Video series about SCEPSIS
I’m in the process of producing a viedo series about my Simple CPU emulator, SCEPSIS. You can find the expaning playlist here:
playlist for SCEPSIS videos… Read the rest
Category: Education
SCEPSIS
Have a look at my new project, the ‘Simple CPU Emulation Program (Student Instruction System)‘…
SCEPSIS control panel… Read the rest
MTS up and running
Today I got my copy of MTS (Michigan Terminal System) and installed it in Hercules on my Raspberry Pi model 2, using the try-mts cookbook. See this page for more info on MTS. Below you will find a screenshot of the up and running system.… Read the rest
TotemDuino connected to MacBook!
TotemDuino connected to MacBook!
After some mailing back and forth with the Totem team, they found a solution. Oddly enough, it’s a solution I tried, but it did not work the first time. It appears one has to install the Prolific USB-to-Serial drivers.
Installation log
Here’s what I did now:… Read the rest
Totem Mini Lab – testing the Side Panel 1
Totem Mini Lab – testing the Side Panel 1
The Side Panel 1 is powered from the Mini Lab board, using both its 3,3 Volt and the 5 Volt connections.
NOTE: it is very important to set the Side Panel 1 to the same voltage as has been set in… Read the rest
Totem Mini Lab – Side Panel 1
Totem Mini Lab – Side Panel 1
I suppose in thanks for my review and for making contact between the Totem team and a Dutch distributor, they decided to send me a pre-production version of their Side Panel 1.
Functions
It’s a board with a couple of functions that make… Read the rest
Totem Mini Lab – first review
Totem Mini Lab – first review
A couple of weeks ago I came across the site of Totem. They make interesting stuff! Amongst other things they produce what they call a “Totem mini Lab” (see picture on the right, click for larger image).
This seems a good setup for lesson… Read the rest
There’s no standard like your own standard
There’s no standard like your own standard
Because more than one person can be working on the program of a MINDSTORMS robot at our school, International School Eerde, I devised a standard that every robot builder has to adhere to. This makes it possible to work on the programming for… Read the rest
Real robots don’t drive straight
Real robots don’t drive straight
This is the title of a publication by Fred G. Martin of the Computer Science department of the University of Massachusetts in Lowell.
Basically, what he is trying to tell us is that sometimes we tend to cut corners and hide the interesting stuff from… Read the rest
IoT : Internet of Things – Raspberry Pi Zero W
Raspberry Pi Zero W
Wow… I say again: wow…
I keep getting amazed by the sheer size of credit-card sized computers. The newest one (that I know of) is the Raspberry Pi Zero W. See picture on there right.
For you to be able to see the size I made… Read the rest
8 bit computer, solution for the microcode
8 bit computer, solution for the microcode
As I mentioned in this post, I was looking for a solution to program a couple of EEPROMs that are going to hold the microcode for my 8 bit computer. Using an Arduino Nano, I created a solution that also uses a python… Read the rest
New version of MINDSTORMS
New version of MINDSTORMS
There is a new version of MINDSTORMS out, version 1.3. It gives us the possibility to edit MyBlocks that we’ve been building before, when for example, we want to add a parameter, change the icon, things like that.
Check it out here!
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8 bit computer, output module, problem solved
8 bit computer, output module, problem solved
Remember that annoying problem I spoke of? I solved it! It appears I had soldered two connections together by accident. Almost invisible, but still two outputs were connected, resulting in double displays on the two leftmost 7-segment displays. Fortunately I was able to… Read the rest
8 bit computer, instructions and microcode
When designing and building your own computer, you have to design and build your own instruction set as well. So that’s one of the things I’m doing right now. One of the functions of the Control Unit in the computer is to decode the instructions and have all the chips… Read the rest
8 bit computer, buildup status
8 bit computer, buildup status
The status so far in pictures:
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