Engineering Posts

23 Dec

Best of 2016 at SparkFun

There was plenty of good stuff in 2016!

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22 Dec

Enginursday: Fun with Sockets

These Raspberry Pi tips and Python tricks let you take your sensing projects off the desk and into the wild with wireless transmission and processing of data.

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15 Dec

Enginursday: The Great Eagle Library Cleanup of 2016

Check out the new and improved, tightened-up SparkFun Eagle libraries - now with uniformity, verified packages and documentation!

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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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