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The Capmeter

This article documents how a capacitance measuring device was made using an Atmel atmega8 microcontroller. The readout is on a standard 16x2 characters LCD and the device can be calibrated. The EEPROM is used to save the calibration.

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Electric Repair Stories

This is an unedited republication of the Electric Repair Stories series as featured on the first Lars' Electric Endeavors website. The post includes modifications such as my NAD display lighting LED mod

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Passive Cooling for VGA

The goal was to get a passively cooled graphics accelerator. Aiming for a super lownoise box, it is also important that the card doesn't generate much heat, as it will increase the demand for cabinet air flow, and thus, fan noise.

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