SMD May – programming jig
This week we’re building Logic Pirate open hardware logic analysers at VHS in our SMD workshops. The ICSP header is 0.05″ pitch so I came up with a top and bottom programming jig to load the initial firmware. Tickets …
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SMD May PCBs arrive just in time
The circuit boards from dirty pcbs for SMD May are here just in time. The Logic Pirate is a nice cheap compact logic analyser design by Markus Gritsch. More at Dirty PCBs and Dangerous Prototypes.
SMD May – Logic Pirate
The dangerous prototypes logic pirate is a new 8 channel logic analyser design from the home of the bus pirate. It uses the open SUMP protocol supported by the ols java client software (Mac, Windows, Linux). This project is …
SMD April – USB Isolator overview
You can see from looking at the block diagram above that the isolation is transformer based, it’s quite remarkable that they can fit 5 transformers in such a small package. If you can’t attend the workshop the pcb files can …
SMD April – USB Isolator
In one of the earlier SMD workshops I managed to temporarily kill my new macbook pro when I plugged in a prototype. I revived it by removing the battery all the time chanting to myself, must get a usb isolator, …
Lets get Touchey-Feely – Intro to Capacitve Sense Interfaces
What: Adding Capacitive Sense buttons or sliders to anything Where: VHS (270 east 1st http://vanhack.ca/wp/about/ ) When: Saturday March 8th at 4:30pm Why: If you can make an art project, awesome; If you can make an art project that people …
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SMD March – Arduino Internet of things kitbuilding
There’s a lot of work that goes into putting workshops on at vhs. In the photo below you can see some of the parts for the SMD March Internet of things board laid out ready for packing. Many SMD components …
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SMD March – Internet of things board
For SMD March we’ll be building an Internet of things board. This is the heart of an arduino uno coupled with an ethernet interface to let you control leds, relays etc, plus read switch positions, temperature etc. all over Ethernet. …
Introduction To Computer Networking Workshop Series – Mondays Starting January 20th
DATE: Mondays, January 20th – March 10 (excluding February 17) TIME: 7:30 PM to 10:30 PM (new folks, please come at least 15 minutes early to get a quick safety tour) COST: Suggested minimum donation of 5$ per class to …
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SMD January – demo video now available
Here is a demo video of the awesome vhs led badge designed by Richard Sim. These are mostly assembled, we’re holding workshops in January to finish the build and learn about how they work. This board has a Atmega 168/328 …