Learning for Engineers, Students, and Hobbyists
In the spirit of Throwback Thursday, we’re also going to look at one of the posts on the blog from last November. James, one of our interns, explained exactly what a stepper motor is and how they work. It’s in-depth and incredibly useful.
Read More
If you have a computer, you may have heard of Linux. Linux is a free ad open-source operating system, where the “base” code can be used and modified by anyone. Some of Digilent’s boards (like the ZYBO) use Linux. Linux is great for programming and development, but isn’t as user-friendly as other operating systems.
Read More
In previous blog posts, we’ve programmed mainly in C. But with a blog post about classes coming up, I figured a short post about how C++ works would be helpful for everybody.
Read More
Howdy! It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new to my For Cheap Robots series, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been idle, far from it actually! I’ve recently been offered the chance to write a guest article for another robotics blog called IntoRobotics! I’d like to show all of you how to use the For Cheap Robots tutorial to make a simple, line-following robot of your very own.
Read More
Operational amplifiers (op-amps) are everywhere, in everything, and can do just about anything. Well, okay, maybe not quite, but there is no doubt that they are one of the most useful ICs ever to hit the market.
Read More
Check out my Embedded Linux Hands-On Tutorial for the Zybo Board. An official copy hasn’t been released on our website yet, but we didn’t want you to have to wait, so we created a fully functional draft via Instructables.
Read More