Notes

Notes on techniques, resources, etc.

Notes on the ALD EH300 Energy Harvesting Modules

Rob Faludi made an example for the Xbee and Xbee Pro zigbee radios from Maxstream.

Window Shade Doria Fan's notes on the window shade project she did with Michael Jefferson and Jae In Lee (a really nice project) includes some useful notes on solar panels and solar charging circuits.

Goodnotes - a Firefox browser plugin from Christina Goodness (ITP '05) that allows group annotation of websites. Useful for sharing your notes on resource websites with friends.

I2C in PIC CCS C Shawn Van Every got I2C communication working from one PIC to another. Here are his example files.

Interrupts on the PIC Jeff Gray's notes on using interrupts on the PIC, both for timing and for serial input.

Op Amp Circuits A good page on op amp circuits. Thanks to Gary Schober for the link.

Sound Synthesis on chips Excerpts from a discussion on the phys comp list about sound synthesis

Surface Mount soldering Notes on surface mount soldering using standard components. Kind of a useful way to start doing surface mount soldering, though it won't necessarily result in smaller boards. Thanks to Mark Argo for the link.

USB and the PIC Jeff Gray's del.icio.us links on USB and the PIC.

Video from a microcontroller Everything you ever wanted to know about generating video from a microcontroller, thanks to Scott Fitzgerald.

Jason Babcock's physical computing notes Jason covers a number of really useful techniques in his notes, including how to wire stepper motors, how to connect a PIC to a Lantronic serial-to-ethernet device, and more. Jason's also an eye tracking expert, and has some notes on his site as to how it works.