Archive for July, 2009

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

Introducing the RFM22/23, Big brothers to the RFM12B

My sample order of the RFM22 were waiting for me when I arrived home late last night.
Here is a picture of the RFM22 (Left) next to the RFM12B (Right).  Pretty much the same physical size, but more pins, and a lot of very small discrete components.

 
So What’s New?
These new transceiver modules from HopeRF appear to [...]

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Monday, July 27th, 2009

RFM12 Tutorial – Part 3a

Hmm Its been a while since I revisited the RFM12 tutorials, so I thought I’d better write the next one.  Unfortunately it’s going to be too long to fit in one post so I’ll be splitting it across a couple of posts.
The last two tutorials covered a brief introduction and the physical connection to the [...]

23 Comments » - Posted in RFM12B, Tutorials by Stephen Eaton

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Building Widgets – My SMD Build Process

Well, back from a short break away (kid free woohoo!) and onto some widget builds.  I thought I’d document how I do my widget construction.  I actually find building SMD devices much easier than the PTH variety.
I have all my components in some neat snap together containers, this allows me to have everything at hand [...]

4 Comments » - Posted in Wirelesswidget by Stephen Eaton

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Domain Name Fully Cut-over

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the blog and domain has been re-named to reflect more of my interests.  As a result the domain has now been fully moved across to http://blog.strobotics.com.au/ 
Please update your RSS feeds and bookmarks with the new address.  The old address is still active and will re-direct to the [...]

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