- Speed of Dark Electronics is a site dedicated to hobby electronics. Focuses include small handy everyday projects to modules designed to easily fit into a much larger design. If it strikes my fancy, it will be here. Browse around, the page is still young, but growing.
If you'd like to submit a project, post it on the forums for review. If folks like what they see, it could be moved onto the main page.
Site News
- Installing MPLAB X IDE on Linux
I finally decided to update my MPLAB IDE to the newest version, X, and decided to try installing it on my linux machine (Fedora 14 on a Dell Inspiron 9100, 2GB RAM 2.8 GHz Prescott P4, 256MB Radeon 9800). I was confronted by a *.run file. Being a Linux user and not a Linux [...] - WebOS Blues
Since tech is a huge part of my daily life and interest, I figured Id write a short blog on the sad fate of WebOS. I was an early adopter, buying a Palm Pre shortly after their release and holding onto it until only a few weeks ago, moving off of my beloved Sprint network [...] - WVU ecoCAR
Its been a year since my trip to Yuma AZ with EcoCAR, and I thought Id stop by the lab to have a look. Other than being a messy working lab, not bad. Lots of exhaust on the floor, a partly assembled interior, and some unlabelled switches Im unfamiliar with. The car is going [...] - mimeTex
I decided I wanted to have the same functionality found in Google Docs on my site, and not have to make equations there and move them to my server and embed them as images. So I did some digging and found mimeTex, and and a simple recipe for wrapping the cgi into [...]
- WebOS app
Today I heard some more news regarding the release of new HP/Palm WebOS devices, including a few tablet form factors. Essentially Im gearing up for the second week of February, I need a new phone (my Pre has served me well, but is beginning to age rapidly), and would like to get a tablet with [...] - DexOS community updates
The DexOS got off to a shaky second half of 2010, one of the founders, Dex, stepped down from his position as head kernel developer. Steve and lone_wolf have assumed responsibility for kernel maintenance and the web page, and a new forum has been opened on the dex4u domain: http://www.dex4u.com/phpbb The new kernel will [...] - NanoSolar Update
Flashback a year or so, and I was extremely excited about a new technology that had emerged on the solar scene: Screen-printed solar panels that were nearly as efficient as poly-crystalline cells at a fraction of the cost. Due to the normal trade-secrets and monopolization of design, things have been progressing slowly since the first [...] - Apology
It was brought to my attention that a trojan had been embedded into my WordPress blog. After some checking around to make sure it wasnt the content, I found the culprit. It has been dealt with, and measures are being taken to avoid this sort of situation recurring. - Simple PC Control
Inflater has built a simple control circuit that allows switching of home appliances from a PC. http://speedofdark.us/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=DexOS.DexOS - LM386 Audio Amplifier
Simple Audio Amplifier using 6 to 10 components, depending on how serious you are or how much space you have. The chip is readily available and requires a minimum of external components.