Myths of Running a Small Creative Business

Blog: https://mbparks.substack.com/p/myths-of-running-a-small-business Podcast: https://mbparks.substack.com/p/myths-of-running-a-small-creative In this episode, we talk about new embedded development platforms from Arduino, including the Opta PLC, Uno Rev4, and the ESP32-powered Nano. We also dive into some myths about running a small creative business, from bosses and work hours to the impacts of the AI revolution.

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GoR 92: The Return of the Return of GoR

Gears of Resistance #92 for July 28, 2022 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2022/GOR_0092_20220728.mp3 This week we cover: Arduino Cloud Thread Security versus Privacy | Ben Franklin Quote Context [Download] For more DIY/Maker, STEAM, citizen science, digital citizenship, open source, and security news follow along on Twitter, Facebook , or our YouTube Channel. Or listen to the audio-only version at Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher or…

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Xojo + Arduino

Digging on Xojo. It took me less than an hour to whip together a crude prototype that let me achieve four goals: Pick an Arduino (or any serial device) from a list of COM ports. Connect/disconnect on the fly. Read data from the analog pins on the Arduino. Send commands to toggle the LEDs. Save…

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GoR 90: Arduino Fanboying and Right-to-Repair Diatribe

Gears of Resistance #90 for August 24, 2020 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2020/GOR_0090_20200824.mp3 This week we cover: New Updates for Arduino CLI and Arduino Pro IDE HeliOS for Arduino Arduino Security Primer DIY ASICs Alchitry FPGAs Arduino Cloud IoT App for Android and iOS Google Science Journal app moves to Android COVID and Right To Repair Ventilators Dongles from…

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Tinkering with Arduino’s IoT Cloud

Another day (of quarantine), another project. Today explore the latest version of the Arduino IoT Cloud (beta). For the hardware we have the following: MKR 1010 MKR ENV Shield ST LPS22HB : atmospheric pressure ST HTS221 : temperature and humidity VISHAY TEMT6000 : Lux of the ambient. VISHAY VEML6075 : UltraViolet wavelengths A / B…

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GoR 89: Chirps, Sims, and Scrambled Routes

Gears of Resistance #89 for September 16, 2019 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2019/GOR_0089_16SEP19.mp3 This week we cover: Open Source Escape Room: RFID Gadget Sticker Sensors Chrip Comes to Arduino; Transmit Data With Sound Circuit Express Simulator for VS Code C Playing Nicely With Micropython BLE Central Support Comes to Arduino Virtual Panel for Arduino EAGLE 9.5 Launches Arduino IDE…

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Writing Arduino Code using Visual Studio and Visual Micro

In this video, we look at jumping up from the standard Arduino IDE and take a stab at programming use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Community Edition 2017 and third-party extension Visual Micro. We also look at how to put our code under source code control using GitHub. Some of the tools we use: Microsoft Visual Studio…

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GoR 87: Internet All The Things!

Gears of Resistance #87 for December 2, 2018 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2018/GOR_0087_2DEC18.mp3 This week we cover: California to Regulate IoT Thieves Steal Tesla, Hacked the Keyfob RF Dragos Raises $37M for Industrial Control Cybersecurity LoC Let’s You Freely Hack Your Own Devices Farmers and the Fight for the Right to Repair Embedded Systems Arduino and Raspberry Pi Offers…

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