Read more about the article A portable electronics bench
The briefcase now with increased breadboard area.

A portable electronics bench

A couple of years ago I mounted an Atmel STK500, a couple of breadboards and a power supply in a briefcase. This allowed me to bring test circuits to my lectures and demonstrate them in the class room.

The briefcase with the STK500 still mounted.
The briefcase with the STK500 still mounted.

Since I now have abandoned the STK500 in favor of just a USB programmer for AVR microcontrollers, I decided to rip out the STK500 and instead mount even more breadboard tiles inside the briefcase. This is how it looks now:

The briefcase now with increased breadboard area.
The briefcase now with increased breadboard area.
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Uppsala county and its eight municipalities (map borrowed from the cache description).

A bicycle trip: all municipalities in Uppsala county – on a day

There is a geocaching challenge in Uppsala: to visit all 8 municipalities in the county of Uppsala within 24 hours. When I first saw this challenge, I wondered if it…

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Read more about the article ATmega328P – measuring its own supply voltage III
Timing of the internal analog-to-digital converter of an ATmega328P with a 5 V supply voltage.

ATmega328P – measuring its own supply voltage III

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