Category Archives: Projects
Altium Industry Expert Article: The Art of Selecting Connectors
Check out this article I wrote about how to select connectors! The best part is this video I reference:
Altium Industry Expert Article: Should I Make, Find, or Download my PCB Symbols?
Check out this article I wrote for Altium’s Industry Expert Series about the options designers have for generating parts for their libraries!
e14 Project: Raspberry Pi 2 Laser Dog Watcher
My dog Penny is one of the best. She has the two critical commands of ‘come’ and ‘stay’ down pat so well that I can go for a run with her off-leash here in Denver. She’s gentile with our newborn … Continue reading
Using a Raspberry Pi 2 and ownCloud v8 to Control My Cloud Data
A couple years ago, I showed how to setup an ownCloud server on a Raspberry Pi. The system worked, but there were some performance hiccups. Most importantly was the ability for the system to handle large files and for the … Continue reading
e14: EAGLE ULPs Every User Should Know
I love designing PCBs. It’s more than just connecting wires in a given area; it’s devising clever ways to make connections while controlling the design for things like EMC, switcher noise, signal integrity, heat dissipation, and many more. But the … Continue reading
e14: Laser Doorbell in the Cloud!
Sometimes the notion of the Internet of Things (IoT) strikes me as silly; why would anyone want to connect their dishwasher to the internet? But still, I wanted to develop a hobby project that would explore some of the tech. … Continue reading
e14 Project: A Silent Wireless Laser Tripwire Doorbell
I’ve had a problem since moving into my new place that I can’t hear people knock at my front door. Sure I could get a doorbell at the hardware store, but those things stink. Instead, I thought I’d create a … Continue reading
Arduino Clones Can Be Better Than Shields
Arduino is certainly the most popular method of getting info electronics, or at least embedded electronics. My BlueStamp Engineering students seem to gravitate to them when selecting their projects. But what about after the first few projects have been created … Continue reading
Finally, an Arduino library for EAGLE!
Have you put together an Arduino-based circuit and looking to nicely (but easily) document it? Or perhaps you’re looking to create an Arduino Shield with EAGLE and want to start with the correct dimensions of the headers. Element14 has come … Continue reading
Frame-It: A Tool For Wading Through Millions of Parts
Hardware engineers everywhere know how crrazy selecting parts can be. Especially when a part change needs to occur months after intiial part selection. Why was this part so special? What were the nuances of it again? Frame-it is a chrome … Continue reading