Engineering Posts

25 Feb

Enginursday: KiCad and Open-Source Design

The process of using open-source designs to get to a final product, featuring KiCad, PJRC, and Advanced Circuits.

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18 Feb

Enginursday: Configuring EAGLE PCB Design Software with a ULP

A ULP to customize Eagle like the SparkFun engineers

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4 Feb

Enginursday: The Cost of Cutting Edge

It always starts the same; I get an amazing new device or technology dumped in my lap. Then sets in the reality of doing my job.

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28 Jan

Enginursday: COSMOS

The open-source Ball Aerospace Interface System

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21 Jan

Enginursday: First Impressions of the ESP32

An overview of Espressif's sequel to the ESP8266 - a new WiFi/Bluetooth-enabled system-on-chip, with a massive GPIO count.

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14 Jan

Enginursday: The Electronics of Escape

A peek behind the scenes of a popular escape room, and into the electronics powering the mystery.

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7 Jan

Enginursday: Revisiting the 4x4 LED Button Pad

I've got a project on my workbench that I was hoping to share, but I met some unexpected difficulty along the way.

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31 Dec

A Brief Digital Imaging Primer

Some notes (and examples) to help you understand a bit more about the world of digital imaging.

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16 Dec

Enginwedginursday: Hacking Childhood Memories

Reliving childhood memories through the magic of Legos and 3D printing.

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10 Dec

Enginursday: Supplies!

A look inside some common power supplies.

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