Category Archives: week in review

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Bangalore SP Road, hackerspace and open hardware manufacturers GEEK TOUR INDIA: Mumbai’s Manish and Lamington Road markets 7400 competition: Entries and reader’s choice Infrared Toy Shield free PCB build October swag bag: Web Platform Workshop Update […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. 3D Model: Soldering Iron Driver v1.5 Eagle Parts: 4 way + 1 button surface mount joystick Soldering iron driver v1.5 PCBs are available at Seeed A box of PCBs just arrived from Seeed Studio’s Fusion PCB service Bus […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! Workshop Video #44: Bus Blaster v3 design overview JOIN US: Global Geek Tour of India coming soon Global Geek Tour India 2012 update HOW-TO: Access Bus Pirate v4 on-board I2C EEPROM 3D Model: Logic Shrimp v2b Eagle Parts: […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! WORKSHOP VIDEO #43: How we edit video INTRO GUIDE: Basic light emitting diodes (LED) 3D Model: VFD tube board Eagle Parts: TD62783 8Ch high voltage source driver and the 2.1mm barrel jack Bus Pirate and plasma TV parts […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! Maker Faire New York sync gag full version Global Geek Tour New York 2012 Video Open Hardware Summit 2012: USB and Open Hardware presentation 3D Model: Smoke Tester v1 Eagle Parts: MIC2027 Quad USB power distribution switch Hacking […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon! USB and Open Source presentation at the Open Hardware Summit 2012 2012 East Village New York food crawl Global Geek Tour New York 2012 trailer Criff dog preview PROTOTYPE PREVIEW: Smoke Tester Smoke Tester: Calculating the INA138 load […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO #40: Nixie tube and logic analyzer demo for Maker Faire 3D Model: Bus Blaster v3 in a Sick of Beige v1 case Eagle Parts: Our Eagle library converted to KiCad NEXT WEEK: New York Global Geek […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO #39: Magnificent Nixie tube thing 3D Model: Sick of Beige v1 template design Eagle Parts: IN-12 Nixie and IV-22 VFD tube sockets Playing with ATX Breakout Board in KiCAD Popular Science likes the Bus Pirate Cross […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. NEW PROTOTYPE: 1.8″ TFT display with USB interface WORKSHOP VIDEO #38: TFT display with USB control in Sjaak’s workshop Nixies power supply up and running Two tubes of K155N Russian Nixie tube drivers arrive ATX breakout board case […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Workshop Video #37: USB and Open Source presentation 2012 first run through XC9572XL CPLD development board and USB and serial enabled LCD backpack are back in stock Bus Pirate RFM12B radio data module demo Bus Pirate v3.5 free […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Workshop Video #36: Beers in Bunnie’s Workshop Workshop Video #35: Singapore Mini Maker Faire 2012 report 3D Model: FT311D Breakout Board Check out Matseng’s IR remote control intervalometer in the project log forum Workshop Update for August 23rd, […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Next week there will be a new test firmware for the USB Infrared Toy with a number of bug fixes. FT311D Android Open Accessory IC breakout board update PROTOTYPE PREVIEW: FT311D Android Open Accessory IC breakout board Eagle […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Singapore Koba Electronics preview Singapore Maker Faire 2012: ‘Get your stuff made’ presentation Singapore Maker Faire 2012: Robots Singapore Maker Faire 2012: Dangerous Prototypes Booth Global Geek Tour Singapore: Koba Electronics shop Global Geek Tour Singapore: […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Zoom H1 v2 sound test and Singapore Maker Faire Customizing Sick of Beige cases for laser cutting Bus Pirate and Open Bench Logic Sniffer: Reverse engineering an RF light switch Nokia LCD Backpack v1.0 free PCB […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Sick of Beige standard PCB templates and cases NEW PROTOTYPE: Sick of Beige basic case v1 NEW PROJECT: Sick of Beige standard PCB sizes v1.0 3D Model: Bus Blaster v3c HOW TO: Eagle shortcut keys and […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Bus Pirate LCD Adapter v3 overview and demo NEW PROTOTYPE: Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3 3D Model: Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3a HOW-TO: Polygons and ground fills for PCBs in Eagle Eagle parts: Assorted 74xxx logic […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Favorite Bus Pirate features PARTS LIBRARY: 85×56 credit card sized standard PCB template 3D Model: FT2232H Breakout Board v1a Only 16 ATX Breakout Boards left Logic Sniffer back in stock at Seeed Another Eagle 6.xx library […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Exploring the serial port 3D Model: ATX Breakout Board v1.1 Eagle Monday: Easier way to make parts in Eagle Sabernetics I2C OLED display with the Bus Pirate Bus Pirate v3 LCD adapter back in stock MSP430 […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: ATX Breakout Board NEW PROTOTYPE: ATX Breakout Board 3D Model: Superprobe v1a Unbricking a MacBook with the Bus Pirate Fixing the EDID ROM of a monitor using the Bus Pirate Logic Sniffer client 0.96 beta 3 […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: The flashback episode 3D Model: XC95144XL Breakout Board HOW-TO: Crude ways of making plated slots in Eagle PARTS LIBRARY: 2×07 0.1″ pitch shrouded pin header Open source USB echo demo ported to the PIC18F2550 Breakout Board […]