Category Archives: Digital

Everything and anything related to digital electronics

BitTorrent explained

Posted on 2012-02-04 by M. Eric Carr

BitTorrent is a file-sharing protocol that takes advantage of clients’ upload capability to speed up file distribution. Here is a brief explanation and graphical example of how it works. Continue reading →

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Arduino motor control shield

Posted on 2012-01-26 by M. Eric Carr

Adafruit’s Motor Control Shield for Arduino makes motor control easy… Continue reading →

Posted in Arduino, C, Coding, Digital, Electronics, Reviews, Robotics | 1 Comment

An open letter to Senator Casey (and other SOPA/PIPA supporters)

Posted on 2012-01-18 by M. Eric Carr

An open letter to Senator Casey (D-PA), in opposition to Internet censorship. Continue reading →

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FPGAs for microcontroller geeks

Posted on 2011-12-25 by M. Eric Carr

An brief introduction to FPGA-based design, from a microcontroller geek’s perspective. Continue reading →

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