A quick note to Aptina and to any developers experiencing odd-looking “streaks” in very low light with the Aptina MT9P031. It turns out that these are caused (I’m pretty sure) by the analog offset sampling underflowing: if any of the four offset registers (R0x060, R0x061, R0x063, and R0x064) end up getting set to the minimum value (0×101, [...]
First off, a great big thank you! to all the people who came along to my entrepreneur guest lecture at UCL last week. Apparently one attendee was spotted IMing something along the lines of “came here expecting to be cynical, but this guy’s more than cynical enough already“. Well… bruised: yes, cynical: not really. And a special thank [...]
How can anyone possibly sum up Baron Sugar’s countless career highs in just a few words? Easy – just use his own:- The 1970s:- ”Build me my f**king hifi now, or you’re f**king fired.” The 1980s:- “Build me my f**king word processor now, or you’re f**king fired.” The 1990s:- “Build me my f**king crappy electronic gadgets now, [...]
Should startups be afraid of industry incumbents? Are they dragons or dinosaurs? How defensive should you be? A quick story: when I started Nanodome, everyone I asked – and I do mean everyone – told me:- Security buyers buy on brand, so however funky my technology I’d need to have a brand attached to it to [...]
