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Daily Archives: October 3, 2015

ESP8266 The cheapest WiFi module for your Arduino

The last few weeks there is a lot of buzz around a new module which gives WiFi access to your Arduino controller via serial port. the name of it is ESP8266 and its main advantage is the very low price. Less than 3$ dollars. Comparing that

Add bluetooth control to a toy truck

Adding Bluetooth control is not a difficult task these days. Its really inexpensive too. The main component in this small project is the bluetooth module HC-05 that you can get it shipped from eBay for less than 5 us dollars. My son had a small toy

Intro to Asp.NET MVC and Bootstrap

If you are in your first steps as a developer and you decided to take the .Net MVC path then you need to check these two video tutorials from the MS guys Jon Galloway and Christopher Harrison. Its a smooth introduction to these popular technologies

Install Windows on Intel Galileo

Really good news this time from intel and microsoft. The first one just released a UEFI firmware for Intel Galileo board first gen which now makes possible to install windows on it instead of linux. Few days ago we learned that this custom non-commercial version

Sharks Cove by Microsoft

Sharks Cove is Microsoft’s attempt to enter into the very competitive market of hardware for developers/students/makers/hackers. As you already know Raspberry Pi and Arduino are the major players. The main reason is the very low buying price and the not so steep learning curve. So

Supercharged AMD Athlon 5350

So many years passed since my last attempt to defend my overclocker title that I can’t even count them. Ahhh so many memories, so much passion for getting better benchmark numbers than anybody else… And then family,responsibilities,lack of free time came to my life and

Books I’ve read in 2nd quarter of 2014

In the second quarter I didnt spend as much time as I wanted in reading books mostly because I found some really nice video training courses. Video courses is hot at the moment and every day “virtual teachers” popping up. Some of them are great,

RaspberryPi Model B+

  Its all over the internets! RaspberryPi Model B+ is the new thing from Raspberry Pi foundation. To be honest I am not that excited as I don’t see many improovements. Still same processor, still same amount of ram. Have a look below for the

Introduction To FPGA and CPLD

If you are planning to move from microcontrollers to fpga or cpld technologies then the 10 lessons course from PyroEdu would be a nice start. FPGA’s is probably on of the most complex topic in electronics but it literary gives you the freedom to design