Itโs been another tumultuous year in the world of embedded electronics. Supply chain snags have scarcely relented, while new chips jostle for position as the makerโs go-to. Meanwhile, lots of exciting new boards, software, and other technologies let us continue to innovate. Letโs survey the maker landscape and see who stepped up when the chips were […]
The ATtiny3217 Curiosity Nano is an evaluation board from Microchip featuring one of their newer 1-series AVR microcontrollers. Microchip has made an effort to produce maker-friendly evaluation boards, so there isnโt much difference between this board and any other small microcontroller prototyping board. There is an on-board debugger that programs the chip and connects to […]
Itโs now possible to build remote, low-power microcontroller projects that can operate indefinitely without batteries and still not crash, even if power is interrupted. Let that sink in. As an example, weโll show you how to build a LoRa-based weather station thatโs powered solely by solar panels. Its code is written in CircuitPython, running on a […]
A conversation with Tim Keller of Inventopia in Davis, CA Podcast Video Transcript You can imagine how it is at the North Pole this time of year. The elves are overworked and they’re running behind. Getting all the required materials to the North Pole is really hard with the supply chain problems. And then Santa […]
Working with โwirelessโ LEDs feels a bit like magic. These tiny LED assemblies can emit light without directly connecting to a power supply. The secret to their energy source is a nearby wire coil in which a high-frequency oscillating current generates a fluctuating magnetic field. Each induction-powered LED is attached to its own tiny wire coil, […]
Maker Faire Taipei returns for a Christmas special! This December 24th & 25th, Taiwanese makers come to the capital to share their projects, learn new techniques, and get inspired by the always leading-edge designs and ideas that pop up at this faire, its 9th!
For the past few years the holiday season has been made thoroughly amusing by a series of collaborations put on by the youtube channel Kids Invent Stuff. They reach out to these channels and organize a secret santa exchange where you have to make the gift you’re sending to another maker on youtube. This year, […]
