In writing the previous six articles about designing and building a digital clock, I found some software bugs...
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Autodidact Ambitions 6 – Doubling Down on the Deep Dive
When the dive into the microcontroller code for my clock turned into a whopper of an article, I had to split...
The Magic of Indy Part 2 – Race Day
The morning of the race starts a whole other round of traditions. The "bomb" goes off at 6am (they set off a...
The Magic of Indy Part 1 – Getting There
This weekend is the 108th running of the Indianapolis 500. Many of you know it. Many of you have been to it....
Autodidact Ambitions 5 – Dive Deep
So, I've gotten a clock wired up with buttons and a switch so the user can set the time. I still have to...
Autodidact Ambitions 4 – Soldering On
So, I've been making a clock. Up to this point I've managed to assemble and code a timer that starts at...
Autodidact Ambitions 3 – C no Evil
In the first two installments of trying to build a clock, I'd acquired a Texas Instruments Launchpad, written...
Autodidact Ambitions 2 – Back to Step A
So to recap, I was trying to make a clock. I had acquired a Texas Instruments Launchpad for developing code...
Autodidact Ambitions 1 – Small Steps
Sometimes when you've been buried deep in a subject, you lose track of where you were before the journey...
The Kaczynski Quote
While I must vehemently disagree with his methods (hi NSA) I cannot help but think the man was on to...