Here’s some new and extended project interviews from Bay Area Maker Faire 2012. These took place at the setup, faire, and after party. Generally a few people bring projects to show us, so we interviewed them right at our own table. msPROBOT– MSP based robot development board Wireless Friend Finder – Radio proximity alert MicroVNC […]
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Free PCB coupon via Facebook to 2 random commenters
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 there’s free PCBs three times a every week: Free PCB Sunday. The classic. Every week, […]
Week in (p)review May 25, 2012
This week was dominated by Bay Area Maker Faire coverage, but we managed to slip in an Eagle how-to and 3D model as well. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. HOW-TO VIDEO: Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 HOW-TO: Create parts with separate power pins 3D Model: MMA7455L breakout board Maker Faire 2012 epilogue: Holy […]
Programmable Dummy Load build
Schazamp built the Programmable Dummy Load free PCB. It’s a new development project which allows you to set the load current via USB, or LCD/encoder combo. If you build a free PCB we’ll send you another one! Blog about it, post a picture on Flicker, whatever – we’ll send you a coupon code for the […]
Workshop update for May 24th, 2012
Today we finished up the Bay Are Maker Faire video, and unpacked the prototypes. We caught up on forum support, and are in the process of answering our email backlog. Some minor updates to the Maker Faire wiki have new info from our 2012 trip. We finished some Part Ninja updates. Since the LCD is […]
@DangerousProto was the top Tweeter at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
@DangerousProto was the #1 Tweeter at Bay Area Maker Faire. We tweeted over 50 pictures during the trip. Be sure to follow us for the latest geekery, we’ll be using it a lot more in the future. Congratulations to T-Mobile for making a cell service that doesn’t suck, we used a $3/day unlimited “4G” plan […]
HOW-TO VIDEO #23: Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
Experience the Bay Area Maker Faire from the perspective of a presenter. Veteran Makers talk about their projects, and give advice on preparing for your first Maker Faire. We also take you inside the ‘exclusive’ maker-only pre and post parties. You’ve never seen a Maker Faire video like this. Don’t miss last week’s video with […]
Salvaging a touch-pad form an old laptop
Instead of trowing away an old useless laptop, Viktor decided to open it up and salvage what he can. One thing that caught his eye was the touch-pad. The control circuitry was on a separate PCB making his life easier, and to top it off the PCB had test points with PS/2 connections. All that […]
#Twatch turned into a SNTP clock
David modified his #Twatch firmware to display time collected from a custom GPS-NTP server. He provided full documentation for his modifications, as well as the source code. While the #twatch is not the ideal display I envisioned, it was an excellent first try on my part. I had to make some simplifications due to the lack […]
Workshop Update for May 23rd, 2012
We unpacked our Maker Faire kit, scanned in business cards, and started editing the video. There will probably be one epic “how-to participate in a Maker Faire” video with tips, project interviews, and a behind the scenes look at the pre- and post- parties. A tutorial on how to create parts with same pin names […]
HOW-TO: Create parts with separate power pins
Ever wonder how some designs group all the power supply pins in one corner of the schematic? They look organized, and it’s easier to understand how the circuit works because pins are grouped by function. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to make an Eagle part with separate power pins. This can be extended […]
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 afterparty
Having a great time at the Bay Area Maker Faire afterparty
Bay Area Maker Fair 2012: Dangerous Prototypes is the recipient of an Editor’s Choice booth award!
The Dangerous Prototypes booth is a 2012 Editor’s Choice recipient! Congratulations to Skot who is almost certainly responsible for this with his blingy Digit Grid. After we show off the ribbon in a workshop video we’ll sent it to Skot. This is our third year sharing or winning the Editor’s Choice award. It’s not quite […]
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Weird Stuff
Some weird stuff we liked at this years Bay Area Maker Faire, like the life-size comic book pictured above. More weird stuff below the fold.
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Robots!
There were lots of awesome robot projects at this years Bay Area Maker Fair. Check out the pics below the fold.
Getting around at Bay Area Maker Faire 2012
Here are a few pics of the Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 grounds. More pictures below the fold.
Bus Blaster v2 back in stock
Bus Blaster v2 JTAG debugger is back in stock at Seeed Studio.The cool thing about the Bus Blaster is that it uses a programmable logic chip as a buffer. It can imitate different types of programming hardware with a simple USB update. You can get a Bus Blaster v2 for $34.95.
Workshop Update for May 22, 2012
We are back in the workshop from the Bay Area Maker Faire, expect our full report to start tomorrow. We continue the work on the Part Ninja firmware. We implemented part specific functions for many parts. These functions figure out the pinout, and calculate part specific values, like the forward voltage for Diodes, hFE for […]
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012: Preview of booths and exhibits
Here is a short preview of some booths and exhibits we visited at the Bay Area Maker Faire. More below the fold.
MSP430 based wireless temperature sensor
Toxic239 shared his wireless temperature sensor project based on the MSP430 microcontroller. It uses a 14.089 MHz carrier frequency which is modulated using Morse code, outputting “CALLSIGN T<TEMP> 73”. The source files are available in the forum. For an upcoming low altitude party balloon flight :D we had to put together a simple Morse transmitter. […]