Engineering Posts

8 Dec

Six Patents That I'm Going to Need, Like, Yesterday

We rag on the patent system pretty often here in Open-Source-Landia. Let's take a look at a few positive contributions patent holders are trying to make to our lives!

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1 Dec

Enginursday: This Should Be Easy, Right?

-or- Engineering Is Always Yak-Shaving.

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17 Nov

Enginursday: Levitating Light

Create your very own levitating light with just a handful of parts.

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10 Nov

Taking Your PiRetrocade to the Next Level

I started with a PiRetrocade kit and kept adding until I had a major appliance on my hands: my very own full-size arcade cabinet!

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3 Nov

Enginursday: Digital Handpan

Make your own digital handpan drum using the Teensy Audio Shield and the Teensy's built-in capacitive touch inputs.

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27 Oct

Enginursday: Haunted Spirit Board

Creating your very own animated prop for Halloween utilizing the STK!

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20 Oct

Enginursday: Playin' with Parylene

Conformal coatings have always been a big thing in the electronics world, but you rarely see it in the hobbyist/prototyping market. Here's our experience and where it is beneficial to use.

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13 Oct

Enginursday: Acoustic Noise Cancellation with Adaptive Signal Processing

Filter noise from your latest paranormal investigation field recordings, audio-capturing UAV or anything not related to either of those two things.

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6 Oct

Enginursday: Battle of the RTC

New tutorials and Arduino libraries for the DeadOn RTC and Real Time Clock module breakout boards – plus, a fun little analog clock project.

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29 Sep

Enginursday: Lessons Learned at the Workbench

A few thoughts on prototyping and breadboarding

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