Update 5/26/2022: OSHWA has made further changes to the recommended terms. Currently they are using PICO/POCI. Keep up to date with this conversation on the OSHWA website. Look on the circuit board of nearly any electronic device made since the 1980s. If the device intelligently transmits or receives data, you’re likely to find the acronyms […]
Long-time Maker Matthew Borgatti recently completed work on a homemade spot welder, built from a scrapped microwave and a few other parts.
Before you get started making videos to document your DIY adventures, snag some solid build-video advice from an old pro.
The jam is a 3-day workshop to improve OSHW documentation practices: The power of open source hardware lies in the ability to build upon others’ work and good documentation is the key to making this happen. We believe that documentation best practices can increase contributions to open source hardware projects significantly. For this reason, we […]
We’re very happy to nominate Gakken for this year’s Documentation Makey. Gakken is a huge publishing company that’s been around for over sixty years producing educational materials and kits like the Denshi blocks they brought to market in the 70s. We’ve been carrying their Otona no Kagaku (Adult Science) mook and kit combos in the […]
We occasionally receive really cool projects that we would like to publish, however they just don’t have quite enough information for us to figure them out. So, here are some tips about documenting your projects in a way that makes them accessible.
At Maker Faire, we saw loads of really cool projects. The BeanCat was a clever one, a skid steer chair controlled by a Wii Nunchuck held by the user in a bean bag chair. The Beancat is an all-wheel drive, battery powered bean bag chair, controlled by a Wii nunchuk. Getting a drink from the […]
