Update 10/04/2019 - Getting to Blinky 5.0 Contextual Electronics just updated their tutorial series to KiCAD 5. I recommend that you start here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVhWh3AsXQs&list=PLy2022BX6EspFAKBCgRuEuzapuz_4aJCn [This...
Along with way too many hobbies, I've also been DJing the last twenty years. A number of my mixes from various hacker conferences are available to stream in mixcloud and download from dropbox.Feel free to check them out if you enjoy trance, electro,...
The annual Open Hardware Summit took place on September 27th at MIT, and all the exciting and insightful presentation were live streamed to YouTube! The live stream is broken into morning session and afternoon session. Morning...
Would you like to be more creative? More eloquent in conversations? More intelligent in decision making? Better at problem solving? More attentive? Able to read those difficult books? Focus deeply on the project at hand? There is a simple solution for...
We've tried the Black-web Wireless HD Video Unit, and we don't believe it's superior to the Io-gear GW3DHDKIT. We've additionally added another Nyrius model to the What to anticipate segment. In the wake of going through 25 hours flipping...
Full disclosure: I was contacted by a PCBWay rep offering to spin a board for me in exchange for a review.I've used several PCB fabs over the years and last week I tried out PCBWay for my latest Atmega328P Target board revision. Ordering was straightforward...
Update 2019-11-03: There is a way to perhaps reduce the shipping cost. PCBWay has an official store and runs promotions on Aliexpress. The price shown next to the item is not the correct PCB fab price, you have to look in the description for...
Full disclosure: I was contacted by a JLCPCB rep offering to do a few boards for me in exchange for a review. I should further note though that I have done business with them as a normal paying customer in the past.I used JLCPCB for my current...
I am just getting started with Hackaday and am learning how to present the information I want to present. I'm not sure what's what at this point, so am starting by "adding a page". I'm believe this "page" is associated with my...
This page attempts to present a history of my experiments with embedded systems, starting with my first Arduino projects. I intend for this page to be more-or-less a living document, kind of like a log summary across my projects. It...
I have a pretty good idea now how hackaday.io works. My first three months have resulted in a hodpodge of projects, pages, log entries, and links to a bitbucket repository. Although I would like to salvage what I can from those projects,...
Two things: I can’t believe this worked (almost the very first time) ! I’m surprised nobody else seems to have done this before ! OK. I have been looking for months on the net for somebody, anybody, who has combined WS2812b addressable LED’s with...
I have acquired recently a Hypershot controller for Famicon model JE506. Such controller comes in a pair and share the DB-15 connector to be attached on expansion port.Given the state of the buttons I wonder if the previous owners were Wolverine...
How to Order PCBs Online? Get your PCBs done with JLCPCB. Online PCB Design and Manufacturing As you all know, PCB or Printed Circuit boards are there in every piece of electronics devices in our lives. From mobile phones to satellites that orbit...
RC Tracked Robot Using Arduino – Step By Step with PCB Layout Introduction Hey guys, I am back with another cool Robot chassis from BangGood. Hope you have gone through our previous projects – Spinel Crux V1 – The Gesture Controlled Robot, Spinel...