My review of the ARM mbed Ethernet Starter kit is now live! An awesome kit, with everything needed to get up and running with mbed quickly. The shield alone has most of the things you need to learn about digital I/O, analogue, LCD screens and even has a slot for adding XBee cards. The complete review is available at http://packetfury.net/index.php/en/reviews/15-development-boards/8-arm-mbed-ethernet-starter-kit

A while ago, Silicon Labs sent me some awesome Blue Gecko wireless modules. I’m looking forward to having a lot of fun with these, and I’ve created a new video series to go with them. I’ll be talking about programming them, and I’ll try to come up with some useful example programs and applications. However, before we get started, let’s …

There was a knock on the door, and a delivery guy came with a fairly large box. Yay! I’ve been expecting this one. So I opened it up, and had a look. Time to have a closer look at their wireless kits, expect a few reviews and YouTube videos.

France. Somewhere between Angers and Nantes, on the high speed rail link. I’m on a French TGV, an extremely comfortable, fast, reliable train. Its cruising speed is about 320 kph, close to 200 mph. Right now, it is doing zero. While this train is ultra modern and highly reliable, the one in front would appear to be slightly less reliable, …