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Turning on the STM32G431RB


Posted on April 10, 2020 by admin

A while ago I bought some STM32G4 nucleos, with the intent to eventually switch to them for my motor control needs. The G4 series is ST’s newest line of micros, incorporating the rich set of analog peripherals of the F3 series with the clock speed of the F4 series. The G4s have on average more memory than the F3 series, but not as much as the F4s. Here are the datasheets of the three previous micros I have used extensively and some of their features: STM32F303K8: 72 MHz, 64 Kb flash, 16 Kb RAM, dual 5 MSPS ADCs, Ultrafast Comparators,

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Making Maple Syrup with The Ecraperator


Posted on March 24, 2020 by admin

Back in high school I made a wood fired evaporator out of sheet metal. I called it “The Ecraperator” for obvious reasons. Over a random weekend I had some time to go back home and fire it up again. Here it is, ready to be lit, with my dad for scale. Its lit!! The maple syrup goes in a tray that was left over from my grandpa’s maple syrup days. The ecraporator itself is just a box with a piece of dryer vent attached to the back. The long chimney helps provide a strong draft. So in my high school

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