Blogs / Personal blogs

David Johnson-Davies

technoblogy.com

This is a PCB version of my earlier digital signal generator that generates a crystal accurate square-wave signal from 2Hz to approximately 33.5MHz in precise steps of 2Hz. The frequency is continuously adjustable over this range using a rotary encoder, or you can enter an exact frequency using a numeric keypad, with…

Popular posts
6
Total points
1,023
HN comments
365
Rank
#2,095 personal

Visit technoblogy.com → RSS feedOn Hacker News Sep 2016 – Aug 2025

Hardware & Electronics 6Tools & Productivity 3Programming Languages 3

2

Walkie-Textie Wireless Communicator

The Walkie-Textie is a simple handheld device with a 12-key keypad and OLED display that allows you to send and receive text messages using the LoRa wireless protocol. It's ideal for situations where there's no mobile signal, such as when you're camping or hiking in a remote area, when you don't want the cost of a…

3

Logic Lab

The Logic Lab provides a selection of 12 logic gates that you can interconnect with patch cables to make a variety of different logic circuits, for experimenting with and learning about logic:

4

Tiny Lisp Computer

This article describes a self-contained computer with its own display and keyboard interface, based on an ATmega328, that you can program in Lisp. You can use it to run programs that interface to components such as LEDs and push-buttons via the I/O pins, read the analogue inputs, and operate external devices via the…