Archive for month: November, 2008

Using Eagle3D to Generate Virtual Images

28 November, 2008 (02:35) | Eagle, Tutorials | By: Chris

To visualize your boards, you’ll need to download Eagle3D and POVRay. Install those and you’ll be ready to go.

Eagle3D
A very useful tool written some time ago by Matthias Weißer, Eagle3D allows you to create a virtual three-dimensional image of your board.  It does this by using EAGLE’s built in scripting language, or User Language Programs [...]

Setting up and Using the UART for the PIC

15 November, 2008 (21:37) | PIC, Tutorials | By: Joshua

In a previous post I explained many of the registers and bits used in the UART. This time we’re going to put those pieces together to make a functional UART.
First thing you need to set is the baud rate. The baud rate is dependent on the clock speed. It’s important to know what you [...]