"We sell Solutions, not products"
PC Services is a consulting company based in Reading, Berks., United Kingdom, about 40 miles West of London.
The company covers General, Scientific, Industrial and Medical computing (on systems from embedded to much
larger), using many methods including Image Processing, Process Control, and more. This is supplied in many
forms, from consulting through providing a specificiation to supplying a complete system.
PC Services, can provide consultancy and contracting services for - Embedded Computing,
Education, General, Scientific, Industrial and Medical Computing, web site design/hosting, system configuartion
and maintenance. Using various technologies to suit the requirements of each application, areas already covered
range from 'Payroll to body-scanners'.
News
March 2018
Article added on examining Stacks - Myths and Real Time Monitoring defensive programming in embedded software
to reduce stack over runs and corruptions.
September 2017
Article added on review of Medical Practice Databases and the GDPR as used in Practice Management Software
August 2017
Rearrange past School Projects details into separate area
NEW project added of students doing robot cars for maze solving and route mappin.
March 2017
Article on PCB CAD packages and their tendency to take resolution to impossible levels A Resolution Too Far
NEW Library for Eagle PCB CAD Sullins Edge Connector PCB full range library improved over standard
Eagle distributed old library which has mistakes in it.
February 2017
Added Section in Arduino covering use of Ultrasonic Sensors, but is applicable to other micros as well
January 2017
Article on Embedded Micros, GPIOs and peripherals settings nightmares Perils of GPIO
Another year more exhibitions to see this time ASE
ASE 2017 thankfully this year in Reading.
December 2016
New product launch - Education aid for teaching and experimenting with Logic Gates in
- classrooms
- hobbyists
- enthusiasts
LogicCell logic gates module.
May 2016
Student completed DMX Controller project on Arduino Due platform see
DMX Controller Example section.
April 2016
Add more sections on website detailing recent releases.
March 2016
Released simple task Scheduler and statistics gathering for tasks on Arduino platform see
Github and
Arduino section.
February 2016
Release of updated and MUCH FASTER LiquidCrystal library for Arduino systems and updated
PS2 Keyboard support see Github
and Arduino section. The PS2Keyboard
libraries are available from the Library Manager within the Arduino IDE (V1.6.7 and above).
November 2015
Finished re-purposing half a dozen old laptops (customer donations), with old drive swaps and loading
Ubuntu on them, going to a local secondary school for class work and in at least one case for a disadvantaged
student who has no computer for their homework. Lets see how long that lasts, knowing what teenagers are like with
taking care of technology.
September 2015
Shipped second batch of 'Arduino in a box' to local school for class work.
September 2015
Release of ULP - PCBOM V2.00 Customisable and saveable defaults
Bill Of Materials ULP for Eagle CAD software.
August 2015
Addition of update and new libraries for Eagle CAD software.
Updated TI/NXP Picogate library and NEW
Neutrik XLR PCB full range library improved over standard
Eagle distributed old library.
January 2014
At ASE 2014 Conference
(Association for Science Education) Exhibition attached to Conference on
OCR Exam Board stand demonstrating Raspberry Pi with software and
hardware for educational uses.
July 2013
PHP Form processing Example. Completed a mini-site self contained
example of contact form processing from multiple forms to email, available on request
Having been busy on various jobs, hope to be adding more examples of past projects soon some photos have
been uploaded to our facebook page.
Currently in background extending the PHP tips section adding a section on include
files and relative URLs. Scheduled is to add a sections on a menu system example and a self contained example
you can download and test on your site, as well as finalising an email processing set of files as an example package.
September 2012
First prototypes of range of GPIO expansion boards for the
Raspberry Pi providing level translation and protection circuits.
August 2012
Current Developments include a range of GPIO expansion boards for the
Raspberry Pi providing level translation and protection circuits.
July 2012
After recent hassles with Win 7 and Server 2008 and their silly wizards Updated
Acronyms meanings.
Also updated Random Thoughts.
March 2012
Addition of extra libraries for Eagle CAD software.
May 2011
Addition of FAQs for Timing Diagram Font covering Technical and Licensing issues.
Addition of Random Thoughts on variety of topics..
March 2011
Updated Timing Diagram Font method from download to request.
July 2010
Updated FTDI chip library for Eagle software made available.
Addition of USB to SPI master board using FT2232D.
June 2010
Updated Picogate library for Eagle software made available.
January 2010
Add PHP/Database/styling/webpage tips section. Split various sections into better layout.
General redesign of the site and additions.
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