Engineering Posts
Wedginursday: Frame Rates and Funky Colors
Let's figure out just how fast we can push data through APA102 pixels. Then let's look at what we can do with super fast lights.
Enginursday: OLED Clock Part II
This week I'm getting back to my OLED clock, and discussing the changes I've made.
Enginursday: LilyPad and Minecraft Heads
Kids love Minecraft and things that glow in the dark - here's a fun project to get your littles involved with electronics!
Enginursday: An Interactive, 3D Printed, LED Diamond Prop
Diamonds are... forever? My experiences 3D printing a translucent diamond theatrical prop for a choreographed piece with LEDs and capacitive touch sensing.
Enginursday: Gilfoyle's Bitcoin Price Alert
How the project for this Enginursday went from a very involved asset tracking project, to a motorized fly vise which, thanks to a stock error, is now replicating a joke from a TV show.
Audio Reactive Wearables
Remixing Anouk Wipprecht's Kitty Ear soldering project shared on OSHPARK and Shapeways.
Enginursday: Create a Web-Controlled Robot Using the ESP32 Thing
Using a ESP32 Thing and a WiFi camera to create a robot that you control from your browser.
Enginursday: Steps Toward an Inverted Pendulum Robot
A classic control systems challenge is building an inverted pendulum robot. Today we'll discuss the theory behind the project.
Digital Handpan V2: The Touch Drum
SparkFun Engineer Joel plays a melody on the second version of the digital handpan, aka the Touch Drum.