Category Archives: week in review

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. HOW TO: Bus Pirate as dev-board, read a voltage and view in terminal 3D Model: USB IR Toy v3 with remote PARTS LIBRARY: Bourns 3306F trimmer resistor DIY tiny Bus Pirate clone Stained hardwood case for the Bus […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Parts we stock and part storage 3D Model: PIC32-DIP breakout board HOW-TO: Open Source USB stack for PIC microcontrollers EAGLE PART: Incremental encoder with switch Copy parts between libraries in Eagle Library supports all PIC hardware […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Workshop Video: Get your open hardware manufactured OHS 2012 talk proposal: A sketchy history: USB and open hardware OHS 2012 idea: Who’s doing indy cottage manufacturing? OHS 2012 poster proposal: Get your stuff made: open hardware manufacturing 3D […]

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 […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: How we prepare for the Bay Area Maker Faire HOW-TO: Visit Bay Area Maker Faire 3D Model: USB Persistence of Vision Toy v1c Workshop Update for May 17th, 2012 Workshop Update for May 16th, 2012 Workshop […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: USB POV Toy calibration tests Workshop update May 10th, 2012 Workshop update May 9th, 2012 Workshop update May 8th, 2012 USB Infrared Toy firmware v23 test HOW-TO: Bus Pirate PIC 24 analog to digital converter tutorial […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Flux-off part 2, more flux reviews FIRMWARE UPDATE: USB and Serial LCD Backpack v1.1 beta 1 HOW-TO: Advanced circuit board rendering with SketchUp and Kerkythea Test buffer logic for Bus Blaster v3 PCB review Tuesday videos […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. WORKSHOP VIDEO: Part Ninja v1 testing and overview 3D Model: PIC18F2550 Breakout Board HOW-TO: Learn PIC serial UART with your Bus Pirate Control your Bus Pirate with an Android Tablet Machined Bus Pirate v3 case and Bus Pirate […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon. Bus Pirate helps out a hybrid race car build Bus Blaster free PCB built HOW-TO: Single member LLC/Sole proprietor taxes VIDEO: Shenzhen Maker Faire VIDEO: Seeed Studio open source hardware manufacturing tour in Shenzhen, China 2012 Seeed Studio […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon: WORKSHOP VIDEO: Global Geek Tour China preview Global Geek Tour: Sjaak’s score from Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China Global Geek Tour: Ian’s Hua Qiang Bei (SEG Market) score Global Geek Tour: Ian’s Apliu Street Hong Kong score Our […]

Here’s a summary of major developments over the last week. Free PCB Friday is coming up soon: Free PCB: guess where @dangerousproto is going with @Finnair 3D Model: Part Ninja v1a Fixing botched prototypes Part Ninja semiconductor tester demo firmware available FT2232H breakout board back in stock CPLD development boards back in stock Coming up: […]