Programming Articles

AVR Multi-Programmer

I'm about 10 years late to the party, but in this project a cheap Arduino UNO clone becomes a very handy AVR programmer for everything from a little 8-pin ATtiny13 to a 28-pin ATmega.

Cheap Electronics as a Sudoku Alternative

Today's challenge is to drive a cheap 8-digit LED display. Months ago I bought a cheap module from Aliexpress. Too cheap. Instead of a nice smart LED driver chip as I had expected, it features instead the jewel of 1980's technology: a pair of 74HC596 shift registers. Let's explore this puzzle!

Term + hoes = Theorems

An alternade is one of those fun word puzzles that I enjoy solving by cheating, using wizardry rather than brain sweat.