National Pipe Thread Taper or NPT threaded pipes and fittings are deployed in a variety of fields where transportation or containment of liquids, gases, steam, or hydraulic fluid is required. The NPT geometry allows internal and external thread surfaces to further engage when torque is applied to the thread assembly. This creates a fluid-tight seal.Read more
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Recently I ran in to a situation where I had to capture keystrokes at the application level and launch an action based on the keystroke. I tried using the ‘keyPress’ event for the main form, but it was hit or miss based on which control had the focus. The form was very large with manyRead more
In my previous blog post on RS-232 with the Altera Cyclone II FPGA, I demonstrated how to create a serial echo by simply connecting the Tx wire and the Rx wire together. That’s a great start, but the goal is to be able to read the data in the FPGA and do something with it. Read more
I’ve been interested in learning how to program FPGAs, and I recently purchased a Cyclone II FPGA Starter Board from Altera to learn some of those skills. It comes with a few tutorials on how to make the LEDs blink and such, but nothing more than that. That’s great, but if you’re wanting to doRead more