I was planning on writing a beginner’s tutorial for using PWM on raw AVR chips, but I found that Arduino already has a nice guide here: http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/SecretsOfArduinoPWM The only change you need to make to their code to use it without the Arduino software is to remove calls to “pinMode”. Do so by using the appropriate …
Author: Chris Laplante
A basic “man-in-the-middle” proxy with Twisted
[OUTDATED – It has been a while since I looked at this, so it’s probably very outdated. Please check the comments.] I came across a nice example of a Twisted “man-in-the-middle” style proxy on Stack Overflow. This style of proxy is great for logging traffic between two endpoints, as well as modifying the requests and …
Solving the Timeout=2 error when updating WiFly firmware
While attempting to update the firmware of my WiFly module, I was getting a Timeout=2 error from the ftp update command, even after I had set the new update server (with the help of these instructions). The solution I found was to change the FTP mode from passive to active, and then attempt the update process. …
Parsing HTML with C++
I was having a hard time finding an HTML parser for my latest C++ project, so I decided to write up a quick summary of what I ended up using. Revisited! Please see the new article here. My #1 requirement for a parser was that it had to provide some mechanism of searching for elements. …
Debugging Android HTTPS traffic with Fiddler and Connectify
[OUTDATED – It has been a while since I looked at this, so it’s probably very outdated.] If you’re trying to debug an app (or website) on Android that is using HTTPS, then this short guide might be for you. I’ll show you how to set up Fiddler and Connectify Me so that you can …
Two great articles on customizing debugger displays with C# and Visual Studio
I’ve been working on a rather large project for the past few months (a library), and I’ve had the need to customize how the debugger displays my classes during a debug session. I found two very helpful articles from Jared Par that I wanted to share. Article #1: FlattenHierarchyProxy A problem I ran into …
How to store, protect and organize electronic parts (updated 2021!)
Updated for 2021! Added some new products that I have found and updated existed product links. Over the past few years, I’ve amassed quite the collection of basic electronic components (chips, resistors, etc.), little microcontrollers (Arduinos and Arduino clones), and a few other tiny gadgets (the coolest of which I consider to be this mini …
Hack a Guitar Hero drumset to use it with any computer over USB, Part 5
Hack a Guitar Hero drumset to use it with any computer over USB, Part 4
> BitBucket repository is live: https://bitbucket.org/MostThingsWeb/usbdrumming/src In part 3, we finished fleshing out the details of the hardware and embedded software. In this part, we’re going to build it! Ready? Let’s begin… …by reading this first Let me preface this post by saying that I am not responsible if you destroy your drumset, …
Hack a Guitar Hero drumset to use it with any computer over USB, Part 3
> BitBucket repository is live: https://bitbucket.org/MostThingsWeb/usbdrumming/src In part 2, we finished up the initial drafts of the hardware and embedded software for the drumset. Now, we’ll make a few modifications to our circuit and software to add some additional features. Improving the circuit Let’s add three more things to your circuit: Some kind …