Electronics
Nokia 5110 Display - Test Text
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-11-24 19:00.
Sample text running on the Nokia 5110 LCD screen that's connected to a Raspberry Pi
Connecting a Nokia 5110 display to the Raspberry Pi
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-11-24 18:45.I purchased a cheap Nokia 5110 from Deal Extreme it can display around 5 lines at 14 characters per line, as well as graphics. I based my program on Andre's C code to write lines of info to the display. Here it is running sample code:
It's pretty much wired up as per his instructions.
Connecting the Adafruit Ulitmate GPS to a Raspberry Pi
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-11-24 18:42.I have connected the Adafruit Ultimate GPS to the Raspberry Pi using the Serial Python module. My C code GPS software works as well.
I am using the first version of the Raspberry Pi for this.
Coming from a FreeBSD world, it took me a while to figure out the device names for the various Linux serial port names, namely:
Adafruit Ulitmate GPS and the Nokia 5110 Display
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Sat, 2012-11-24 18:30.
I have connected the Adafruit Ultimate GPS to the Raspberry Pi using Gordon's WiringPi software. There is a seperate blog post with more detail on this.
The Nokia 5110 LCD screen is written to via some C code. See my seperate blog post on this.
Breadboarding the Macro Rig Controller
Submitted by Hobbyologist on Sat, 2012-04-21 17:01.
A close up of the breadboard - about mid way through developing and testing the rig controller.
Electronics Desk
Submitted by Hobbyologist on Sat, 2012-04-21 17:01.
The electronics desk with the Macro Prototype Rig project in full swing
Macro Photography of Beetles - Part 3
Submitted by Hobbyologist on Sat, 2012-04-21 16:48.Building the PC Power Monitor
Submitted by parkviewadmin on Mon, 2007-09-24 21:23.Ok, D-Day. Time to dig up my Press-n-Peel PCB transfer film and Ferric Chloride.
In the mean time I added a jumper to the circuit design so I can disable the buzzer if it became too annoying.
