Since its release in January of 2021, Raspberry Pi’s first silicon, the RP2040, has taken the microcontroller world by storm. Its low cost, impressive capabilities (including its unique Programmable I/O), and — let’s face it — ability to be purchased in quantity amid a seemingly never-ending chip shortage, have led to wide adoption across the […]
These two companies are helping make your projects smart with FPGAs and SBCs
NameMark Greenbaum Where are you located?Watertown, MA What is your day job?Graphic Designer / Creative Director Do you attend a makerspace/fablab/hackerspace?I recently found a place called Hatch makerspace in my home town and they helped me trouble shoot my Ender Pro 3D printer. They have a great little workshop and are super accessible and helpful. […]
Fab Lab Torino kicks off this weekend for another round in a gorgeous new location, 10 years after the first Fab Lab in Italy opened in the city.
When we moved into a new home, I needed to create a woodshop with level space, good air flow, room for power tools, and most of all, protection from the elements. I determined it would need to be 200 square feet. Unfortunately, local zoning doesn’t allow for a shed that large, or even a covered […]
Autodesk recently added a futuristic function to its Fusion 360 design software. The new Generative Design workspace uses cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) software that designs mesh and T-spline models with parameters that you provide. It’s called generative because the software generates dozens or hundreds of solutions from those parameters. If you don’t like any of […]
Studying an instrument is a lengthy and worthwhile process, but what if you want to rock out today? I made the Instant Star Guitar so that I could get right to the fun part of playing music. You might remember a video by the band “Axis of Awesome” (some cussing) who famously pointed out that the same 4-chord progression […]
