Engineering Posts

30 Jul

Return of the Turbine!

The third installment of the ongoing jet engine build, where we have ignition, and Luke finally confronts his jerk dad.

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23 Jul

My Magic Lunchbox!

As an engineer at SparkFun, I make a lot of temporary projects. The Magic Lunchbox helps me take them home to work on without damaging them.

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16 Jul

Enginursday: Building Large LED Projects

Learn how to build larger-than-life LED installations.

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9 Jul

Designing a control system for a robot battle arena

This post highlights my method of creating the control system for our AVC battle arena.

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2 Jul

Enginursday: Celebratin' 'Merica with Fireworks!

Sparklers and the science behind fireworks.

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11 Jun

Enginursday: License This!

Open-sourcing is fun; licensing is hard.

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28 May

Enginursday: Deep Sleep Adventures

Exploring sleep modes in two WiFi-connected development boards: the ESP8266 Thing and the Photon.

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23 Apr

Enginursday: Aquaponics and the Internet-of-Things

A brief overview of the numerous internet-enabled devices I've used to monitor my aquaponic systems.

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9 Apr

Enginursday: Computer Basics

Exploring a simple von Neumann architecture computer

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