panStamp is an open source project created for the enthusiasts interested in measuring and controlling things wirelessly. panStamps are small wireless boards specially designed to fit in low-power applications, simple to program and simple to work with. They allow for direct connection with your sensors to make then available wirelessly. panStamps are NOT WiFi modules. […]
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Arduino WiFi shield
Arduino fans can now take their hacking projects to a new level with the release by the Arduino crew of their WiFi shield. The shield is designed around an Atmega 32UC3 32bit microcontroller which controls the WiFi stack and the HDG104 from H&D Wireless. The Arduino communicates over SPI with the Atmega32. They use an […]
RFDesign RFD900 open source RF modem
Buzz writes informing us of a new open-source radio modem recently introduced by RFDesign known as the RFD900. “It’s initial focus is telemetry for UAV’s and FPV, but it’s an amazing piece of kit, with a whopping 1 Watt power, massive range of 40km, and it’s only $89.50 per unit. (Similar closed-source units sell for […]
Artemis music synthesizer
Chris Woodall writes: “I just finished my writeup for my Music Synthesizer kit project. The kit was made for a soldering workshop for the Boston University Artemis Project, which is a Women In Technology Summer Program for rising high school freshmen. I work for the BU EDF which normally makes electronics for physics experiments, but […]
Confusion over SDR# vs OpenSDRSharp
As you may have noted in our previous posts, there exists an excellent piece of software written for use with the RTL-SDR dongle known as SDR#. If you’ve tried it you know it’s incredibly user friendly and provides immediate, full-featured use of the RTL-SDR dongle out-of-the-box. The only downside, of course, is that it’s developed […]
Car Kracker hacks auto ISO 9141 data bus
Nicholas McClanahan over at GadgetGangster has written an article about their new project known as Car Kracker. It’s an automobile data bus interface based on the Parallax Propeller which interfaces with the data bus connector on select BWM, Mini and Land Rover models. It allows you to access, add and upgrade features such as add […]
Open source OSX IDE/toolchain for the STM32F4 Discovery
alexwhittmore has posted a detailed tutorial highlighting an open source IDE and toolchain for the STM32F4 dev board on Max OSX Lion. He uses Indigo R Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers (Mac Cocoa 64-bit), Sourcery CodeBench Lite Edition, STM32F4 DSP and standard peripherals library and the STM32F4 Discovery board firmware package. Check out Alex’s website […]
SJS-ONE: Open, Arduino-Based Synth
The SJS-ONE is a digital software synthesizer with a dual analog filter designed as a shield for the Arduino Uno. Its name is derived from the venue where it was designed, the SyltJam 2011, which is an annual LAN-party like weekend event for synth-geeks in Malmö, Sweden. The description of the original DIY version can […]
Library for OLED displays using SSD1306 chipset
Library for OLED displays based on the SSD1306 chipset. It was developed for the PIC32 and PIC24 microcontrollers used on the ORbit16 development boards, but it should be easy to port any PIC24/32 project. I’ve uploaded a new library and a new demo for using the OLED display on ORbit16™. The kind of display used […]
EJTAGproxy: Use your PicKIT2 or PicKIT3 to connect PIC32s to the GNU Debugger
SergeV let us know about EJTAGproxy, a command line utility, that lets your PicKIT2 or PicKit3 act as a JTAG debugger for PIC32 MCUs. It’s a command-line utility, which connects GDB to ICSP port of pic32 via pickit2 or pickit3 scripting edition. A standard GDB remote serial protocol is implemented. It also can be used […]
Olimex discounts for open source developers
Long time reader IPenguin let us know Olimex started the OLinuXino open source developer discount initiative. Basically you develop open source software for their OLinuXino Linux boards, and they give you a 15-50% discount code: What are the requirements? An open Source project based on a OLinuXino board. The project has to be published somewhere, […]
From the mail bag: Open source projects inspire!
Eric, the designer of the VideoOverlayShield now on sale at Seeed sent us this mail. Just wanted to write and say thanks for all the work you do at Dangerous Prototypes you and your team have been a big inspiration to me. Read about his project manufacturing at Seeed experience below.
Component Organizer source code released
A while back we posted about an app, Component Organizer, that helps you organize datasheets, and app notes connected to various parts you may be interested in. Yesterday Msr let us know that he has released the source code. You can download it at github. He also added a tutorial to help contributors get started. […]
Video player using Nokia color LCD and 8 bit AVR
Vinod S. writes about his latest project, a video player using a Nokia color LCD, ATmega32 and SD card. “I am introducing my new video player made using an ATmega32 microcontroller and Nokia color LCD. I got a 65K color LCD from an old Nokia 6030 mobile phone. I directly soldered 10 thin enameled copper […]
PhoneGap cross platform development using HTML5 + cloud
“PhoneGap is a standards-based, open-source development framework for building cross-platform mobile apps with HTML, CSS and JavaScript for iPhone/iPad, Google Android, Windows Phone 7, Palm, Symbian, BlackBerry and more. Write a PhoneGap app once with HTML and Javascript and deploy it to any mobile device without losing features of a native app.” With PhoneGap you […]
CODEC 2 Open source speech coding at 2400 bit/s and below
What’s CODEC 2? In this video from the 2011 Digital Communications Conference held last September in Baltimore, MD, David Rowe, Australian Amateur Radio operator VK5DGR, detailed his work on an open-source, low bit-rate CODEC for Digital Voice for Amateur Radio. It’s presently in the Alpha testing stage. More information on this codec as well as […]
Open source USB stack ported to ORbit16
Hexapod ported the open source USB stack to his ORbit16 USB development board. The board supports both PIC32 and PIC24 microcontrollers. All the pins are broken out to two female headers, with each pin having 2 connections. In this example we’ll use the Open Source USB CDC Stack from Dangerous Prototypes. ORbit16™ will be recognized as a […]
Visualize and analyzing serial data in real time
SerialChart is an open source Windows app for charting incoming data over the serial port in real time. The incoming data should be in CSV format, with each point on a separate line. The first value in the data stream should be the horizontal coordinate, a comma, then the vertical coordinates and a line feed. […]
Propeller GCC Beta enables programming in C and C++
Parallax has announced the availability of the Propeller GCC/SimpleIDE programming environment for the Propeller chip. “Now you can program your Propeller based application in C or C++! Parallax is proud to announce that it is moving into the beta phase for Propeller GCC – Parallax’s new open-source, multi-OS, and multi-lingual compiler that targets the Parallax […]
LCD touch and button Boosterpacks are available at 43oh
Lars designed and produced these LCD touch and button Boosterpacks for the MSP430. It’s an LCD breakout with 4 tactile buttons or 4 cap buttons, depending on the version. It sits on top of the 430 LaunchPad, but can also function independently if a microcontroller is soldered on. This pack is a good component if […]