Engineering Posts

22 Feb

Enginursday: BLE MIDI for the Tsunami!

Tsunami looping firmware is released, and connectable by MIDI. And why not MIDI BLE? It's done with the nRF52832 this week.

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15 Feb

The Best Enginursdays You May Have Missed

Reflection is important, so let's reflect on some past, beloved Enginursdays.

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8 Feb

Enginursday: Prototype Wearable LED Dance Harness

My experiences exploring wearables for dancers performing a choreographed piece.

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1 Feb

How to Make the Most of CES

A few tips and considerations to help you get the most out of a trip to the annual showcase.

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25 Jan

Mort and Mary Present: The Mind-Controlled Light Switch

Using the Mind Wave Mobile+, Mort and I created a mind-controlled IoT...solution (?) with sockets, of course!

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18 Jan

Enginursday: Gesture-Reactive Wearable Fiber Optic

As Andrew finishes up his fiber optic light suit, he's adding in gesture control. Let's see how it works.

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11 Jan

Enginursday: Troubleshooting a Simple Problem

Sometimes troubleshooting requires you to think both literally and figuratively "outside the box."

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4 Jan

Enginursday: Atmel Studio 7 and Atmel START

Atmel Studio 7 supports a web-based design tool called START. We'll take a look at this design tool pair and the time to blink on a SAME54 Xplained board.

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28 Dec

Enginursday: Qwiic Control Panel

How to use Qwiic connectors to make versatile control panels that can control a myriad of electronics projects.

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21 Dec

Enginursday: Using a Motor Driver as a Class D Amplifier

The serial controlled motor driver is stripped of its firmware and reprogrammed to function as an amplifier. Then it's surrounded with circuits that turn the whole shebang into a portable guitar amp.. but it won't win any awards.

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