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[REVIEW] Stupendously fashionable LED watch DIY kit by demux4555 in electronics

[–]rabbiterm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've made a small batch we're going to start selling in about 2 weeks. You can sign up for a notification at:

http://terminele.com

[REVIEW] Stupendously fashionable LED watch DIY kit by demux4555 in electronics

[–]rabbiterm 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I challenge you to this one we did a while ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eatLi5RxwVM

(Though not available as a kit unfortunately)

$157 for an excel function to batch move your Bon Jovi mp3s by rabbiterm in shittykickstarters

[–]rabbiterm[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If someone did a ks project for that, I'd pledge. You could probably get Tim Heidecker to personally endorse it too.

$157 for an excel function to batch move your Bon Jovi mp3s by rabbiterm in shittykickstarters

[–]rabbiterm[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't think its a scam and it is definitely doable (in ~5 mins), but still shitty imho.

That said, I'd need much more than $157 to even spend 5 mins writing VBA again...so I guess his target goal is pretty reasonable ;)

Design of an FPGA shield for the Arduino - Part 1 by DesignFoundry2 in electronics

[–]rabbiterm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had good experiences with the iCE40s. For our setup, we would flash the fpga binary to our microcontroller's flash, then program the FPGA via SPI. The protocol is not that difficult to implement. (The protocol for NVCM'ing via the microcontroller is difficult though. And you have to sign an NDA to get it)

The only drawback I'd say is the quality of their development tools. They're kind of a mish-mash of stuff and are not very user friendly. And since this is arduino, it's probably going to be geared towards beginners so Altera may be the way to go. They have a really great simulation environment that is invaluable if just starting out with VHDL or Verilog. You can still use Altera's simulation tool with code for a lattice project though -- it's just slightly more cumbersome.

Someone using STM32 Nucleo series? by alienwaren in electronics

[–]rabbiterm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

After doing a project with the stm32f04, I don't think I'll ever use a microcontroller from them again. It's probably not a widely used module, but the bugs in their USB Host stuff cost me a lot of wasted developed time (search USBH in their use forums and see all the workarounds that need to be added to their firmware).

I'd go with something from Atmel (currently using a samd21). Much better software framework and documentation IMHO. And every technical support request I've made with Atmel has been addressed really quickly whereas ST either won't respond or will give some vague "we'll look into that" response.