It used to be pretty straight forward to assign a net to a hidden pin of a component using the right-click property menus. However, this function has been relocated to…
The scope of the OpenRISC project is so extensive that it covers wild range of areas including processor architecture, implementation with register transfer language, simulation tool, synthesis tool, and tool-chain…
I talked about soldering small surface mount LED in my previous posts by using DIY reflow oven. Today I would like to show you how to rework similar LED, which is,…
The first impression of the Ricoh Theta 360 Degree Spherical Panorama Camera is its odd appearance — to me it feels like a bar of chocolate wafer. The dual lens reminds me…
The “copper to drill hole” distance is an important rule for circuit board design, just like the “copper to copper” clearance. A PCB manufacturer usually announce their minimum allowable clearance…
I sent out a new circuit board design to a PCB fab house last week, but was put on hold multiple times for the reason of “insufficient copper to copper…
If you want to customize your own remote controller for Panasonic HD video camera HC-X900M, or build it into your own system to control multiple camcorders just like my old…
Let’s first take a look at the video clip of how my customized remote synchronize two (or more) Canon Rebel T4i video shooting. Canon Rebel series latest model T4i (as well as…
For lab geeks or hobbyist who often sends out small quantity PCB fab orders but doesn’t care about a little bit extra work, this post will help save a decent amount of…
This is a quite interesting project which requires digging out the 3D stereo camera module from the LG thrill P925 smart phone and driving it somewhere outside the smart phone.…