Engineering Posts

2 Nov

Enginursday: Light-Up Fur Vest

Sew LED strips into a fur vest for Halloween, Burning Man or any event that calls for furry lights.

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19 Oct

Enginursday: SparkFun Troubleshooting Tips

Not working as expected? Luckily, we have a tutorial about where to start looking and will explore a few general troubleshooting tips that frequently come up in SparkFun’s technical support department!

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12 Oct

Enginursday: Pumpkin Seed-Spitting Jack-O'-Lantern

My dream has always been to create a robotic jack-o'-lantern. Unfortunately life often gets in the way, and I never make it happen in time for Halloween. Today, I start a project I can build onto as I go.

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5 Oct

No Instructions: Just the Way We Like It

A strange trip to Weird Stuff Warehouse

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28 Sep

Enginursday: Prototyping 3D Parts

A look at the design considerations of rebuilding the fiber optic mounts for my light suit to accommodate new fiber optics and LEDs

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21 Sep

Enginursday: OLED Clock

This week Alex designs an OLED clock using the ESP32 Thing.

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14 Sep

Enginursday: Exploring Different USB-Serial Boards

SparkFun offers several options in the USB-Serial arena. Today we'll attempt to demystify the differences between them.

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7 Sep

Enginursday Roundup: Shut Up and Play the Hits

It's a quiet week around here; let's revisit some livelier times!

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31 Aug

Enginursday: Detecting Knob Changes

A look into how to decide when a knob has moved, so that your program can take an action.

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