Author Archives: stoicstoat

I’m working on a project that uses XML documents to describe layout for a UI. One of the requirement of this project is internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n). In other words, the strings used in the UI needs to be … Continue reading →

I use MinGW/MSYS to run a bash shell under Windows, but the default color scheme in the console is hard on my eyes (most notably dark blue on black). You can manually change the colors by going to the System … Continue reading →

In my last article, Digital Calipers Data Port, we looked at how the calipers encode and transmit data. In this article, we will examine how to interface the calipers to an Arudino. Because the CLK and DAT lines operate at the … Continue reading →

I got these digital calipers from iFixit and noticed there was a data port at the top (after removing a little cover). Here is the pinout: Pin 1 is furtherest from the measuring jaws at the front. The pads are 1mm × 5mm … Continue reading →