Wednesday, September 30, 2015

edX MITx: 6.002.1x Circuits and Electronics 1: Basic Circuit Analysis

edX MITx-6.002x Circuits and Electronics course seems to have gone through a slight revamp and has been divided into three parts.  I presume not much of the content is going to change except probably the course will run at a more relaxed pace. There will be a better chance to earn a cert. I think the original one was a tough course and dividing it into 3 parts may be a good idea.

Sunday, September 20, 2015

What's Buzzing?

The handphone was not very good for writing (Update: I updated my software for it so now it is much better for writing) so I used the tablet that was given to me as a Christmas present last year - but that did not last long either. It automatically powered off at times so I tried to repair it. Unfortunately the front display part broke(it seems like it may have been made of cheaper glass) and I more or less decided to buy a new one. Later, I tried to repair the broken ones and that was when  I learnt something about the tablet - from the internet


"All phones are obviously different, but many use separate elements for the touch-sensing component called the digitiser and the actual LCD/OLED display."


Sunday, September 13, 2015

What's Buzzing?

Very hazy over here. I haven't seen it that bad for some time.

I bought quite a a few things last week -  a handphone, a bracket for it, a remote shutter, a wireless mouse and some kind of workout armband which was a bit of a disappointment.

The handphone is okay. (Update:My otg cable was spoilt so actually the handphone has some otg capability in it.)  I bought it as my  tablet had more or less conked out. There was an area of the screen  which was not functioning.

It cost me about RM250 but that is not too bad considering it has 1GB of RAM. So performance of it is quite smooth. The brand is Winds Mobile which is meant to be from Malaysia but  the seller seems to claim - it is mostly manufactured in China. I heard Winds Mobile was a good brand for a handphone, a couple of years ago so I decided to give it a try. I haven't checked how good is the phone line though as I had been using it more like a mini tablet.