I’ve blogged before why firmware-over-the-air (FOTA) updates are a must-have nowadays, however, my old AVR+RFM based projects were incapable of that due to the lack of external flash to temporary store the new firmware before it is flashed on the chip.…
I have one of the cheap DX digital thermometers laying around with the thermistor removed and used in another project. So I got an idea to try: use the LCD screen for visualizing data. The unit is driven by a thermistor: a…
Remote sketch uploading has been something I have long wanted for my projects. I can outline two major cases: 1) Remote flashing over TFTP – useful for remote locations where it won’t be convenient to go physically 2) Flashing from SD card…
Following the fiasco with the first version of the PCB, I have decided to create a single sided PCB so that the DIP socket that was causing me trouble is on the top. Here are the results, the PCB works…
Few weeks ago I decided to teach myself Eagle PCB so I can put my current spaghetti-style solution for heat pump monitoring to some order. That’s just an excuse of course, I was curious how laying out a new PCB works to…