Mads Aasvik

Mads is interested in mechatronics and different CAD-related activities. He also does a lot of 3D printing and prototype building.

Posts by Mads Aasvik

Embedded Tutorial: Basic Serial Communication

October 12, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Maker Tutorials

If you’re going to design embedded hardware you have know your way around the most common wired digital communication protocols and standards. These protocols and standards define how different parts of an embedded system communicate with each other, for instance…

A Few Projects from Trondheim Maker Faire 2016

September 7, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Events

In this post we will showcase a few pretty cool projects from Trondheim Maker Faire and give you some insight in how they’re made and how they work. The weather was not great, but this year’s Maker Faire was great…

Double Exponential Moving Average Filter – Speeding up the EMA

August 31, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Tutorials, Maker Tutorials

Sometimes you have a noisy signal which you want to low-pass filter to a less noisy signal. The Exponential Moving Average (EMA) filter is a nice and easy filter to implement on your embedded system. Read more about the EMA…

The Seesaw part 2: Basic PID Theory and Arduino Implementation

August 23, 2016

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Arduino Projects, Arduino Tutorials, Mechatronics, Theoretical Tutorials

A few weeks ago we wrote a post about this small project where we’re building a seesaw which will balance a ball with the help of a proximity sensor, a servo and a PID controller implemented on an Arduino. All…

Update: New Blog Categories

August 16, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Updates

Last week we did a large update on our web page, mostly back-end stuff. However, we also did a complete overhaul of the blog categories. We tossed out all the old categories and replaced them with shiny new ones. All…

PID Seesaw part 1: The Design

August 4, 2016

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Arduino Projects, Mechatronics

We got an idea of this small project which will be used as a platform to implement PID and other forms of motion control. Here’s an overview of how we’re envisioning the project. UPDATE Oct. 31st 2016: we have added…

Basic Static Stress Simulation in Fusion 360

July 26, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Software Tutorials

Autodesk Fusion 360 has now an easy-to-use simulation module which can be used to simulate static stress, modal frequencies, heat and thermal stress. Many are not aware that Fusion 360, a software which actually is free for students, makers and…

Getting Started with Programming – Part 6: Defines and Random Numbers

July 13, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Tutorials, Software Tutorials

Welcome to part 6 in our series where we go through the basics of programming. This edition is about two unrelated topics: defines and random numbers. [Wikipedia] Be sure to check out the previous episodes: Part 1: Skimming the Surface…

Electronics 101 pt. 2: Kirchhoff’s Laws

June 29, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Theoretical Tutorials

Two years ago we wrote a blogpost about the basic of basics within electronic theory: Voltage, Current and Resistance. Now we feel it’s time to pick the topic up again by introducing you to Kirchhoff’s Laws. Gustav Kirchhoff, the man…

Parametric Modelling in Autodesk Fusion 360 – Making a Box

June 14, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Software Tutorials

As you might be aware of, we in NC use Autodesk Fusion 360 daily. Fusion 360 fully supports parametric modelling, which is the topic of this post. We’ll explain very briefly what parametric modelling is as well as go through…

Getting Started with Programming – Part 5: Functions and Scope

June 6, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Tutorials, Software Tutorials

It’s time for part 5 in our programming for beginners series. For links to the previous editions, check out Part 1: Skimming the Surface Part 2: Conditional Statements Part 3: Loops Part 4: Arrays and Lists Functions Introduction You can…

Custom Electronic Door Lock pt. 1: The Design

May 31, 2016

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics

We like to create custom stuff for our office. Previously we’ve made our own lamps as well as an “embedded-desk” with custom lighting. The goal for our next office project is to make it possible for us to lock and…

An Intro to Transistors and Relays

May 24, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Maker Tutorials

Let’s continue our introductory journey through different electronic components. Previously we’ve looked at capacitors and inductors. We’ve also looked at potentiometers, buttons and temperature sensors in conjunction with the Arduino. This time we’ll take a quick look at transistors and…

Getting Started with Programming – Part 4: Arrays and Lists

May 11, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Tutorials, Software Tutorials

Welcome to part 4 in our series of blogposts where we introduce beginners to programming. Be sure to read the following previous episodes: Part 1: Skimming the Surface Part 2: Conditional Statements Part 3: Loops Introduction Arrays and lists are…

Arduino Tutorial: Temperature Sensor

April 27, 2016

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Tutorials

Measuring temperature using an Arduino and a temperature sensor is actually super easy. We’re going to show you how. The Hardware While getting some sort of temperature values from a sensor is really easy, getting real and accurate readings is…