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[Minifloat] is using his TI Launchpad development board as an In-System Programmer for AVR chips (translated). There are a ton of homebrew AVR programmers out there, and using an Arduino for ISP is quite popular. But recently we searched for a way to use the Launchpad as a programmer and didn't find one. We'd venture to say this is the first. There is one hardware modification that must be … [Read more...]
Ah, the glitter of gold... or fake gold, we're not really sure. But [Mike Hogan] and [PJ Santoro] have been working with faux gold leaf as a conductor on circuit boards. The device you see above is mounted on metal-covered paper substrate and it really works. They started by applying spray adhesive to heavy paper to make the gold-clad they needed. This was cut down into hexagons in homage to … [Read more...]
Check out this 6-pin MSP430 microcontroller. What's that you say? TI doesn't make a 6-pin MSP430? True, Texas Instruments doesn't make one, so [Greg] grabbed his Demel and a cutoff wheel, and chopped up a larger uC to arrive at this package. It may sound a bit crazy at first, but when you think about it there's nothing really all that special about this. The plastic package on DIP components … [Read more...]
Here's an analog meter clock using an MSP430G2211 microcontroller. [Doug Paradis] chose this processor because it is the lesser of the two that come with the TI Launchpad. The parts count is fairly low too; a clock crystal, two analog meters, a few buttons, and a voltage regulator. He's done a nice job putting this together. We challenge you to give this a try yourself and build on [Doug's] … [Read more...]
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