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WolframAlpha for electronics nerds
Here’s what searching for 150 ohm resistor gets you. Awesome! Other interesting queries: op amp, circuits, transformer. What’s your favorite query?Filed under: Hardware Design, Product, Review
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Note to self: don’t use expensive test equipment with unverified circuit
Expensive test equipment, especially those that have lax input protection, must be the last to be used with unverified circuits and prototype boards. I know it is obvious to the experienced, but...
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Fritzing to design and prototype electronics circuits
I have been playing with Fritzing lately, and I have to say I am impressed. It is seductively easy to create and document electronics designs, and turn them into beautiful working circuits. Here’s an...
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Prototyping a PCB using LPKF ProtoMat S62
The last time I designed my own PCB, in 1995, I used parchment (butter) paper and stickers. The fabrication was contracted out to a third-party. Times have changed, we now have simple circuit design...
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Case for Raspberry Pi printed with MakerBot Replicator 2
Being able to cheaply produce 3D prototypes makes MakerBot Replicator amazing. We recently acquired a Replicator 2 at work, which we used to print a case for Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 2. Here’s the...
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WolframAlpha for electronics nerds
Here’s what searching for 150 ohm resistor gets you. Awesome! Other interesting queries: op amp, circuits, transformer. What’s your favorite query?Filed under: Hardware Design, Product, Review
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Getting Started with the ESP-03
The ESP-03 is a very affordable Wi-Fi module containing the ESP8266EX chip by Espressif. The latter has become very popular among makers who want to affordably add wirelessly controlled smarts to...
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PCB Design Software
Altium Designer is the design software that I’ve been using on a regular basis because we’ve got a license at work. It doesn’t come with too many components but more can be downloaded online. Creating...
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