RIP Athlon 2800

The Athlon 2800 Desktop System died last week. Just over 6 years old.
The motherboard expired. Had been looking for a justification for upgrading :)

Have now got a Intel Core I5-750 system on order.

Happy Birthday Sir Issac

Sir Issac Newton was in born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire on Christmas Day 1642.

It's Christmas

The holidays start here.
Still loads of snow about, but surprise surprise, it wasn't freezing this morning, just because I did'nt have to go to work.

Snow Snow Snow

Its been %$^&*^ cold here last few days.
Anyway, its nearly christmas. Two more days to go, too being able to relax and put my feet up.
Well stocked up with the real ales

Thought For The Day

Q. Why do so many spiders work in I.T.

A. Because they are good at web design :)

Ultrasonic Distance Transducer II

The Ultarsonic module (and other bits) arrived on Tuesday.
A 5 pin PCB header was quickly soldered to it, this way it can be plugged into the dev block, and connected to the PIC programmer.

The flowcode program was loaded into the PIC, and the unit sprung to life.
Works over a range of 1cm to 60 cm.

Want to try and make it indicate a decimal place next.
This will mean converting the measured value to a string to allow it to be displayed on the LCD.

Ultrasonic Distance Transducer

Watch This Space For Updates
Ordered an ultrasonic transducer module to use with the PICs. Should be here on Monday.
Got some interesting ideas to play with