WD5GNR rambles about microcontrollers, ham radio, electronics, the Internet, science fiction, and other oddball things.
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Welcome Well, as if I don't have enough stuff on the Web,
I've decided to post an electronics-oriented "blog" to replace the defunct Al's Electronic Workshop program.
What can you expect? Who knows? My random thoughts and finds on electronics, microcontrollers, ham radio, the Internet,
and who knows what else? I've been blogging for awhile since the magazine I used to work for (New Architect) has a blog (the "daily")
that I wrote to (along with the other editors). Where else am I on the Web?
Programming and consulting Electronics
Ham Radio and PIC/CPLD/FPGA Tutorial.
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Al Williams
WD5GNR Rambles
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Friday, November 7
Mousey Mousey! A lot of people use our PAK-VI to interface with a mouse. You'll have a hard time finding a cheaper high-resolution, two-axis position sensor. Some of the optical mice do 800 DPI now. So many people (including me) have been doing this, we rolled out the PAK-XI just for this purpose. It is practically plug and play. Connect a PS/2 mouse to the chip and it will track the X and Y position (using 16-bit signed integers). Ask the chip and it will tell you where the mouse is (plus what buttons have been pushed). Perfect for robots, CNC milling machines, PCB drills, or whatever. We plan to introduce a board-level kit that will drive an LCD directly in the near future. Watch for it!
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This Would Make a Great... Christmas present: http://www.doublesight.com/.
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