My updated resumé is now online at http://siliconsparrow.com/Adam_Pierce_Resume_2011.pdf So if you need some gadgets or software created, why not give me a call.

Hooray, the next batch of boards has arrived after after a bit of an adventure – FedEx delivered them late and to the wrong address! Fortunately it was a nice old lady down the street who received the boards and she brought them over to me. I now have stock. All you people holding off [...]

Remember those new boards I got yesterday? Well, they all sold today. Bam! just like that! So I guess I’m still out of stock until the next batch arrives :(

A sample batch of boards have arrived today. Hooray! They all work. Hooray! Overall I am happy with the boards and as an added bonus they are now RoHS compliant and look a lot neater than the hand-soldered ones. There were a few downsides with the process though, the main one being the length of [...]

I’m currently attempting to get a batch of RS232 Rate Converters made in China, I’ve been getting the PCBs etched in China for months now so this is the logical next step. The biggest problem so far has been sourcing the parts. I’m getting most of the stuff from DigiKey because they specialize in smaller [...]

The Serial Bit Rate Converter runs an ARM7 CPU which is complete overkill for the simple job of relaying serial data. I’ve often thought I should redesign it to run a cheaper and less powerful CPU like a PIC or AVR. I originally designed it with an ARM7 simply because I like them and enjoy [...]

I haven’t written very much about my goals here. My general long-term goal is to produce a range of for-sale products which might be either hardware, software or a combination of both, but my short-term goal is to simply become faster at designing and implementing stuff and that means: Being able to learn new technologies [...]

I’m getting orders for the Volume Box already. I haven’t even put up a web page for it. But wouldn’t you know it, the plastic case I want is not in stock with any of my regular suppliers (at least, those ones who are not still on extended Christmas holiday) so I’m having to get [...]

Sales of the RS232 Rate Converter were a little slow throughout October and November but they sure have caught up in the last couple of weeks. I thought I had enough stock to see me through until January but after a flurry of orders, I am now completely sold out. So I’ve been frantically ordering [...]

Well, the RS232 Rate Converter is pretty mature now. It does it’s job well and there is not a lot of improvements to make to it anymore. So what to do next? I’ve been talking with a friend in the home automation business and he reckons there’d be a small market for an RS232 controllable [...]