Articles by john

Programming a Picaxe 08m chip

By john

After I got my Arduino I felt the urge to brush up on my general electronics knowledge. The last time I'd really played with any circuits was back in about 1994 when I was studying my Technology GCSE - which now is quite a long time ago. So I picked up …

Kite Physics

By john

I've finally managed to finish the Kite Physics Demo I started back in October:

It's more of a plaything than anything else. It did give me a chance to try out writing some physics code again, something I don't get much of a chance to do …

watch-cp.py

By john

During software development it's key to minimize the time between editing code and seeing the results of a change. During web-development the constant tweaking of CSS/HTML/Javascript etc means you're always reloading the browser to see changes.

At work I do a lot of Java web development, which normally …

My First Arduino Project (Morse Code)

By john

So I finally have an Arduino. I've been hankering after one for a while now, after seeing what Build Brighton and others have been able to do with them. So I was very happy when my better half paid attention to the hints I'd been dropping and got me an …