techtravels.org

Latest articles

basic schematic

I put up a rough schematic of my design.  It’s not perfect, and will be updated in the near future, but if you are interested.
Click the image below for a full size image.

data rate vs throughput

Although I’m transmitting from the Parallax SX microcontroller to the PC via USB at a data rate of 2mbps, the actual throughput is much less.  First, there is some overhead, namely start and stop bits, which is...

java software updated

Tonight I’ve finally got around to adding a config file option so that you don’t have to keep selecting a comport to open.  It also remembers your “number of retries” before skip options. Simply...

switched servers

Well, I’ve switched servers at my webhost.  I’ve updated WordPress and Gallery.  No major changes, but both of these updates fix security vunerabilities.  I’ve been wrapped around this for a...

java client works

Well I’m producing correct .ADF’s with the new java client. The terminal mode is also finished and working. I have some various odds and ends to wrap up with it, namely allowing the user to save his...