by Takashi Yoshida on February 21, 2010
in Arduino
So I built a SIM card reader. What’s next? Obviously, I want to test it by reading my SIM card. For Mac (and Linux), you can download PySimReader. It requires pySerial and wxPython to run. Unfortunately, I could not get wxPython to build and install via MacPorts (ticket 20952).
It did not look like there was a quick and easy fix for this issue. I decided to install Windows version of pySimReader. It is a standalone package (no additional software is required). I installed a driver for Trip Lite (formerly) USB Serial Adapter but that was all I needed to do.
Here’s a screenshot of pySimReader getting information from my SIM card reader.
I will look into getting the PySimReader working on my Mac soon.
by Takashi Yoshida on February 21, 2010
in Arduino
This afternoon, I spent a few hours to build a SIM card reader. I bought this kit from Adafruit Industries awhile ago. It came with a good looking comic book.
I cannot remember when was the last time I actually soldered anything together but I found it rather easy. It was little difficult to solder a SIM card holder onto a PCB, but everything else went well.
Here is a picture of my new creation.
Today, I received Arduino-based microcontroller and other components from Carancho Engineering LLC. I am very excited to get started but I still need to buy more components and also some tools.
Just for a record, I bought these items from them.
Arduino MEGA w/Atmega 1280 ARDUINO-02 USD64.95
AeroQuad Shield v1.6 AQ1-006 USD24.95
IMU 5 Degrees of Freedom SEN-09268 USD74.95
Dual Axis Gyro Breakout IXZ500 SEN-09510 USD39.95
Receiver Cables RCVR-001 USD 7.95
2 x Stackable Headers CONN-001 USD 9.90
The components will be used as a flight controller for a quad-rotor helicopter. Receiver cables will link the flight controller and a receiver. I will be getting a set of transmitter and a receiver soon.
by Takashi Yoshida on February 10, 2010
in Photos
Here are some photos of flying display on last Saturday morning and afternoon. This was my first time taking photos of aircrafts and I wish I studied the techniques a bit more before this event.
I do not know if I am attending another one in 2012 but if I am, I’m going to take lots of sunblock cream. I got sunburned pretty bad last Saturday.
There are more aircraft photos at my Flickr photo set.
