Kaleb Papesh's Blog

And so it begins! Here is the first blog post about the One Handed NES Controller ! First we start off examining the controller. Now, what we need off of the controller board is two things, the 4021 Shift register (the heart of the controller) and the cable that goes from the NES to the controller. That one chip, the shift register I spoke of, that's the thing that takes the buttons signals, condenses them down and sends it down the wires in the actual cord which then gets interpreted by the NES and in turn, makes Mario jump and makes Simon Belmont whip the crap out of Dracula.  We need to remove the components that I mentioned above, so we can re-purpose them in the one handed controller. I only need these two components because the rest will be replicated elsewhere but for the controller to work, I'll need both of these. I fired up my de-soldering iron and soldering iron and got to work!    Once I've successfully desoldered all of the pins on the c...

There are a couple new sections of this blog that I'd like to point out. There's the services section containing information for all services that I offer, the portfolio section that contains my projects that are either completed or in progress, and also a downloads section. The download section is for all project design files and programming files such as Arduino sketches and the like. I'll be continuously updating them as I go along. The first download isn't one I wrote for the Arduino but, someone else did. I thought it was extremely cool. I mean, why not program BASIC using a serial monitor with an Arduino? Now, the program ends up taking up 28 of the 32K of the Atmega328P but, you could always include a SD card for extra storage. Go ahead and mess around with it! The Arduino Uno with an Atmega328P as the MCU This brings me to my next point i'd like to make, if anyone and I mean anyone who wants to learn more about E.E. but doesn't know where to start,...

The Raspberri Pi For those of you that don't know about it there's a small, very affordable computer that's actually meant for children to get them interested in programming and other Computer Science related fields. It's called a Raspberry Pi and you can check it out at  http://www.raspberrypi.org/  and you can purchase it at  element14.com . Since it's release there have obviously been several projects that have been made with it because of its adaptability, small size, and affordability. I've been following several projects from the Raspberry Pi but this one definitely caught my eye. A PiPad, a Raspberry Pi tablet. Makezine.com has an article on it. Here it is:  http://makezine.com/2014/01/07/how-i-built-a-raspberry-pi-tablet/

Also use up,up down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start, Select This is my first ever blog but, I hope to really use this as a way to keep track and interest in my projects. I'll be posting pictures and update this as often as I can. Here's a little information  on me in the mean time before I can actually post any pictures/information of current projects I'm working on. I currently work full time in IT but I have a real passion for Electrical Engineering. I love hacking and modding things and while I may not be the best at it right now every project I do increases my knowledge and skill in EE. One reason I wish to keep a log of information is not only to get people interested but I would also like it if anyone had any ideas for projects they would like to have built for a fee then please, send me an email with the contact me section. As my first post I would not only like to give you some information about myself I want everyone to know a project I will so...