One frustrating aspect of designing a project around a microcontroller is the realization that you don’t have enough GPIO pins to drive all the all components you want to include. If you are lucky there are larger chips with the same architecture you have chosen (think going from and Arduino Uno to an Arduino Mega)….
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Gears of Resistance Special for May 24, 2017 In the previous two videos was we talked about the workflow for taking an Eagle PCB board file and using the OtherMill Pro to make a circuit board. Then we took tat same Eagle board file and moved it into Fusion 360 to begin making an enclosure….
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Gears of Resistance Special for May 19, 2017 Last time we talked about the workflow for taking an Eagle PCB board file and using the OtherMill Pro to make a circuit board. This week we show how to use the same Eagle board file to build a 3D printable enclosure in Fusion 360. Some of…
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Gears of Resistance Episode 23 for November 6, 2016 Battery Powered LED Light Strip You Can Now Legally Hack Your Own Stuff (Changes to the DMCA Go In Effect) For more tech news and how-to’s follow along on Google+ and check out our YouTube Channel. Music is “Computer Control” by Tom Woxom, available at http://freemusicarchive.org/ CC:…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #18 8 November 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0018_8NOV15.mp3 This week the stories are: Extra Life Fundraiser for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals KiCAD EagleCAD Simon Monk EagleCAD Book Fritzing Simon Monk Fritzing Book Mouser MultiSIM Blue SparkFun According to Pete PCB YouTube Videos SparkFun DRC Rules How to Create Arduino PCB Shield CircuitCalculator.com SMD…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #13 30 August 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0013_30AUG15.mp3 This week we cover it all, including: MSP432 TI LaunchPad Particle.io Photon LightBlue Bean [Download] For more tech news and how-to’s visit the blog, follow along on Google+, and check out our YouTube Channel. Or listen to the audio only…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #12 26 July 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0012_26JUL15.mp3 This week we cover it all, including: Super Fancy Third Arm Kit Particle.io Photon Node.js Photon / Node.js demo project on GitHub hackster.io page MakerSpace.com page SatNOGS HC-05 Bluetooth and Arduino Blynk app for Android and iOS SnapEDA Octopart Common…
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Gears of Resistance Episode #7 3 May 2015 http://greenshoegarage.com/podcast/GOR/2015/GOR_0007_3MAY15.mp3 In this week’s episode we talk about the news from Microsoft’s Build Developer Conference and the announcement about their IoT initiatives with Arduino and Raspberry Pi. We also answer listener mail about what tools you need when getting started doing electronics. Some links from the episode: Microsoft…
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I am admittedly a better electronics hacker than I am a seamstress. But I firmly believe that wearables is going to be more than a fad, eventually. So I figure I better at least get enough skills to be able to design prototypes, as I have done with straight up electronics for the last 17…
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I have a new article over at Mouser Electronics Bench Talk for Design Engineers blog! Click here to go right to the article. See what magic you can make happen with some TI MSP430s and a TI LaunchPad! Hint: Snail Mail Gets a High Tech prototype! You don’t have to be an engineer to enjoy…
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