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Part 4: Omega2 - I2C Example
Using the I2C library to control 2x16 LCD Module, and other things The Onion2 Maker Kit came with a backlit 2x16 LCD module with I2C interface. The I2C LCD Example is completely documented here. I will...
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Starting MAX62630FTHR build
This is my first blog post documenting the build for the MAX62630FTHR #MakeWithMaxim context. I have, since I was a child, wanted to shoot a telemetry package up on an Estes rocket but never gotten...
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Early Detection For Forest Fire Risk
Introduction The aim of the project is to detect early risk of forest fires and to inform the forestry department to do prevention before the risk became a disaster. The sensors will sense the...
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Software progress
Just a quick update. I have some software now running. The basic system is operational on the MAX32630FTHR board communicating with all sensors and radio. SD-card logging is not yet implemented, nor is...
View ArticleMakin' With Maxim Unfortunate Reality
So I was excited to receive the email that I had won a maxim board and even better surprised when the maxim board itself came in with the hdk device, but sad to realize that as soon as summer came, I...
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Ready to fly
Ready to fly. I removed the reed switch and now power is turned on by plugging in USB power briefly and turned off by via a shutdown command. I also added a little more structural support for the...
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Up & away & back again - hard!
Bill Gates once said, "It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure". Yesterday's launch wasn't the complete success I had hoped but was fun, we got some great...
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#makewithmaxim VR glove
Introduction This project initially sought out to create a VR data glove using the MAX32630 mbed controller to collect inertial, position, and finger information postion information and send that...
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Pelvic Sensor
Introduction Many people suffer with pelvic pain and pelvic floor dysfunction mainly caused by aging, surgical procedures and accidents. The pelvic floor muscles are a group of muscles that attach to...
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#makewithmaxim CUBESAT Engineering Model
Introduction Sending a satellite into space is pretty difficult, not to mention expensive, so instead of sending a bunch of satellites into space to tinker with, why not design a single, highly...
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#makewithmaxim Model Rocket Data Acquisition and Telemetry
My entry for the #makewithmaxim contest is a data acquisition and telemetry payload for a model rocket, a base station and software to control the payload and analyze its data. The project, although...
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MAX32630FTHR as a VR Controller #MakeWithMaxim
Introduction MAX32630FTHR is a really powerful board with quite a lot of onboard peripherals. Most noticeably are the built-in accelerometer and the dual-mode Bluetooth low energy chip which unlock...
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#MAKEWITHMAXIM MAXBOT(A low cost Robotic Kit)
Introduction "MAXBOT" is a low cost Robotic Kit using MAX32630FTHR board has the main Controller Core and is mainly designed to initiate development of Low cost Robotic kit as alternate option to...
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Fitness Wearable
Introduction My goal is to create a Fitness Wearable gathering data from the BMI160 IMU. From the data collected I'm going to filter it to get linear movement using the Fourier Transform then save the...
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Presenting the HYGROMAX 630...
Even though Rob kept insisting we start documenting our work, I figured I had time and I'd do it in the end and what resulted was a very painful last-minute rush yesterday. Thankfully, there's a 1-week...
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Beautiful BLE
This phase in the project seems to be progressing slowly - probably because the activity I find myself involved in is very "non-electronic". I ended up riding across town to a distributor's warehouse...
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Data Acquisition, Display and Stability Monitoring on the Hygromax 630
I had mentioned in an earlier blog that I was using a couple of 74HC4067s to expand my data acquisition system to 32 input lines and 4 MAX7219s to display this data with the help of 32 7-segment LED...
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