No, this has nothing to do with a midlife crisis. It has all to do with heat, expansion, and the dreaded thermal drift in power meters. In one of my [ … ]
Unexpected Prototype – SRAM S900
I committed to something today. I ordered a Sram S950 (S900 compact crank version). This is a huge departure from the SRAM Rival. The S900 has two carbon fibre crank [ … ]
80% Coded for an MVP and Thoughts
For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term MVP in the context of a startup, it is simply the “Minimum Viable Product”. A minimum viable product is a [ … ]
Kicad–Another Learning Curve
For my initial circuit boards I used Cadsoft Eagle. In my undergrad I tried it and I very much disliked it due to it feeling “dated”, but I was busy [ … ]
Code Mostly Ported and Other Things
I’ve been working in the background on things that most people will find dull – more coding. No major breakthroughs, but no breakthroughs are needed at this point. I’ve ported [ … ]
nRF51 Interrupts–Not what I expected
The interrupts are acting a little different than I expected based on my current limited experience. They seem to be active when the pin is in a certain mode rather [ … ]
Wake up nRF51, wake up! You have Math to do!
Ah ha! I found it! How to have the nRF51422 wake up on sensing the ADS1247 is ready to be read. Unlike the ADS8321 I previously used which converts as [ … ]
Beta Testers Wanted –(KW/Waterloo/Cambridge/Toronto, Ontario)
I have to thank Ray from www.dcrainmaker.com for his post. I think it paints a pretty good picture of things. His posting did highlight something. My initial reluctance to BTLE. [ … ]
SPI, Buttons, Toasters, and More
Just a small update today on what I’ve been working on. nRF51422 – Talking to the ADS1247 on the SPI bus, figuring out the reference code, and reading and writing [ … ]
Calibration–On the bike–Shows Powertap the Door
I just attempted to recalibrate the meter but this time with it installed in the bike. It confirms my original calibration, the one that is less than that of the [ … ]