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January 20, 2020

Plotting SICK S300 data in LabVIEW

This page documents two approaches to plotting SICK S300 data in LabVIEW. An example program that uses the second approach is stored in this…

October 30, 2019

Visible spectroscopy with AMS AS7262

A few weeks ago I bought an AS7262 breakout board from SparkFun just for kicks. I don’t have much experience with spectroscopy but I…

February 17, 2019

Plotting serial port data in real time using python and Matplotlib

It’s useful to be able to read and plot serial data in real time (for example, you might want to monitor the output of…

November 27, 2018

How to stop annoying pop-up ads after installing Corel VideoStudio X10

OS: Windows 7 Professional Software: Corel VideoStudio X10 Issue: Adds pop up in lower right hand corner of screen Background I bought a copy…

July 31, 2018

How to upgrade the firmware on Microchip’s CAN BUS Analyzer Tool

The CAN BUS Analyzer Tool from Microchip is a CAN bus monitor that supports CAN 2.0b and ISO11898-2. It’s available from Digi-Key for a…

July 21, 2018

16-Channel relay multiplexer shield for Arduino Nano

This device makes use of the shiftOut() function and two 8-bit serial-in, parallel-out shift registers (74HC595). A useful shift register discussion can be found here. The relay…

July 4, 2018

Bad ASCII art?

My attempt at the sine cardinal function: | | .-. 1 .-. / | \ .-. _ _ .-. .-. / \ / |…

October 30, 2017

How to take a screenshot with your Samsung Galaxy J7

If you’re reading this you might be as hopeless as I am. Don’t worry, I won’t dwell on it. Navigate to the screen you…

October 29, 2017

How to remove the Google search bar from your Galaxy J7 home screen

I recently purchased a Galaxy J7 to replace my beloved but horribly abused Galaxy SIII. When I powered up my J7 and viewed the…

July 7, 2017

Getting started with the Allen Bradley Micro820 PLC

The Micro820 is a low cost Ethernet controller in the Allen-Bradley Micro800 PLC family. Some interesting features include: Free IDE Can be programmed with ladder…

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