Category: Experimentation!

  • LFS Dashboard Pt1

    Well where to start on this one… I suppose my initial inspiration came from this post on HackADay, This lead me to the discovery of Live For Speed and my new gaming addiction! It wasnt long before I had a C# program connecting to the LFS out-gauge API and displaying tachometer info on a small…

  • Learning Serial Communication

    This morning I decided its about time I learnt how to use the UART hardware in most PIC microcontrollers. I started off with a USB-RS-232 converter that I got for US$3 from DealExtreme. There are a few reasons why I used a converter, firstly being because my main PC no longer has an RS-232 port…