Well I’ve been bit lapse. This post is supposed to written in July. Another year, another Maker Faire. Yes! for this year it is nolonger “Mini Maker Faire”, we’ve just upgraded to…
Category: Diary
Macbook Bluetooth upgrade for LightBlue Bean
During last year’s blackfriday sale I was introduced to the epic Lightblue Bean “Cheaper than a turkey” promotion. I grabbed two beans during a group buy spree. A week later’s The AmpHour interview with…
Happy New Year from ESP8266
Happy New Year!
Season’s Greeting from VFDuino
To all my readers: Wish you a very Merry Christmas.
Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2014, from Visitor to Maker
Singapore Mini Maker Faire has entered into the 3rd year. Being at the right time (long weekend) and right location (community club), the turn out is overwhelming. Same overwhelming is the wide range of…
FlappyDuino – Arduino Day 2014 celebration
March 29 2014 is Arduino’s 10 years birthday, also the World’s Arduino Day. In conjunction with the global celebration, SG Makers in partnership with IDA is organizing a whole series of events for Singapore Arduino lovers….
JTAG adapter for Arduino Micro
For the holiday season I get myself an AVR JTAGICE3. Holding the new shiny emulator and a bunch of Arduino boards, what shall I do? Of course to hop onto the all-hail…
FT230X charger detection investigation
I bought some FT230X (FT230XS) USB-USART bridge chip recently for a new design. FT230X is not only cheaper than the traditional FT232RL, but also offers a new fancy “USB charger detection” function….
Singapore Mini Maker Faire, 2nd year
Well I should have written this earlier since the Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2013 (#SMMF13) has passed for weeks. This is the second year of the event and the venue was relocated…
Poorman’s OLED test jig
During last (Chinese) year end shopping frenzy I grabbed some OLED display panels, hoping to boost the presentation of my projects. The panel model is UG-2864ASGGG14, made by “WiseChip Semiconductor Inc.” in Taiwan. Unlike typical…