How to Compile MPLABX Projects from the Command Line
Within the past couple of years, Microchip has released MPLABX, a Netbeans based IDE for their microcontrollers. The IDE works great and makes it easy to develop and build your projects; however, building releases locally on developer machines is not the ideal way to be releasing software. Continuous Integration (CI) and build servers solve this […]
Negative Resistance
This tutorial is going to cover the topic of negative resistance. At first, it might seem like a strange idea that you could have a current flowing in the opposite direction of an applied voltage; but, hopefully by the end of this tutorial you will have a better intuitive understanding of what a negative resistance […]
How to Send a UDP Packet in Python
Sending either a TCP or UDP packet onto a network is a very easy thing to do using Python, but takes a little bit of knowledge about networking for it to make sense. In this tutorial I am going to give the most bare-bones and simplest possible way to send a packet of data over a network using UDP.
Adding Spice Models to LTspice
This tutorial is going to cover adding custom Spice models into your LTspice simulations and library. While it is very easy once you know how to do it, there are a couple pitfalls that can cause serious headaches if you are unaware.
How to Compute the IFFT using only the forward FFT
How can you calculate the IFFT (Inverse Fast Fourier Transform) using only the forward FFT (Fast Fourier Transform)? It is easier than you think!
HP 50g Derivatives, Integrals, and Summations Tutorial
Arguably of the best reasons for getting a calculator with a CAS (computer algebra system) is to solve derivatives, integrals, and summations symbolically. Here’s how to do it with the HP 50g.
HP 50g Variables and Folders Tutorial
This is a basic tutorial on managing variables and folders on the HP 50g calculator. Deleting variables is easy once you know what to, but it gives people trouble at the start when learning how to use this calculator. Using folders effectively is important because it helps with organizing variables and lets you have more […]
HP 50g Basic Graphing Tutorial
Graphing on the HP 50g took me a while to get used to. You have to go through a few separate menus to create a nice looking graph. This threw me for a loop because I was used to a calculator that had most the options for creating a graph in one place. Here is […]
MATLAB Beginner’s Guide
This tutorial is meant to help you get started with MATLAB. It assumes you have never used MATLAB and will teach you the very basics of the program.