UV Exposure Box Project – Part 1
by In my neverending quest of improving my homemade PCBs, I discovered that adding a soldermask to my boards is actually not a hard task, thanks to a relatively …
Category: Electronics
Using your Pocket C.H.I.P as a portable Logic Analyzer
So a time ago I purchased a cheap USB Logic Analyzer from eBay that works great with a PC, and it’s been really helpful to debug several …
DIY Table Saw for PCBs and thin wood
Cutting PCBs down to size for each project has always been a problem for me. I don’t have a bench saw, so I’ve been doing …
Arduino / Atari / Electronics / Lab
Custom PCB for SIO2Arduino
A while ago -and after a couple of trips to our local “flea market”- I managed to get my hands on a fully working vintage Atari …
Arduino / Electronics / Robotics / Tutorials
ORC-KIT with standalone H-Bridge Drivers (and some updates)
So in the sort of tutorial I wrote about ORC-KIT I mentioned that it was possible to use other boards instead of Adafruit’s friendly motor shield, …
A small improvement to the Soldering Fume Extractor
You may remember the small soldering fume extractor I designed a while ago. It has worked really well since I built it, and it’s made my …
Announcement / Arduino / Electronics / Robotics / Tutorials
Introducing ORC-KIT!
Earlier this year I embarked on the journey of designing a simple but expandable robot that any electronics enthusiast could build. I knew several nice kits from brands …
Arduino / Electronics / Lab
TFT Adventures (Playing with a ILI9341-based display)
Not long ago I purchased a few 320×240 touchscreen displays from ebay that looked pretty decent and were also fairly cheap. They conform to the Arduino shield form-factor, so they snap directly onto any standard Arduino …