Monday, January 30, 2012

Starting a Tech Company - Week 2 - The Heat is On.

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Starting a new tech company in just 21 days - www.nanode.biz - takes a daytrip to Gloucester and invokes Plan B. Week 1 was just a blur - ma...
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Nanode Ltd - forming a Tech Startup Company in 21 days!

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From it's early beginnings last March, Project Nanode has grown from strength to strength. It was now time to start a company www.nanode...
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

A £10 Tiny Basic Computer you can build yourself

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Back in August 2010, I came up with the idea of a DIY Arduino built from a few components and an AT mega built on stripboard for about £10...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

More Tiny Basic - the plot thickens

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Since finding Tiny Basic for the Arduino yesterday - by the powers of Twitter and being well connected to some very clever programming pals ...
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Tiny Basic running on Nanode - Christmas Challenge

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This is something I have wanted to do for some time - run an interpreted Tiny Basic on the Nanode - so that newcomers can program it quickl...
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Saturday, December 03, 2011

Testing Nanode RF - 4 simple test sketches

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Nanode RF should be tested in simple steps. Before you fit the RFM12B module and Magjack, fit the ATmega328 and the 74HCT125 ICs and apply p...

Building blocks for the Internet of Things.

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Open Source Hardware Building Blocks - Lego for the Internet of Things. Nanode RF - A Web Connected "Arduino Like" Board with Wire...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Teaching Kids to Code and Build

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Britain will drift into the Digital Doldrums if we can't excite a whole new generation of kids to get involved with learning the skills ...
Sunday, November 27, 2011

A Weekend of WiNode

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Another busy weekend of kitting and photographing WiNode in readiness for a public launch in December. WiNode is essentially an Arduino comp...
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Friday, November 25, 2011

WiNode - the versatile Wireless Node

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WiNode is the latest addition to the Nanode family, and it can be used in several ways to complement the existing family members. It can be ...
Friday, November 18, 2011

WiNode Works!

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The first of the WiNode pcbs arrived on Thursday, and an idle half hour at Barcamp Liverpool, saw the board built up sufficiently to perform...
Sunday, November 13, 2011

UK Utilities - Your letter, was only the start of it....

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"Dear Mr. Boak We've checked your GAS account as it's important that we make sure your monthly payments are enough to cover you...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

It's New - and It's Blue - The New Nanode RF

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First example of Nanode RF - built up in Shenzhen, China, by Toby Yu. 13/11/2011. Some boards will be part assembled like this in China, ...
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Monday, November 07, 2011

Nanode RF and WiNode - a perfect pairing

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Nanode RF - just like Nanode but with a wireless transceiver on board. 1. RFM12B wireless transceiver. 2. Real Time clock with wake - u...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

New Nanode Programming Lead

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We got thoroughly fed up paying £13 plus VAT for a Chinese rip-off of a FTDI lead. So if you can't beat 'em, feck 'em - and we g...
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Nanode RF - what it's all about

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Since 2005 there has been a huge growth in popularity of small microcontroller boards amongst the hobby-tech community. This growth has larg...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Latest Update on Nanode RF

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Here at Nanode HQ, we have been busy working on some new prototype designs which will come to market in the next couple of months. We're...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

New Arrivals in Project Nanode

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It's just a week since I was laying out two new Nanode pcbs - and the first of them has just been delivered. Here's the new Nanode R...
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Open Systems - Events in the UK

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It's not often that I manage to blog before an event - but the next week sees some great get-togethers for the Open Systems community in...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Wi-Node, Open Hardware ramblings - and the Nanode with Two Brains

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Our lives are full of wireless gadgets these days - so with the advent of low cost wireless transceiver modules from Hope RF - I decided to...
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