Every wonder what is inside a toll way RFID tag? The windshield on one of our cars had to be replaced the other day. We removed the toll way RFID tag before taking the car to the shop so I could peek inside. I doctored the picture here so the registration number is not shown.

 
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In a previous article we introduced the first uCHobby designed kit. The SBBPWR1 is a handy power supply module which plugs directly into a solderless breadboard. The previous article detailed the the overall design process for this kit. The SBBPWR1 has been received well and we got several good suggestions for improvements.
This article describes […]

We have two current contest at uCHobby, both are related to the package of 6 prototyping boards from Wright Hobbies. Read more about these contest in the sponsor announcement and the prototyping board review articles.
An ending date was not specified but I think now is a good time to announce some of the winners […]

I won a Digital Multimeter Pen from Saelig which has some interesting features. Of course it is very handy to have the display in your hand as you measure. I find that positioning the meter to read it while probing is often a pain. This solves that problem. The meter even has a display […]

In this article Steven Moughan shows us how to setup for PIC microcontroller development on Linux. Steve writes the following…
PICs are great, they really are… they have great features, decent instruction sets,
there’s lots to choose from, their manufacturer released a great IDE (MPlab) what could go wrong? Unfortunately the PIC is somewhat lacking when […]

In this article Frank explains the code used in the Wii Nunchuck Mouse article. Each piece of the code is explained clearly. If you want to understand how the Wii Nunchuck Mouse works or learn about programming then this is a good article to read.
Coverage includes the Arduino microcontroller code and the Autoit scripts […]

Six prototyping boards from Wright Hobbies, a new uCHobby sponsor. This article is a brief review of the new boards. A second comment contest where you can win a set of these boards is also announced.
We announced the Wright Hobbies giveaway sponsorship in this previous article along with a comment contest. There have been a […]

uCHobby has its first sponsor! To celebrate we are giving away some very nice prototyping boards. Not just one board but a collection of six which represent the products available from Wright Hobbies.
Wright Hobbies is our first sponsor and we hope to have a few more in the future. At uCHobby we are about […]

Florin over at YourlTronics has a great write up on DIY PCB etching. Every step is covered in detail including setup of the printer software and the etching process.
This article is not hosted at uCHobby. Click here to read the article at YourlTronics.
We normally only have original content at uCHobby so this is an experiment. […]

In this short article Frank provides example code to use the Nintendo Wii Nunchuck as a mouse. In this previous article we looked at the Nunchuck and an adaptor board I purchased from Todbot. I also mentioned making a mouse device using the Nunchuck using ideas from Bernard’s Accelerometer Based Mouse article. Frank has done […]