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My KiCAD library

I think that it could be useful for people having access to my KiCAD library. Everything is licensed using a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported. You can get access to it using bzr with the following command: bzr co http://repository.varesano.net/fv_kicad_lib/ In case you don’t have bzr experience, you can get an archive with the most recent version or you can browse …

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A libre breakout board for the MS5611-01BA high resolution altimeter sensor

As a first step in the development of FreeIMU v0.4, I’m starting my first steps with the MS5611-01BA high resolution altimeter sensor. According to its datasheet, this chip looks extremely accurate as it’s capable of a 10 cm resolution in altitude estimation. I already sorted out most of its electrical connections when I drafted the first designs of …

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Why No One should Drink and Drive – The Destiny of Jacqueline Saburido

WARNING: this article contains explicit images of a girl burned in a car accident. If you think that this images might hurt you please leave this article. Today I received an email telling the true story of Jacqueline Saburido, a girl which gets burnt in a car accident caused by a drunk 17 years old guy. These …

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An HMC5843 magnetometer library for Arduino based on Wire

UPDATE 2012-07-27: The HMC58X3 library is now part of the FreeIMU library. Please refer to the FreeIMU library page for newer code. UPDATE 2011-01-22: I moved the development of the HMC5843 Arduino library to Launchpad. This way we will have a proper repository, bug tracking, question/answer, etc.. You can find it here: A libre Arduino Library for the …

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FreeIMU is alive!

Yeah! I soldered everything and all went smooth.. only a little bug.. the connectors have a 0.032″ drill hole while it should be 0.04″.. so, regular squared pins array wont fit inside. You can use rounded pins, female thin pins (as the one shown in the video below) or wires directly. But everything works great. …

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