May 18th, 2013 by the machinegeek
If you need any more confirmation that drones are destined to become a part of everyday civilian life, here it is. NASA has announced the selection of Dayton, Ohio based Development Projects Inc. to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize...
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May 18th, 2013 by DP
An application note from Microchip: Practical guide to implementing Solar Panel MPPT Algorithms (PDF!) This application note describes how to implement MPPT using the most popular switching power supply topologies. There are many published...
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May 18th, 2013 by DP
Here is a short preview of some booths and exhibits we visited at the Bay Area Maker Faire. New part kits ready to show at Maker Faire tomorrow. Follow the pics live with our twitter feed. More photos below the fold. Read more
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May 18th, 2013 by DP
Here are some pics we took while setting up at the Bay Area Maker Faire. If you are visiting, be sure to say hi at our booth. For live updates from the Maker Faire check out our twitter feed, or wait for them to pop up on the blog. More photos...
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May 17th, 2013 by DP
In this video Dtmf demonstrates his ESR LCM3 meter-transistor tester. Via the forum.
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May 17th, 2013 by DP
2blmaster shares his experience cutting a stencil with gerber2graphtec using the Silhouette Cameo: I just received my Silhouette Cameo after I got excited reading *this* thread :) I use it together with the great gerber2graphtec tool In principle...
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May 17th, 2013 by DP
Every Friday we give away some extra PCBs via Facebook. This post was announced on Facebook, and on Monday we’ll send coupon codes to two random commenters. More PCBs via Twitter on Tuesday and the blog every Sunday. Don’t forget...
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May 17th, 2013 by DP
Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Taco Crawl 2013 Thursday before Maker Faire Video: How we prepare for the Bay Area Maker Faire HOW-TO: Visit Bay Area Maker Faire Bus Pirate LCD...
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May 17th, 2013 by DP
Thursday before Maker Faire is the Dangerous Taco Crawl through the Mission District, starting at the Noisebridge hackerspace. Follow the pics live with our twitter feed. More photos below the fold. Read more
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May 17th, 2013 by the machinegeek
A security research group has completed an Internet census revealing interesting facts on usage. According to the abstract by the crew from Carna Botnet, While playing around with the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) we discovered an amazing number of...
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