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Build a Simple PantoProbe for High-Precision Electronics Troubleshooting

Build a Simple PantoProbe for High-Precision Electronics Troubleshooting

By Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn

Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. His free weekly-ish maker tips newsletter can be found at garstipsandtools.com.

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3D print a PantoProbe, a simple device for amplifying your probe precision in electronics testing.

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Stress Testing Lego

Stress Testing Lego

By Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan

Alasdair Allan is a scientist, author, hacker and tinkerer, who is spending a lot of his time thinking about the Internet of Things. In the past he has mesh networked the Moscone Center, caused a U.S. Senate hearing, and contributed to the detection of what was—at the time—the most distant object yet discovered.

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How many times can you assemble two LEGO bricks together before they wear out? Phillipe Cantin decided to find out.

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Gadgeteer Testing Notes

Gadgeteer Testing Notes

By Chris Connors

Chris Connors

Making things is the best way to learn about our world.

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Recently, I had an opportunity to get early access to a new hardware system from Microsoft. Gadgeteer is a way for people to rapidly build devices, program them and then even build enclosures around the projects they make. On Wednesday morning, almost none of my students had ever written a computer program, and by Friday afternoon, every one had the opportunity to write a program that would control output hardware based on the input of sensors that they had built.

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