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Before the much-hyped Raspberry Pi (of which more later) the most talked about development board on the internet was the very Italian Arduino, which is usually applied to many and varied purposes, sometimes simply for the blog cred. There are some professional developers who look down their nose at the...

In a previous post I talked about the promise of using your phone as your only computing device. Plug it into a docking station consisting of little more than a keyboard, mouse and monitor and take all of your applications and documents (well, those that aren't already in the cloud) with you. Ubuntu for Android seems to offer that promise,...

One story that was heavily reported before this years CES was Canonical's foray into the mobile phone market with the launch of Ubuntu for your phone. The concept is simple and brilliant; today's phones are nearly as powerful as 'traditional' computers, so why not put a full-size operating system on them? Ubuntu has a massive advantage here, in that it...

It is nearly a week since this year’s International Consumer Electronic Show, or CES. Even before the show some people were questioning whether CES itself is still relevant. It’s a recurring comment; it certainly wouldn’t be the first electronics show to fade from significance. CES still attracts most of the big names in the industry, and with something like 150,000...

Well, this is the first post. And about time too! Welcome to Frazzled Circuits. It’s basically just your run-of-the mill technology blog, occasionally going off-topic to cover some of my other interests. If you like you can read more about me, what I do and why I've started this blog here. Also, feel free to get in touch....