Major Project #1: Data Acquisition (DAQ)

Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION

An old cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO)

The first time I learned to use an oscilloscope in 2010, I was amazed. At about the same time I had my first official learning of programming and microcontrollers. These two factors make up the reason why one of my major projects is the data acquisition, also known as DAQ.

Overhaul and Changes

It has been more than a year since I last updated this blog. I had always thought it was only a few months, and was genuinely surprised that this blog was started in 2010. The rising of microblogging sites like Facebook and Twitter, where updates are almost daily or real-time, is pushing the traditional weblog into extinction. The weblog, however, has one feature those microblogging sites lack: long, detailed updates. Everything changes too fast in microblogging sites, and people would probably not spend 5 minutes reading one update.

This blog used to be about the frontier of technology, interesting electronic facts, tutorials, and stuff. To be honest, I had troubles keeping up with all this fancy stuff. I always feel like I am living in the stone age.

And that is why I have an idea lately: To change this blog into a programming logbook.