etching – Linux, Games, Programming and some random science stuff

i2c is a protocol to communicate with microchips. It is widely used if the required data rate is not that high (up to few thousand bytes per second or similar). Reading data from some client (which could be some sort of sensor, or an Analog-Digital-Converter for example) with the Raspberry Pi is usually as easy as just reading from a device file (/dev/i2c-0 for example), specifying the device address beforehand, […]

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November 16, 2012

SMD soldering with a pre-heater and self-etched boards

I’m planning to build another radio telescope (I’ll write more about that once it’s a bit more advanved), and for that, I need to solder a lot of SMD stuff — mostly because many of the parts I need are only available in SMD. This has a few advantages — especially it’s cheaper and smaller — but it can also be very difficult to do with a soldering iron, for […]

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Linux, Games, Programming and some random science stuff

Tag: etching

Raspberry Pi i2c and repeated start condition and MAG3110 magnetometer

SMD soldering with a pre-heater and self-etched boards