Week in (p)review July 13, 2012

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 […]

Week in (p)review June 22, 2012

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 […]

Week in (p)review June 08, 2012

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 […]

Week in (p)review June 01, 2012

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 […]

Week in (p)review May 04, 2012

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 […]

Adam’s Geek Tour of Akihabara Electric Town

Adam went to the Akihabara electronics market in Tokyo using the Global Geek Tour map and video. Visit his blog for a list of his buys. We asked him for his top tips for other hackers visiting Akihabara: DP: What should people take to Akihabara? Adam: Money! As you mentioned in the comments, stuff there […]

Week in (p)review April 20, 2012

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 […]

Week in (p)review April 4, 2012

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: […]

Review of the Hakko FX-888 soldering station

John reviews the Hakko FX-888 soldering station. It’s the latest iteration of one of the most cloned soldering stations, the Hakko 936. The stations are simple and sturdy, with a wide selection of tips. The tips are backward and forward compatible, 900M tips fit the FX-888 and the T-18 tips fit older 936 stations. Although […]