The Qudon Foundation is a think tank, an innovation pool, aimed at engineers, professionals and the keen enthusiast: Some good ideas might stream out of it, they might progress......other ideas might never get past their first concept.
Its core domain is electronic and software engineering based.
In the end it offers a space to showcase some works in progress.
There are no deadlines, no mandated objectives and if it takes 5 years for something to progress past an engineering concept - that's just fine. The goal isn't necessarily to finish, but to learn lots of interesting things along the way.
-The Qudon Foundation.
A variety of projects are currently under development.
The core effort currently being focused on 3 main projects:
In addition to these top level items there is always on going development work supporting other items of interest. Ranging from PCB development to support some of the above activities to code development to research items of interest, which again tend to feed into one of the three main projects currently in motion.
The Qudon Foundation concept was originally conceived in 2001, implemented in 2002 and has been operating ever since.
Since then its developed a number of projects, published a number of articles and even sponsored the odd conference and provided web space and hosting support to a few good causes.
It remains true to the concept that it's not about rushing to declare something as finished (quite hard to do unless you started with well defined requirements of just what that might be!), but about continously learning something new and making what is already there - just that bit better....
The Qudon Foundation concept was originally conceived in 2001, implemented in 2002 and has been operating ever since.
Since then it's developed a number of projects, published a number of articles and even sponsored the odd conference and provided web space and hosting support to good causes.
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 February 2010 16:56 Written by Administrator Thursday, 25 February 2010 15:30
Our STM32 Controller board (See Main Project Page), has now had the majority of its hardware verified and the Mk1 design is basically known to be good. So here's the first look at it:
Known as the "STM32small" controller (due to it's 2.4"x2.4" small form factor).
This is the Mk1 design, largely aimed at verifying pin/outs errata's, getting the processor up and running and initial check out work of the STM32 microcontrollers peripherals. A Mk2 is planned for which will tidy up and expand on items found on the Mk1.
Having now verified the majority of its peripherals, including the CAN Bus and associated transcievers.
Last Updated on Saturday, 14 November 2009 05:08 Written by Administrator Saturday, 14 November 2009 03:44
It's been a LONG time coming, until now running a TI DSP in your hobby design has been restricted to those who had worked in the business. Otherwise the setup costs of ~$2000 to get going put the 100-150MIP processing punch of a DSP out of reach.
Those who couldn't afford TI have often been drawn down the PIC or ARM
processor paths.