windows that I …
Sep 30 2019
Many years ago (September 2009) I made a simple bench power supply using an LT1083 7.5A linear regulator with adjustable output voltage designed to be used with a 19.5V 3.42A laptop power supply. It still works fine after years of abuse, but my choice of output power connectors was poor (3 pin headers, the sort …
Sep 02 2018
Here’s a simple, tiny electronic dice project using 7 LEDs, an ATtiny25V, a CR1616 coin cell and a few passives. Measuring just 18mm x 18mm and 4.9mm thick while weighing 2.1g. Rolling The Dice There’s only one button, the roll button, which when held down will cause the dice to roll through numbers 1 to …
Dec 22 2017
What’s more annoying than having to pull the USB cable every 5 seconds to power cycle the project you’re working on? Especially when you’ve ran out of front USB ports and have to reach around the back of your PC. This project aims to make things a little bit easier by using a small push …
Aug 19 2017
Having had a Toyota GT86 for a while I quite enjoyed the built-in rev alarm and winding the engine all the way round, until an old lady made it an insurance write off. Though, I did have the luxury of driving a BMW 430d M Sport hire car from my insurance for a few months. …
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