Workbench of the Week!?
My Lab workbench was featured on “The Amp Hour: Episode 30” on 02/15/11 A few weeks ago, I discovered the totally awesome Amp Hour Podcast. I even blogged about its awesomeness! Anyways, they have a segment on the show called workbench of the week, and I figured I’d send in[…]
Tutorial 6 for Arduino: Serial Comm and Processing
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 The next four episodes are all about communicating between the Arduino and other devices. In this video, we’ll focus on communicating with the computer via a standard serial connection. We’ll be using a new programming language called “processing” to[…]
Tutorial 5 for Arduino: Motors and Transistors
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 This week, we’ll finally be using the Arduino to control some motors! First up, we’ll control a standard DC motor running off a 9V battery with the help of an NPN transistor and a PWM (Pulse Width Modulated) signal[…]
Arduino Contest Update and Expert Status
The element14 Arduino contest that I announced a few weeks ago has had its deadline extended! You now have an extra two weeks to get your projects in. Make sure you post them in the element14 Arduino group, and as a response to my youtube video by February 14th! It’s[…]
Tutorial 4 for Arduino: Analog Inputs
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 This week is all about analog inputs for the arduino. I’ll show you how you can use a voltage divider circuit (see episode 3) and a variable resistor to make an analog sensor. We’ll also use a Sharp IR[…]
The Life and Death of UltimateComputers.net
In May of 2007, Zach Lynn and I launched UltimateComputers.net. We had posted our very first computer-build video on youtube just about a year earlier, and it was more popular than we thought it would be. After making two more videos, my youtube message inbox began to fill up with[…]
The Amp Hour = Awesome
I just discovered “The Amp Hour“, a seriously awesome podcast from EE gurus Dave Jones and Chris Gammell. It’s a really fun, 1-hour, weekly rant about anything and everything happening in the world of electronics and engineering. Admittedly, I have a small ulterior motive in posting this, since I was[…]
EE Basics in Tutorial 3 for Arduino
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 In this week’s arduino tutorial, we take a bit of a detour and focus on some key elements of electrical engineering design that we’ll be using in future episodes. Included amongst these topics is Ohm’s Law, current-limiting resistors, pull-down[…]
Arduino Design Contest – Win a Soldering Station!
Wanna win this soldering station from element14!? Check out the details in my video below, and submit your project to the element14 arduino group, and as a video response to my youtube video! I’ll even pick some of my favorites, and feature them in a video next month. Act fast[…]
Tutorial 2 for Arduino: Now with more Blinky Things!
This tutorial was featured on the official Arduino blog on 3/9/2011 That’s right folks, it’s Monday, and the second installment of my arduino tutorial series is here! I spent the last week in Disney World, but now that I’m back, it’s time to get down to business! This week, I’ll[…]