My programmer is on the mend and just like last time, it was giving inconsistent feedback. The programming steps would start with me erasing the data on the microcontroller, check to verify it is really blank before I can program it. The errors crops up when:One, I was verifying if the chip has been erased […]
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20230716 Stock Image Fails
IN THE BEGINNING When I first started to dabble with model kits, I really had no clue about using proper glue and paints. Anything sticky was game. You could say my first fully built model (as far as I can remember) was a Matchbox plane… covered with fabric plasters. It was a bluish-white jet of […]
20230714 PICkit 5 is here!
Well, well. How time flies! More than two decades ago, I was using a PicStart Plus programmer for the PIC microcontrollers. Very quickly, the model was considered as a matured product a decade later. Last year, I was trying to save (unsuccessfully) up for their most current programmer PICkit 4. And just a few days […]
20230713 Razor Crest Main Board v04B part 1
I wanted to call it Version 5 but then, the text was v04B. This board has just a few minor modifications and function-wise, it is the same. Still, I went ahead with this version. THE CHANGES First of all, the board was manufactured in Black, which was the original colour. It came in default green […]
20230704 Qi Wireless Charger Tester
In the Workshop, sometimes, there is the need to test the Car’s Qi Wireless charger. And not many has a mobile phone that has wireless charging. The Industry has adopted the Qi Wireless protocol as the de facto standard when it comes to wireless charging. So, I want to create a testing tool for my […]
