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Extreme Electronics designed this easy-to-build solenoid engine:Acrylic Solenoid EngineI’ve always loved solenoid engines. The first one I built was many,many years ago out of Mechano. Many others have followed since, But they always ran badly and only...
I picked up a Pi Zero the other day and haven't done much with it. I should have gotten the kit, since I don't have an extra uSD card lying around and I sure as heck don't have any mini-HDMI cables. Ah well.[photo from Adafruit]It's a pretty nifty board,...
Carlos Vadillo and Bx Dawes created the GlowSaber project to help kids in Alameda learn about physics, engineering and programming:Building the GlowSaber main boardAll the logic, sound and light effects of the GlowSaber are performed by a small microprocessor...
I developed a process to convert color bitmap image files (PNG, PSD, etc) to files suitable for PCB manufacturers. David "Doz" Herman designed a number of pieces to see how various effects work, and I think there are some interesting possibilities.These...
Thanks to facelesstech for tweeting this design tip:svg2mod by mtl is a small program to convert Inkscape SVG drawings to KiCad footprint module files:SVG graphics in KiCad (svg2mod)There didn’t seem to be a good way to get vector graphics into Pcbnew,...
@David I. Herman made a video of the process he uses for creating the designs he has made for our PCB painting endeavors.This is how it has come out so far:
Alan Mitchell designed this board to interface 1-wire sensors to a Raspberry Pi computer:USB-to-1-wire InterfaceThis board is part of Alan’s Raspberry Pi data collection system:Mini-MonitorThe Mini-Monitor software is data acquisition software that runs...
PatternAgents Explained:A tailor or dressmaker is very familiar with the concept of a "pattern"; they select a pattern for the style of garment that they want to make, and then size the pattern for the customers individual measurements. This yields a...
Edgar implemented capacitive touch sensing using an ATTiny4 to create a touch paddle for Morse code:Tiny CW Capacitive Touch PaddleLike many no-code operators, after being on the air for a while, I developed an interest and appreciation for Morse Code...
Explanation:What is this you may ask? It is a huge list I am composing, a Useful List Of Usefulness (PCB Design Edition) that contains: Stuff, Reviews, Part Pickers, Tutorials, Links to official sites, almost everything you'll need to learn! If you have...
@David I. Herman is out of the 2x2 inch PCB box and I'm excited to see how it comes out.A peek at some detail...Off to manufacturing at @oshpark shortly. Snakes are cool.
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Yes, it is broken. Step One is to accept this fact:Above: a $5 Linux computer that uses 2mm header pins, meaning it requires a $10 - $15 dock to use.Step Two is to bitch about the problem on Hack Chat (you have to scroll back a few weeks to see the post)....
@Yin Zhong designed this dev board for Cypress FX2LP microcontroller:μ-68013: a High Speed USB2.0 MCU breakoutCypress’s FX2LP (CY7C6801x) is one of the smallest footprint MCUs that offer a high-speed USB (480 Mbit/s) device peripheral with built-in...