Engineering Posts

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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30 Aug

Desk of an Engineer: the Marshall Edition

Let's see what Marshall has going on in that cave of his!

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24 Aug

Enginursday: RS-232 vs. TTL vs. Inverted TTL

Today, we revisit the concept of serial communication with RS-232 and TTL. We'll also explore the "inverted TTL" with the ultrasonic range finder to read data from the sensor.

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10 Aug

Enginursday: Makers Assisting With Technology

In this week's Enginursday, Alex meets with a local Speech-Language Pathologist to talk about how makers can help make devices for people with special needs

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3 Aug

Enginursday: Fiber Optic Light Suit

A wearable fiber optic light suit that responds to user gestures.

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27 Jul

Getting Started with MicroPython

The micro:bit is an awesome piece of tiny hardware, and I just wanted to make sure we gave you another programming environment with which to play.

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20 Jul

Enginursday: A PSoC-Based Digital Load Box

Sometimes, when testing power supplies, it's handy to be able to load them consistently. This gizmo will help you do that.

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