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uCHobby Has a Google+ Page. 10 Jun 2013 | 10:44 pm
Google+ Not much there right now, but it is a start.
Replacing delay() in Arduino Sketches – IsTime() to the rescue! 22 Jan 2012 | 01:18 pm
The problem with delay() is that your code is stuck waiting for the time to elapse. What if you wanted to do something more in that time? There are places where you don’t need to do anything with your...
Site Update – Things are Changing 6 Jan 2012 | 04:14 pm
Happy New Year! I hope you call can keep your New Year’s resolutions. One of mine is to get back to blogging at uCHobby. I have been doing lots of projects but just don’t find the time to blog. There...
BahBots Controller from Wright Hobbies 8 Dec 2010 | 04:37 pm
Cool new microcontroller board available from Wright Hobbies. The BahBots controller has its own web site, includes a microSD card slot and XBee headers. It uses the ATMega1284P which has 128K of prog...
Linux Code to ring the hacked doorbell 1 Sep 2010 | 10:12 am
After hacking the doorbell I did some code to make it ring and flash. I’m new to software development on Linux. Doing my work in Eclipse with CDT has been fun so far. Probably the hardest thing for me...
Made an Alert Box from a scrounged Doorbell 30 Aug 2010 | 12:29 pm
Doing some clean up around the house I found an old wireless doorbell but not the remote to activate it. I started to toss this in the trash. Rather then throw it away I decided to turn it into an ale...
$7 Microcontroller Evaluation Board 19 May 2010 | 03:33 pm
STMicroelectronics is working hard to gain ground in the microcontroller market. The STM8S-Discovery kit cost $7 and features a small 8Bit MCU with I/O, a capacitive touch button, USB interfacing and...
Quick Work Bench 21 Mar 2010 | 11:44 am
Two plastic shelf kits from Lowe’s assemble into a 24 inch (2 foot) deep, 9 foot long standing work bench. The link above is not exactly the model displayed in the picture. These shelf units are avail...
Repurpose a Solar Garden Light 24 Feb 2010 | 02:52 pm
This solar garden/path light was found at Target for $3! Nothing special about path lights, and the low price is no surprise in our times but this item looks very interesting for home projects. Instea...
Site Update 25 Jan 2010 | 05:36 pm
MySQL problem Just a quick note about the uCHobby web site. We have been having some trouble with our database server not starting as a service. If you see a database error when visiting please try ag...
