Raspberry Pi Connect - Blog
March 19, 2020The real power of Raspberry Pi systems isn't for replacing your desktop, but as a system that can be embedded anywhere.
Four Types of Industrial Robots for Advanced Manufacturing - Blog
March 16, 2020When you hear the word ?industrial robot? thrown around, you might think of robot arms welding cars as they travel down an assembly line, or a robotic cell quickly arranging computer chips.
Take the Plunge into PCB Design - Blog
March 02, 2020While I?ve been experimenting with circuits for years, decades even, my projects tend to be filled with a rat?s nest of wires. These snake about with the constant possibility of disconnection or other
Useful Parts On-Demand Via 3D-Printing: My Favorite Designs - Blog
February 24, 2020This post will outline a few of my favorite ?useful prints? that I?ve designed. Some of my my gadgets, as far as I know, are only used around my house.
Useful Parts On-Demand Via 3D-Printing: My Favorite Designs - Blog
January 29, 20203D-printers can help you make a wide variety of useful items. It would seem this type of manufacturing is useful to a few people, but not to a large enough group to make it commercially viable.
Useful Parts On-Demand Via 3D-Printing - Blog
December 16, 2019Some time ago?actually somewhere around 1 year, 7 months ago if we?re to go by my unboxing video for my first 3D printer?I was skeptical of 3D-printing.
Hackaday Superconference 2019: An Incredible Collection of People and Tech - Blog
November 21, 2019The badges were, of course, a huge focus of the conference, with an entire area set up primarily for badge hacking. While I participated only minimally, this, as well as other activities looked like a
Personal Network Attached Storage Options - Blog
November 04, 2019If buying a ready-made solution sounds interesting, PC Mag has a list of Best NAS Devices for 2019 that could be a good place to start. But who wouldn't want to build their own NAS?
Maker Pro: Supercapacitors Demystified, Part 2: Hands-On Experimentation - Blog
October 01, 2019In this article, I?ll go over a sort of ?hello world? experiment for using supercapacitors to light up an LED for 30 minutes or so.
For the Professional Maker: Supercapacitors Demystified, Part 1 - Blog
August 28, 2019Supercapacitors can store a lot more electrical energy than normal capacitors, but there are a few important differences, however, that might make them a little less fearsome for your next project.
For the Professional Maker: ClearCrawler Moves with the Help of Capacitors and nRF24L01+ Control - Blog
August 05, 2019After considering the beauty and unreliability of the Clearwalker, along with the rather basic but reliable design of the StrandMaus, I decided to combine the two into the ?ClearCrawler.?
For the Professional Maker: Getting Started with the RF-Nano Arduino/NRF24L01+ Combo - Blog
June 11, 2019This board combines the NRF24L01+ wireless transceiver with the familiar form factor and programming paradigm of the Arduino Nano.
Cypress Semiconductor CYW20819 and CYBT-213043-MESH Bluetooth Mesh Networking Evaluation Kits - Product
May 15, 2019A technology that?s become ubiquitous over its 20 years of existence is Bluetooth. This mesh technology is specified to support up to a staggering 32,000 nodes per network.
For the Professional Maker: STM Nucleo-68 Wireless Dev Board and USB Dongle Pack - Blog
May 01, 2019If you need to develop an IoT application, a logical starting point is to obtain a dev board with wireless capabilities.
For the Professional Maker: How to Program the Cheap and Compact Arduino Pro Mini - Blog
April 23, 2019For a low-cost option that is small enough to be embedded in a project, then the Arduino Pro Mini ATmega328 board can be a great choice.
For the Professional Maker: Get Started with PsoC 6 Using the CY8CPROTO-062-4343W Kit - Blog
March 29, 2019The CY8CPROTO-062-4343W PSoC 6 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth prototyping kit from Cypress Semiconductor has a different take on things.
For the Professional Maker: Make Quick Work of Prototypes with a Standard Arduino Nano Starting Point - Blog
March 21, 2019After completing a recent build, I realized that I actually had come up with a tiny embeddable Arduino Nano package that I?ve used in several versions for very rapid prototyping.
For the Professional Maker: Custom Rotary Input Device Revamped for 2019 - Blog
March 12, 2019I'd had my eyes open for components to use in the new design, and when Mellbell gave me one of their tiny HID-capable PICO boards, using it on a new custom controller came to mind almost immediately.
For the Professional Maker: Cora Z7 Zynq-7000 FPGA Evaluation Board - Press Release
March 04, 2019When set up correctly, these devices can produce precisely targeted computational power when needed, while still maintaining a low power budget.
For the Professional Maker: Explore RISC-V with the VEGAboard - Blog
February 19, 2019RISC-V is an open instruction set computing architecture. It has its roots in academia, and is based on the RISC, or Reduced Instruction Set Computer paradigm.