Thomas

Thomas

B&W Photography

Sometimes I just like to experiment with post-processing some otherwise pretty boring images. Here are some quite dark black&white shots with high contrasts from various places around the Harz (Lower-Saxony, Germany).

Getting started with Atmel AVRs on Linux

In this small tutorial I will show you how to start programming Atmel microcontrollers under GNU/Linux, Debian in particular. It covers all steps starting with the software prerequisites, setting up a minimal circuit to actually flashing the microcontroller with the…

DIY PCB Exposure Unit

If you like experimenting with electronics sooner or later you’ll want to create an etched PCB with your own circuit. For testing purposes there’s of course the breadboard and simple circuits can be easily built on a stripboard but as…

Impressions of Iceland

This post is more a travel recommendation than anything else. Iceland has always fascinated me with its rough and mostly untouched landscape and I promised myself to definitely go there some time. Last year finally was that time. 😀 Below…

Direlict Loading Station

Not far from where I live there’s an old industrial loading station which, judging from its current state, has been decomissioned quite some time ago. It’s a nice place for lost-place-photography. In some photos you can see the owning company…