Solving USBasp Programming Issues

USBasp is an open-source in-circuit or in-system programmer for AVR microcontroller platform. It is widely available and is a cheap alternative to official programmers from Atmel USBasp was created by Thomas Fischl and was initially released in 2005. The programmer…

List of Indian DIY Online Stores

Indian Online DIY Stores and Websites

When it comes to buying parts for your 3D printer or RC cars or even modules and sensors for your Arduino, Indian makers do not have that many choices that offer quality products for reasonable prices, compared to what available…

CP2102 USB to Serial Converter

When it comes to communicating with a microcontroller, the word “serial” just pops up into mind if you’re familiar with microcontrollers. Three major communication protocols/interfaces used by microcontrollers are UART, SPI and I2C (TWI). Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) as its name says, is an asynchronous serial communication…

Are we in a simulation?

Elon-Musk-by-Stephen-Lam_LR

I‘ve heard people including Tesla Motors’ CEO, Elon Musk, say that we’re in a dream or simulation, matrix or something, that the universe as a whole is big computer simulation. Really? I’ve always wondered about such a possibility and the reason why people…