Category Archives: prototyping

Digital Storage Oscilloscope On The Cheap

Posted on 2009 09 26 by Jason Job

I just received my new Digital Storage Oscilloscope by JYE tech from the Seeed Studio Depot. While it is certainly not as powerful as a full fledged oscilloscope, its compact size and affordable price ($49) make it a handy tool … Continue reading →

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Arduino 0017 Released

Posted on 2009 08 14 by Jason Job

The latest version of the Arduino IDE has been released. From the arduino.cc website: “The open-source Arduino environment makes it easy to write code and upload it to the i/o board. It runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The … Continue reading →

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PachubeMon Now Available On The App Store

Posted on 2009 08 07 by Jason Job

I am happy to announce that my Pachube feed organizer/viewer application PachubeMon is now available as a free download on the App Store. It was also announced on the Pachube blog on Monday. Pachube is a web service available at pachube.com … Continue reading →

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Software Debouncing Multiple Latching Switches With Arduino

Posted on 2009 01 12 by Jason Job

This last week I have been working on making the operation of my MIDI controller prototype more robust. One of my tasks has been to debounce and latch the states of my pushbutton toggle switches. Though you could use hardware … Continue reading →

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DIY Cardboard MIDI Controller

Posted on 2008 12 28 by Jason Job

Today I built a DIY cardboard MIDI controller. I used an Atmega168 with code written in Arduino and programmed on an Arduino NG. The whole circuit is breadboarded and connects to the computer via a single USB cable. The serial … Continue reading →

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Simple Max Serial To MIDI Patch

Posted on 2008 10 12 by Jason Job

I have programmed an Arduino to output serial MIDI CC messages when I adjust potentiometers connected to it. To control my MIDI capable applications I could just send this data to a MIDI cable and then to a commercial USB-MIDI … Continue reading →

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Serial Communication Tool For OSX

Posted on 2008 10 01 by Jason Job

Coming from a Windows background I previously used HyperTerminal as a serial communication tool. When I moved to a Mac I tried an app called zterm that is a sort of HyperTerminal equivalent, but found it to be a bit … Continue reading →

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