Engineering Posts
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!
Enginursday: Battery Management
This post explores how to use the power control features of the Battery Babysitter to make a product with the features we expect from portable embedded electronics.
Enginursday: Pandora's Box - The Moving Motion Detector
As I've been on location the past couple months attached to a secret project, I decided this week's build was going to be a motion detector I could use in the field.
The Wild World of Connectors
The market for connectors is enormous. Let's discuss how to find the connector that works for you.