Brads Electronic Projects Forum

Is there a way to select the stop bits and parity?
I just remember it from my modem days from the 80's. There are more than one type of RS232. It also depends on how you set the parity and stop bits.

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=15615.0

Commodore 64 Programming #1: A quick start guide to C-64 assembly programming on Windows https://digitalerr0r.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/commodore-64-programming-a-quick-start-guide-to-c-64-assembly-programming-on-windows/ http://www.pcworld.com/article/3189550/software-games/just-for-fun-program-comm...

DS1804-010 Digital Potentiometer ICs NV Trimmer http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Maxim-Integrated/DS1804-010+/?qs=%2fha2pyFaduhJz1T3GiVu3Hh%2f3ayy7KwsBSJYtOGZTJi%2fBs8BIXIjiXAav6bcv%252b%2f7 DESCRIPTION The DS1804 NV trimmer potentiometer is a nonvolatile digital potentiometer that has 100 positi...

I just now ordered that second book, because I've gone through the K&R book, "The C Programming Language," second edition, and if I had to take a test on it, I'd probably get less than a 30%. The C language seems to me to be an absolute disaster, and I often don't understand what they're saying, or...

I learned Pascal in college. We were taught to define our variables first. It took a long time to program because I had to keep going back and forth through the editor to write the program and since the program didn't have line numbering, I kept getting lost. We actually wrote the programs in Word P...

Beginning C for Arduino: Learn C Programming for the Arduino (Technology in Action) https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Arduino-Programming-Technology-Action/dp/1430247762 The Kindle version is $7.95 to rent and $26.96 to buy. It is $16.42 used which sounds like a better deal. I have not reviewed the b...

In a Jersey basement, teen scientist builds his own nuclear device This is not nuclear fission, the atom-splitting reaction at a nuclear power plant that yields radioactive waste. It is fusion, a very small-scale version of the process that takes place in the sun. Scientists around the world have sp...

This site is not for the average hobbyist but is for professionals. They do have kits: Thorlabs' educational line of products aims to promote physics, optics, and photonics by covering many classic experiments, as well as emerging fields of research. https://www.thorlabs.com/navigation.cfm?guide_id=...

Ti MSP 430 Microcontroller users group (Yahoo) https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/msp430/info?yguid=293062608 I also did a search on Parallax forums regarding the MSP 430: http://forums.parallax.com/search?Search=msp+430 I hope this helps and I would like to help more even though I don't know how t...

Garth, I would try the 43oh community and then TI's community for getting started. They are more knowledgeable and can help you more than I can. http://43oh.com/ http://www.ti.com/lsds/ti/tools-software/launchpads/community-support/community-support.page http://www.instructables.com/id/msp430-Launch...

Called the PIC18F K42 family, the range is said to feature the largest total memory of any 8bit PIC MCU, with up to 128kbyte of flash and 8kbyte of RAM

http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electro ... ge/152351/

Might be worth checking out.

Caution: Work With Lithium Batteries Not Permitted I saw a yellow caution sign on the door of an engineering classroom in an expensive college. Is this the sign of the future? Do they know something we don't? Are there insurance problems? Don't ask me the name of the college. I won't say the name to...

C++ for Kids (Code Babies) Board book – July 19, 2016 by Sterling Children's (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kids-Code-Babies-Sterling-Childrens/dp/1454921595/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489976276&sr=8-1&keywords=C%2B%2B+for+Kids This book looks simple enough to help give adults help in learning C so I...

There are a lot of fun articles like machining parts for friends, making waveforms from printed discs, different electronic projects, robot building and his books. http://www.robotroom.com/PCB-Layout-Tips.html There are a lot of fun projects here for teaching, learning, playing, building, etc: http:...