Malka Older #HispanicHeritageMonth

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

Today we recognize science fiction novelist and disaster specialist Malka Older! via Malka Older Malka Older is a writer, aid worker, and PhD candidate. Named Senior Fellow for Technology and Risk at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs...

Advanced Techniques For Using Git With KiCAD

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

For most developers “distributed version control” probably means git. But by itself git doesn’t work very well with binary files such as images, zip files and the like because git doesn’t know how to make sense of the structure of an...

ASK AN ENGINEER 9/19/18 LIVE! @adafruit #adafruit #AskAnEngineer – YouTube

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

ASK AN ENGINEER 9/19/18 LIVE! (video). What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or a seasoned engineer –...

SHOW AND TELL 9/19/18 LIVE! #showandtell @adafruit #adafruit

From blog.adafruit.com 1 day ago in PlatformsStores

SHOW AND TELL 9/19/18 LIVE! (video). Want to join the #showandtell Here’s how and video. The live chat for videos is over on Adafruit’s Discord server, JOIN here!

Electric Wheelbarrow Makes Hauling Big Loads Easier

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

Gardening involves a depressing amount of physical activity: haul this over here, dump it there and then cover it with this. Things like wheelbarrows are still damn hard work, especially for people like who are somewhat physically compromised. That’s why...

Digital Signal Processing in Scilab: How to Remove Noise in Recordings with Audio Processing Filters

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 1 day ago in BlogsNews

This article is an introduction to the complex topic of DSP-based reduction of noise in audio signals.

The EMF Roamer

From chris-stubbs.co.uk 1 day ago in Blogs

While packing for EMFcamp 2018, I came across a small tracked robot chassis at the back of my cupboard. It was instantly obvious that this needed to be turned into a small internet controlled robot for the camp. It could...

Voice Controlled Stereo Balance With ESP8266

From hackaday.com 1 day ago in Blogs

A stereo setup assumes that the listener is physically located between the speakers, that’s how it can deliver sound equally from both sides. It’s also why the receiver has a “Balance” adjustment, so the listener can virtually move the center...

‘SHE BON’ is an Artful, Wearable, Sensual, Sensing Platform

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

SHE BON (that’s the French bon, or “good”) is an ambitious project by [Sarah Petkus] that consists of a series of wearable electronic and mechanical elements which all come together as a system for a single purpose: to sense and...

Circuit Playground Express for Business School Students #CircuitPlaygroundExpresss @MSMakeCode @gallaugher

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Boston College professor John Gallaugher writes in Medium about teaching business students the art of coding and engineering. This year I wanted to give students an experience that combined coding with some basic engineering. The low-cost Circuit Playground Express from Adafruit Industries...

Raytheon’s New GPS OCX (Operational Control System) to Enable Era of Next-Gen Satellites

From www.allaboutcircuits.com 2 days ago in BlogsNews

The newest GPS satellites require an upgraded control segment for launch and control. Scheduled to launch in late 2018, the GPS III satellites need OCX. Let's take a look at what the OCX offers.

NEW GUIDE: Circuit Playground Express Head-Tilt Ears #Adafruit Learning System @dastels #CircuitPython

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Dave Astels provides this new guide in the Adafruit Learning System to build the tilty ears similar to those seen on John Candy in Spaceballs. When you tilt your head, one or the other of the ears moves! Check out...

NEW GUIDE: reef-pi Guide 2: Power Controller #AdafruitLearningSystem @Raspberry_Pi

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

In the second in a series on how to build reef-pi to control saltwater aquariums, Ranjib Dey describes building a Raspberry Pi-based power controller: In this guide, we will be building a power controller that can turn on/off AC equipment...

ArdOsc is a matchbox-sized, Arduino Nano-based oscilloscope

From blog.arduino.cc 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Oscilloscopes come in all different shapes and sizes, and now with just a few discreet components, maker Peter Balch has been able to turn an Arduino Nano into an oscilloscope the size of a matchbox.  The simplest version of this...

Industrial 3D Printing Uses Layers Like We’ve Never Seen Before

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

We’ve seen FDM printers lay down layers by extruding plastic in a line. We’ve seen printers use sintering and lithography to melt or cure one layer at a time before more print medium moves into place for the next layer....

Dragon Hands #WearableWednesday #cosplay

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Very clever 3D printed fabric dragon hand gloves. Shared by Core3D on Instructables: My daughter is already planning for Halloween this year and mentioned going as a dragon. As a 3D Printing dad, I couldn’t just stand by. In this...

Mirai Botnet Authors Avoid Jail Time

From krebsonsecurity.com 2 days ago in BlogsSecurity

Citing "extraordinary cooperation" with the government, a court in Alaska on Tuesday sentenced three men to probation, community service and fines for their admitted roles in authoring and using "Mirai," a potent malware strain used in countless attacks designed to...

Dresses that Respond to Nature: The FashionTech work of Rainbow Winters #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Lumen Couture shared this project on Youtube! Dresses that change color when exposed to water, an outfit that reacts to sound by displaying lightning bolts, and a solar-powered dress. Learn about the amazing and inspirational work of wearable tech designer...

Braille on a Tablet Computer

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

Signing up for college classes can be intimidating, from tuition, textbook requirements, to finding an engaging professor. Imagine signing up online, but you cannot use your monitor. We wager that roughly ninety-nine percent of the hackers reading this article have...

Thinky-I-Nator Is the Thinking Cap You’ve Always Wanted #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

Fun project from 8 Bits and a Byte. See more on YouTube and 8 Bits and a Byte. Every Wednesday is Wearable Wednesday here at Adafruit! We’re bringing you the blinkiest, most fashionable, innovative, and useful wearables from around the...

‘conserve the sound’ – listen to sounds made by vintage technology | #history #retro #retrotech

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

CTS (conserve the sound) is a collection of audio recordings of Sony walkmans, VHS decks, mechanical film shutters, actual typewriters, and the like. And yes that includes the sound made by opening a paper map! We all have our stories...

Learn To Loop The Python Way: Iterators And Generators Explained

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

If you’ve ever written any Python at all, the chances are you’ve used iterators without even realising it. Writing your own and using them in your programs can provide significant performance improvements, particularly when handling large datasets or running in...

Cadence AI Core Hits 12 TMACs

From www.eetimes.com 2 days ago in News

Cadence announced an inference core that can deliver 12x the performance of an accelerator IP block for deep learning that it launched last year.

Engineering a Solution to the IP&E Shortage

From www.eetimes.com 2 days ago in News

Supply challenges are not something that designers typically concern themselves with, but this is one time when they should.

The Great IP&E Component Shortage

From www.eetimes.com 2 days ago in News

The latest AspenCore Special Project turns the spotlight on the unprecedented shortage of the most ubiquitous components in any electronics design - interconnects, passives and electromechanical devices.

Flocabulary’s ‘Triangles’ Geometry Music Video

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

“Now you know the whole team!” 😀 This geometry video identifies obtuse, acute and right triangles. It defines isosceles, scalene and equilateral triangles, too.

Final Fantasy Exploit Teaches 32-bit Integer Math

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

One of the fun things about old video games, besides their obvious nostalgia, is that some of the more popular games have been pried apart and tinkered with for years, leading to a lot of new “development” within the games....

Digital Nametag #WearableWednesday

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

From gigapudii on Hackster.io: About This Project This is a digital nametag based on the Nokia 3310 screen, making you interesting during fairs. Story Behind the Project Whenever I visit fairs, I often feel that I am not noticed very...

Visual Schematic Diffs in KiCAD Help Find Changes

From hackaday.com 2 days ago in Blogs

When writing software a key part of the development workflow is looking at changes between files. With version control systems this process can get pretty advanced, letting you see changes between arbitrary files and slices in time. Tooling exists to...

Removing 88,000 Tons of Plastic from the Pacific

From blog.adafruit.com 2 days ago in PlatformsStores

via Engadget An ambitious project to clean up the 88,000 tons of plastic floating in the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” has begun. On Sunday, the Ocean Cleanup Project started towing its “Ocean Cleanup System 001” from San Francisco to a...