Blogs about PIC

• FORTHdsPIC gets its compiler & more ‘Bare-Metal’

  Bill Marshall

  In a previous post I introduced my latest project which started out as an exercise in familiarisation of PIC24/dsPIC assembly language programming but morphed into the development of a FORTH interpreter/compiler. Version 0.1 saw a working interpreter with a limited number of FORTH ‘words’. The compiler and a fairly standard word set are now operational with Version 0.2.

• The Android PC System -APC 8750

  Pete Wood

  Priced between the Beagle Board and the Raspberry Pi, the new kid on the block is Via Technologies APC 8750.  It runs on a preinstalled custom Android Operating System and includes a basic s

• Raspberry Pi joystick

  cpswan

  After getting MAME going on my Raspberry Pi so that I could play old arcade games. I wanted to hook up a proper joystick. Back in the 80′s I had the excellent and ubiquitous Competition Pr

• The Low Cost GSM Network is Here

  Andrew Back

  This post takes a look at custom hardware that can be used with open source GSM network software to enable the creation of extremely low cost mobile network infrastructure

• Searching for Aliens with a Raspberry Pi and the Sun

  Andrew Back

  A fun project to see if a solar powered Raspberry Pi could be used to help in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.SETI@home allows individuals to donate idle computer time to analysing radio

• Maker Faire Singapore 2012

  Eric Lee

  The DesignSpark team in Asia joined the Maker Faire this weekend in Singapore, first of the kind for the team. The Maker Faire was participated by a full room of enthusiatic art, craft, electronics,

• Raspberry Pi Arcade

  cpswan

  I grew up in the dawn of arcade games, and living at the coast meant that I had access to a couple of decent arcades where I could play all the classics as they came out - Space Invaders, Galaxian, De

• Hacking the TP-Link TL-WR703N

  Andrew Back

  The TL-WR703N is a 3G travel router that has become a hit with the hacking community due its low cost, compact size and the ease at which it can be re-purposed. This post covers initial experiences wi

• RS Components Tweet Racers Competition

  RS Components

  RS Components are looking for any UK based engineers or hackers who think they'll be up for the challenge of designing a system, that will use the power of Twitter, to race two cars on a Scalextr

• Processing on the Raspberry Pi

  Andrew Back

  A look at getting the Processing programming language and IDE up and running on a Raspberry Pi, and example code working with the TI Chronos eZ430 development kit.Processing is a programming language