
United Kingdom
Freelance Consultant | AB Open
Open source (hardware and software!) advocate, Treasurer and Director of the Free and Open Source Silicon Foundation, organiser of Wuthering Bytes technology festival and founder of the Open Source Hardware User Group.
Published Content

5 days ago
Using Modbus with the Brainboxes BB-400 Neuron Edge Controller
Reading a single-phase Modbus energy meter with the Pi-powered PLC and much more.

1 week ago
Constructing a High Current 28V DC Power Supply
This post takes a look at assembling a high current DC power supply that is rated at over 60A, for use with military surplus and other electronics which would typically be vehicle-powered.

1 month ago
Caught Short with Cat 6a
A tale of Ethernet cabling woe and a reassuring resolution courtesy of Telegartner VM-Pro Connection Modules.

1 month ago
Building a Cosmic Ray Detector Part 2: Assembly and Initial Testing
CosmicWatch theory of operation, and assembling and testing the main PCB.

2 months ago
Building a Cosmic Ray Detector Part 1: Introduction and Planning
Constructing the CosmicWatch desktop muon detector.

4 months ago
Getting Started with the Renesas EK-RA6M4 Microcontroller Dev Kit
Andrew Back tests the Renesas RA6M4 family of microcontrollers with the new EK-RA6M4 development kit and a look at the programming software with several example pieces of code

5 months ago
Getting Started with the NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2GB
Setting up and an introduction to Jetson AI training and certification.

6 months ago
The WFH Engineer
Getting set up for working from home as an electronics engineer.

6 months ago
Jetson Nano 2GB Makes AI Even More Accessible
New NVIDIA developer kit further lowers the barrier to getting hands-on with AI, robotics and other applications which benefit from CUDA accelerated compute.

6 months ago
Hands-on with Microchip SAM-IoT WG
IoT development board combines low power 32-bit ARM Cortex M0+ with slick sensor to cloud out-of-the-box experience.

7 months ago
Getting Started with PSoC 6 BLE Prototyping Kit and ModusToolbox
Hands on with CY8CPROTO-063-BLE and the flexible ModusToolbox platform.

7 months ago
A Trip Back in Time via The RS Data Library
A look back at a much loved engineer’s treasure trove of information from the pre-Web days.