Following on from my first forray into Processing, I needed to display some data in a simple graph, with time as the X axis and scaled data value as the Y axis. I thought I would post what I came up with here, as I think its quite nice (although perhaps not the best designed … more
I wanted to use the computer language ‘Processing’ to read data from a serial port and record the data. Here are my collected notes on doing this. Processing is an open-source programming language which has been designed to teach computer programming fundamentals through a visual environment. It is the basis of the language used for … more
To celebrate the recent sunny weather, RE-Innovation will be running another solar PV workshop on Saturday August 31st from 11am to 5pm. In this work shop you will build one of our 10Wp solar DIY kits. We will also cover: Solar Photovoltaic technologies Resource assessment Load assessment System design Building and taking home a working … more
We use a CNC milling machine here in the workshop of RE-Innovation. It is used mainly to drill holes for prototype PCB production. We have also used it to cut out pieces for front plates and for enclosures. It has been out of action for a while as the spindle motor brushes failed and the … more