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Lunchbeat / PICkit 2 - Update (Part 3)

Nix McRetro // 13th August 2015 // Categories: Programming, YouTube

We’re getting closer! Some components have now been installed, but I’m still waiting for more parts to arrive. Here’s hoping they do! The bonus challenge is still to program the Atmel chip with the PICkit 2 and AVRDUDE… just for kicks… in OS X! Lunchbeat / PICkit 2 series Lunchbeat... Continue reading

Baldwin 5917 Steam Locomotive

Nix McRetro // 13th August 2015 // Categories: YouTube

Something a little different from the usual collection of old computers and electronic gadgets. Here’s the Baldwin 5917 steam locomotive! This enormous machine was built by Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton in the United States in 1952 for the New South Wales Government Railways. It entered service in March 1953 as one of twenty... Continue reading

Lunchbeat / PICkit 2 - Programming the PIC18F2550 (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 5th July 2015 // Categories: Programming, YouTube

This time I’m programming the PIC18F2550 that forms the heart of the PICkit 2 programmer. That is separate from the AVR microcontroller in the Lunchbeat itself. The bonus challenge is still to program the Atmel chip with the PICkit 2 and AVRDUDE… just for kicks… in OS X! Sources Microchip... Continue reading

Return of the McRetro

Nix McRetro // 4th July 2015 // Categories: News, YouTube

Geez! I sure have been absent as of late - I guess my non-internet life gets in the way at times! I’ll do my best to bring this channel up to speed in the next few months. I’ve definitely got more videos in the pipeline, so sit down, kick your... Continue reading

Lunchbeat / PICkit 2 - PCB Arrival (Part 1)

Nix McRetro // 16th February 2015 // Categories: Programming, YouTube

The Lunchbeat / PICkit 2 adventure begins! The Lunchbeat is Buranelectrix’s neg-fi groovemachine with 1-bit sounds, and now the properly fabricated PCB has arrived for the next round. As a bonus challenge, we’ll be programming the Atmel chip with a PICkit 2 and AVRDUDE… just for kicks… in OS X!... Continue reading