Last time I went home, I got a chance to prepare another dish : Sauteed Mushroom. This time I was more well equipped : Armed with good knives, and cutting boards I set out. I had a helping hand : An amateur just like me, my good friend Vishnu. Ingredients: Mushrooms ( 250 – 350 … Continue reading Sauteed Mushrooms
In my previous post, I explained some basic concepts about GPS, how it works, how information is encrypted into it and how to understand the code that we receive through it etc. But always to receive these codes, sit down and decrypt it ourselves will be a tedious task. If we have a GPS module … Continue reading Extracting GPS info using Arduino
Basic intro to how GPS works: A GPS module receives data from different satellites(24 satellites are orbiting the earth for this purpose). GPS calculates the distance between the receiver and the position of three or more satellites to zero in on the position of the receiver. This is a simple way of explaining how a … Continue reading Interpreting GPS
Guidelines to be a better Engineer or a better professional: Improve writing: Starting a new Blog would be a great way to do this. You can use either WordPress or Blogger for creating your own Weblog. Most of us will have a starting trouble. (It took me two months to publish a blog post after … Continue reading Engineering Newbies: Read this and get started!
Arduino is the first of it’s kind – An open-source electronics prototyping platform fit for artists, designers, hobbyists and anyone who would like to mess with electronics and make some interactive environments or objects. Arduino has been developed in Italy by the Arduino Team: Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, Gianluca Martino, and David Mellis. … Continue reading Arduino: A new platform
Want to know how you can turn a boring Sunday afternoon at your home with your parents and grandparents into something exciting and interesting? You might be thinking I’m gonna say ” Call your friends over and have a long party”. Well Sorry to disappoint you guys: this post is not about ‘How we can … Continue reading Time has changed and so have we: Stepping back in time
My first formal introduction to Aeronautics came with a workshop that was conducted at the end of my 2nd semester at ASE. I’ve been hearing about a person, Prabodh Sangiorgio a.k.a. Marko Sangiorgio from Italy who has been working in an airline company and visits our ashram (M.A.Math) every year, when he conducts workshops related … Continue reading An Italian Touch to My Aero Intro!
Burp! Oops sorry! I just finished the last bit of what was left of the Guacamole that I made today evening. Lazing around my house today afternoon I got too bored, when I got a call from my uncle. In our conversation, which lasted for about 10 minutes, he told me about Guacamole an avocado-based dip. (Later … Continue reading Evening Special: Bread and Guacamole!
PICTRIS’11 The time we spent during the holidays with the seniors had proved to be real fruitful. They were really helpful and informed us about anything useful happening around the college. This is how I and Athul came to know of the PICTRIS’11 workshop on PIC microcontrollers. After discussing with several faculties whether we, being … Continue reading The PIC Experience! – Part Two
The first time I heard about PIC microcontroller was during the last winter holidays. Staying back in my college, when almost all others had gone home to enjoy their holidays, Athul, Sanesh,Vishnu (my friends who stayed back with me) and I had learned a lot. Well better to say – got familiar with loads of … Continue reading The PIC experience! – Part One
Everyday Mischief 