Review: Voltera V-One Makes Custom Homemade PCBs with Less Mess
The Voltera V-One minimizes the mess and makes DIY printed circuit board (PCB) production more accurate and automated.
Dev Boards
From single board computers to microcontrollers, to all of their shields, hats, and add-ons, development boards are the brains that bring your project to life. Dive in to the world of boards to explore their full potential for a wide range of projects, including connecting devices to the Internet of Things, automating data collection for science experiments, controlling robots, and pretty much anything else you could imagine. Feeling inspired? Check out our Maker’s Guide to Boards to find the right one for your next build.
Converting a Retro Portable TV into a Raspberry Pi Video Game Console the Easy Way
If you gut an old TV, you can replace more of its innards with a Raspberry Pi and make a fully functioning portable video game console.
SiFive Is Bringing Open Source to the Chip Level
SiFive’s co-founder details the journey to develop the RISC-V architecture, an open source instruction set.
Get Hands-on With the Nvidia Jetson TX2 Developer Kit at GTC 2017
GTC is held specifically to help GPU developers connect, learn, discover, and innovate. It is quite the opportunity.
PCB Board Design: Why You Should Care About Fiducial Marks
Fiducial marks are very important in electronics development. They act as an alignment mark for surface mount assembly machines.
This Week in Making: Gaming in an Altoids Tin, Guardians of the Easter Egg, and Mother’s Day Gifts
This week, catch up on all the recent Maker Faire events, put your Easter eggs in superhero costumes, and plan your Mother’s Day gift.
This Week in Making: ChickTech Meetup, Dark Souls Props, and Robotic Arms
This Week in Making saw the reveal of the Two Bit Circus Foundation, hand-made Dark Souls rings, some new crowd funding campaigns, and more.
