Visual Studio Code is more an editor with debugger support than a full IDE, it takes a bit fiddling to set up and get right. Basically you don’t have any setup screens and have to edit your project in files with XML syntax. I am not sure if I will use this for everything, but…
You will find breakout’s for VL53L0X in numbers on net shops, they are still a bit price around 10ich USD – but the chip cost 2.6 USD so I expect them to drop down fast – competition & popularity is to high for them not to as soon as the vendors sort their logistics out.…
This is VL53L0X from ST, a 4.4 x 2.4mm ranging sensor that can measure accurate distance up to 200mm (2 meters). This is a BGA with a I2C interface and have an ST interface library. Several breakout boards exist, but we need to be a bit clever here – I want the sensors mounted in…
If I ever want to know where my wife’s cat’s are hiding I only need to start this 12 servo monster – I instantly have a horde of cat audience… I will mount the control system on the inside of the box, but I still have to sort out the battery & PSU. Knowing that…
I maintain Zero mounting holes on all my Hat’s because it’s an easy & cheap way to assemble a wireless control system using the capabilities in Zero W. The picture above show Zero W on top of a 32xServo Hat. I have only populated 16 of them, but all 32 are available since the Hat…
I am constantly looking out for IDE’s to improve my productivity in Software, so I wanted to share with you my recent experiences in the area. This review focus on STM32 development. Visual Studio. Having used Visual Studio since it came around as Visual C++ 1.0 some 20+ years ago it has always been my…
Just the first 3D draft of my Servo Module. I still have the Raspberry PI Zero W hanging on the back of this – we don’t need to populate that header, but had plenty of room for it so just left it there. on top left you see jumpers to select Servo and Servo Signal…
The Servo Module forced me to think about isolation and made it obvious that I need 2 x 5V supplies in cases where 5V is used for Servo’s etc. I removed 48V as option simply because 48V is used for higher effects/currents. Pin 23/24 is now the 5V MCU supply that must stay isolated from…
I don’t show to much schematics in here simply because it’s a bit difficult to copy them into here, but had to show this – this is the first time I use a photocoupler. I decided to try PS2801 after realising that a long range of photocouplers use the same package. I am not sure…
This is a 5″ display and the keyboard I just ordered. I think the size is about correct. The trouble is more finding a TFT display that hide the HDMI on the back (inside) rather than demanding cables extending to the sides. I actually need a workable console for Raspberry PI that include both keyboard…