Monthly Archives: December 2018

POV Globe – The Software

Persistence of Vision globes are a relatively simple project that everyone has to build, it seems. The fusion between mechanical, electrical, and firmware domains lead to some interesting challenges that are deceptively difficult to overcome. It’s a great project with a low barrier-to-entry, but it’s also easy to put your own spin on it. Heh.… Read More: POV Globe – The Software »

PicFix

Here’s an issue that was causing me some grief: In newer versions of MPLAB X, Microchip’s IDE, My PicKit 3 clone wasn’t able to supply power anymore. Some investigation revealed that in MPLAB 8 and before, they didn’t used to properly check for “correct” voltage before attempting to continue programming. Which is great! But they… Read More: PicFix »