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Tag Archives: Easter egg

Launchpad Booster Pack Easter egg?

SugarAddict believes there’s an Easter egg in the Capacitive Booster pack we mentioned earlier. He writes: Click the rocket in the middle of the demo program and dial right 4, left 3, right 0, press center. When you get your Booster Pack, give it a try! Via Four-Three-Oh!

Posted bythe machinegeekApril 29, 2011Posted inMSP430Tags: Easter egg, Launchpad Booster, MSP430Leave a comment on Launchpad Booster Pack Easter egg?

555 timer Easter egg?

What’s in a name? David L. Jones of EEVBlog thinks he’s found an Easter egg in the performance characteristics of the 555 timer chip which reveals the basis of the “555” in its name. Build his circuit (schematic at video 13:25), fire up the scope and see if you agree!

Posted bythe machinegeekApril 2, 2011April 3, 2011Posted inChips, demonstrations, oscilloscopeTags: 555, April 1st, Easter egg3 Comments on 555 timer Easter egg?

Bus Pirate: Easter egg submissions

There’s an Easter egg in the Bus Pirate firmware. Type ‘+’ in the Bus Pirate terminal to see the current configuration bits for your PIC and some ASCII art. Now that we’ve announced it, we’ll change the key and message in the next firmware update. Send us your ASCII art, it might be included in […]

Posted byIanOctober 2, 2009Posted inBus PirateTags: Easter eggLeave a comment on Bus Pirate: Easter egg submissions
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