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LEAP#267 Cuttle Scope Graffiti

Blinking an LED is a pretty mundane test for the beautiful BoldportClub Cuttle. For something more interesting (if not useful!) I decided to get it to write its name on a digital oscilloscope. The X-Y scope inputs are controlled with an MCP42010 digital potentiometer. As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub hero_image


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LEAP#266 The BoldportClub Cuttle

The Cuttle is a bare-bones Arduino-compatible kit from The Boldport Club. But not just any clone .. this must be the best looking board I have! I now have three of them for prototyping with style;-) As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub hero_image


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LEAP#265 Doodling on an Oscilloscope

More of my minor obsession with digital potentiometers! The MCP42010 dual digital potentiometer is pretty nifty. And two channels means it is possible to control two inputs for an XY plot on an oscilloscope. So time to get drawing! Of course, the first thing to try is the classic Christmas Tree. As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub hero_image


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LEAP#264 MCP42010 Digital Pot

More of my minor obsession with digital potentiometers! This time the dual 10kΩ version of the MCP42010 with SPI control. I really like this unit - cheap and very flexible. I ended up using it in a few applications. Stay tuned! As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub hero_image


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