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Year: 2013

2013-05-06 22_03_38-Update Driver Software - Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM5)
Hardware USB to Serial Windows Tips 

Using Prolific PL-2303HXA USB to TTL chipset on Windows 8

December 27, 2013May 4, 2023 ToughDev 38 Comments

To avoid using the MAX232 level converter and a USB to serial adapter on my Mac Mini every time I

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.NET Compact Framework CodeProject Software Development Windows Phone 7 

Showing an input box on Windows Phone 7

December 6, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

In a Windows Phone 7 application, how can you quickly show a dialog asking the user to enter an input

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CodeProject Hardware LCD Modules Microcontroller SPI 

Experimenting with ST7735 1.8-inch 128×160 color LCD on a PIC microcontroller

November 15, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 48 Comments

This tiny 1.8-inch LCD module is the second color LCD that I successfully attempted (the first is the Nokia 3510i

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CodeProject Hardware LCD Modules Microcontroller 

Experimenting with ST7920 128×64 graphical LCD on a PIC

November 3, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 40 Comments

This is a monochrome 128×64 graphical LCD using the ST7920 controller that I purchased from eBay: The module is using

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CodeProject Hardware Microcontroller SPI 

Interfacing VS1053 audio encoder/decoder module with PIC using SPI

October 19, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 12 Comments

To fulfill my wish of building an MP3 player on top of a 16-bit PIC (PIC24FJ64GA002), I purchased a VS1053

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.NET Framework 3CX CodeProject Database Software Development VoIP 

Accessing 3CX Call Data Record (CDR) PostgreSQL database

October 2, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 17 Comments

UPDATE (May 2018): See my latest article for more information on how to manage calls programmatically on 3CX v15. The article below was

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CodeProject Hardware I2C Microcontroller 

Interfacing TEA5767 FM Receiver with PIC using I2C

September 25, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 5 Comments

I got myself a few pieces of cheap TEA5767 FM receiver modules from eBay and decided to try them out.

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.NET Framework 3CX CodeProject Reverse-engineer Software Development VoIP 

Creating calls and conferences using 3CX Call Control API

September 7, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 5 Comments

UPDATE (May 2018): See my latest article for more information on how to manage calls programmatically on 3CX v15. The article below was

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CodeProject Mac 68k Mac OS Vintage Computing 

Exploring old Mac software on Mini vMac, Basilisk and SheepShaver

August 23, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev

It has been a few years since I last experimented with old Macintosh systems on my PC using Mini vMac,

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.NET Framework CodeProject Software Development Windows Tips 

Converting an Outlook Form Template (OFT) to a .NET Windows form in Visual Studio

July 18, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

In one of my work projects, I was assigned with the task of developing a standalone Windows form application to

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CodeProject Windows Tips 

Hyper-V and hardware assisted virtualization

June 12, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 8 Comments

During one of my experiments with a virtual machine in Virtual Box running on Windows 8, I notice that the

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CodeProject Hardware Microcontroller Useful Projects 

Custom USB HID device using PIC18F4550

May 15, 2013April 4, 2023 ToughDev 3 Comments

With some free samples of PIC18F4550, the most popular micro-controller for hobbyist to build custom USB gadgets, several type of

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