Tag Archives: hardware

A follow on from some of the recent blogs that have involved basic thermal heatsink calculation. This time around Dave takes you though the basic theory of thermal design and how heatsink calculations work. Then there are some real world temperature measurements to see how close to the theory we …

Dave grabs a few junkbox parts and builds a useful constant current load for switch mode power supply, battery testing, and other applications. Podcast: Download

Microsoft’s new Instaload battery technology allows batteries to be inserted into a product either way around. Is it one of those brilliant “why didn’t anyone think of that before” moments, or just another silly patent on a really obvious idea? Is it workable in practice? Can YOU bust the patent …

Look, up in the sky, is it a hardware fault?, is it a software fault?, no, it’s a bloody FPGA Podcast: Download

Dave tangles with Murphy’s Law and Microchip silicon bugs with his latest PIC project. The PIC24FJ256 errata And that Jim’s Mowing Franchise looks pretty tempting. Podcast: Download