J7 above is the USB connector on my Hat’s and 44/45 at right is the connection to the MCU. This is all you need to do to have a working USB connected to an STM32. Software is even easier if you just want a serial port. You just install STM32 Virtual Serial port driver for…
This is the PSU used on the LoRa/GPS Hat to allow switching the units on/off. The signal EnGPS connects to a GPIO pin and the MCU must pull it high for GPS to switch on – very simple. One of the functions of a modern EDA is to check schematics and PCB. This works excellent…
I want to make a larger plane using drone technology and the drawing above illustrate a generic control system with 4 thrusters. In this case I suggest 4 main motors because I want to lift a large drone in a simple frame to test thrusters and control logic. But, the illustration is generic in nature.…
UDP is an excellent protocol for sending messages between nodes in a system with Ethernet or Wifi. It’s speed and behavior on a modern PC’s allows in the region of 100,000 messages per sec, which should be sufficient for most applications.To make a Connection you only need two end-Points of which one need to have…
easyIPC is the protocol and collection libraries I use to communicate cross various networks. easyIPC is not bound to a special technology as it provides universal device to device access through a variety of technologies including Ethernet/Wife, RS485, CAN, and SPI and in time others. UDP, SPI, UART and CAN are examples of technologies I…
First 3D draft of the RS485 Hub. I have moved all connectors to left and top because it will be attractive to use this together with RPI 3B+ that have Ethernet/USB at right. As mentioned I could have used XPortHub for this, but I often need exactly RS485/Ethernet in higher density because RS485 is very…
XPortHub is great if you need a combination of ports, but I often need a high density of one port type so I made RS485Hub with 6 x RS485 ports, 2 x CAN ports and 1 x USB. This is basically a simple Hat where I take advantage of the high number of RS485 ports…
The main objective with an Abstraction Layer is to protect user modules from changes between platforms. Code on user level should be portable and plug & play after you done a 10 minute task of soft-wiring. I decided on the name “Abtraction Layer” because HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) is missued to much and was not…
I decided to try out a windmill costing ca 180.- USD that will arrive any day soon. It is quite windy here I live, so I should get a decent 500-1000W out of this and with a decent battery bank I should be able to drive a lot of out-door electricity – not connected to…
I feel bad about my 300.- USD 3D Printer collecting dust in my lab, so I want to do something about it. This was a Prusa i3 Gen 1 clone and it ha loads of issues that came with Gen 1 printers – that said, it actually work and do a decent job for what…