Engineering Posts
Enginursday: Would you like to play a game?
Fence-a-Mole: A real-world "fencing training" game made using XBee and the ADXL345
Enginursday: Apogaea and the Propagand-Eye
Learn about the Propagand-Eye, a custom badge created for a soldering workshop at the Colorado Burning Man regional event, Apogaea.
Enginursday: 60 USB Chargers in Parallel
Here I've got 60 USB charger power supplies wired in parallel, just to see what happens.
Enginursday: ComSphere
How a hamster ball and Blynk app can detect not only motion, but perhaps something paranormal?
Enginursday: DIY vs. off-the-shelf
A lot of the questions we field are related to accomplishing something cheaper via DIY. Until recently, chances of succeeding were variable, but things are starting to change.
Making the SparkX Lab
A tour of our humble R&D abode and some of the projects we've been cooking.
Enginursday: I2Considerations
In this Enginursday, we'll explore some of the problems that can creep up when connecting I2C devices
Enginursday: Home-Brew Alexa Endpoint
Amazon has released an example allowing you to create an Alexa endpoint on a Raspberry Pi 3 (or 2B). It's free and open source, so you can tear it apart, see how it works and modify it as you see fit!