Notes concerning “Microcontrollers”
Studies in Simplicity
2007 to 2009 (5 minutes)
Programming paradigms for tiny microcontrollers
2007 to 2009 (6 minutes)
bytecode interpreters for tiny computers
2007-09 (61 minutes)
Ghettobotics: making robots out of trash
2013-05-17 (41 minutes)
A resistive-capacitive trackpad made from garbage and three ADC microcontroller pins
2013-05-17 (updated 2013-05-20) (17 minutes)
The Tinkerer’s Tricorder
2013-05-17 (updated 2014-04-24) (27 minutes)
Trellis-coded buttons to run a whole keyboard off two microcontroller pins
2013-05-17 (updated 2019-06-13) (30 minutes)
Randomizing delta-sigma conversion to eliminate aliasing
2014-04-24 (7 minutes)
Simplified computing, down to the level of mining raw materials
2015-09-03 (22 minutes)
A hand-powered computer?
2015-09-03 (updated 2017-07-19) (11 minutes)
How can we build an efficient microcontroller-based amplifier?
2016-07-13 (5 minutes)
Jellybean ICs 2016
2016-07-14 (updated 2019-05-05) (17 minutes)
Low-power microcontrollers for a low-power computer
2016-09-06 (updated 2018-10-28) (18 minutes)
Solar-powered portable computers
2016-09-17 (updated 2018-10-28) (15 minutes)
Current hardware trends tend toward raytracing
2016-10-07 (4 minutes)
The Magic Kazoo: a synthesizer you stick in your mouth
2017-04-04 (updated 2019-05-12) (6 minutes)
Minimum hardware and software to get a flexible notetaking device running
2017-04-28 (4 minutes)
How can we do online pitch detection?
2018-04-27 (updated 2018-04-30) (6 minutes)
Arduino curve tracer
2018-06-17 (10 minutes)
Transistors vs. Microcontrollers
2018-06-17 (updated 2018-07-05) (8 minutes)
The TWI and I²C buses and better alternatives like CAN and RS-485
2018-06-28 (updated 2018-07-05) (24 minutes)
The Adafruit Feather
2018-06-30 (1 minute)
Notes on the STM32 microcontroller family
2018-06-30 (updated 2018-11-12) (42 minutes)
Byte prefix tuple space
2018-07-14 (updated 2018-07-15) (4 minutes)
Microlens vibrating lightfield
2018-07-14 (updated 2018-07-15) (11 minutes)
Text editor design for e-ink displays
2018-10-28 (23 minutes)
The Bleep ultrasonic modem for local data communication
2018-12-10 (updated 2018-12-11) (8 minutes)
the oversold-as-low-power Renesas RL78 microcontroller line
2019-08-27 (10 minutes)
Audio logic analyzer
2019-11-12 (3 minutes)