Embedded System

Playing with …

The last training course that I followed was about programming microcontrollers. The course was given by Leon van Snippenberg, who has very good expertise in microcontrollers.

For the practical part of the course we used the Microchip dsPIC33F, a 16-bit architecture 40 MHZ microcontroller (system on …

mbed USB voltmeter

USB communication with mbed is easy. That's because USB is the default protocol used to transfer programs from a computer to an mbed.

In this prototype I measure the analog value of a pot, I convert it to voltage, and finally I use USB to print it on my computer's screen. That's a simplistic …

I love your boot loader

GRUB on a cigarette machine 

According to Ruben the GRUB (and probably POSIX) powered cigarette machine can be found in an Amsterdam bar. What an interesting embedded system! After seeing this it's impossible not to show sympathy for the Netherlands. Most …

TheHackerspace

Thesssaloniki's hackerspace is here!

The following excerpt is taken from the homepage of TheHackerspace:
"Unless you are rich, it is unlikely that you own all the hardware and the tools required to build different kinds of embedded systems. For example you might …