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  • A Comprehensive Guide to PCBs

    A printed circuit board (PCB) is the backbone of almost every electronic device. A well-designed PCB provides signal integrity, reduces production costs, reduces issues related to noise and heat, and improves a circuit's performance. This guide covers…

  • Laser-Scribed Graphene Technique Introduced

    Laser graphene can be used to fabricate bio, gas, temperature, and humidity sensors. (Image Credit: TranSpread) Graphene is usually prepared via different techniques such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD), epitaxial growth, mechanical exfoliation,…

  • IBM Introduces a New AI Chip That Works Similarly to a Human Brain

    The new AI chip, which operates like a human brain, has 64 AIMC cores for deep neural network computational tasks. (Image Credit: IBM) IBM recently revealed its prototype mixed-signal analog AI chip that operates like a human brain and runs various…

  • Mini Pinball 10: Designing a Super Case

    In this episode, Ben designs and cuts the plywood enclosure for the mini pinball machine. It’s all tabbed together with screws and nuts. The playfield opens up to access the board. The bottom of the unit is also opened up for easy access to IO fro...
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  • Proof of Concept

    The actual board is a pretty trivial exercise. There are of course many ways to construct it. But I want to keep in mind reproducibility and either robustness or ease of replacement. To begin I am just using stuff laying around the shop. To begin I grabbed…

  • How to Fix Anything Mechanical

    Principle 61: Fix your mind on critical habits and you can fix anything. Dear ole' Dad (aka Walnut) bestows his life lessons for fixing anything mechanical. https://www.raisingawesome.site/Gear
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  • 3D printing service in Singapore

    I plan to 3d print my prototype box. Do anyone have suggestion for 3d printing service in Singapore? It also can be from anywhere but able to send to Singapore. Prefer cheap and good. No choice at tight budget TQ In the Air design competition

  • Where can I find cheap parts for my DIY 3d printer

    I Want to build my own custom 3d printer so I can get to know 3d printing better but I want to keep the cost low. Could you guys post some places where I can find cheap parts. I also still want a heated print bed too.

  • Best software for 3D printing

    Hi all! I'm excitedly awaiting delivery of my new 3D printer (how cool those words sound!) Its a makerbot, it arrives next week and I CANT wait!! I'm new to this, I've got Sketchup downloaded and am working through it now to create a personalised Pi case…

  • Large Scale 3D Printing/ Multi Medium 3D printing

    I am seeing a lot of different 3D printers and all of wich are more compact and made to print small objects. What i am wanting to know are there 3D printers that can be made for the home that can print large scale objects and if there are not then how…

  • element14 offers PCB Fabrication Service to streamline design cycle through partnership with Pentalogix

    element14 offers PCB Fabrication Service to streamline design cycle through partnership with Pentalogix 　 To further support the design process from concept to prototype, element14 , the first collaborative engineering community and electronics store…

  • Tempo Automation teams up with Upverter for the second annual Open Compute hardware hackathon

    "What is electronics development moved as fast as software development?" That is their motto. Will they also provide some Design-for-Testability methodologies with their kits? Hackathons have traditionally been about software programmers (including graphic…

  • Handibot: a portable CNC multi-purpose router for all who build

    Handibot prototype renders (via ShopBot Tools) It has been recently argued that the Neanderthals were able to make versatile multi-tools blades by delivering precise blows to a rock. Tens of thousands of years later, homo sapiens are still attempting…

  • University of Michigan develops ‘Smart Dust’ technology for an IoT future

    Michigan Micro Mote in reality. (via U of M) Those fascinated by the Internet of Things phenomena are in for a real treat: a recent study at the University of Michigan led by Professor David Blauuw has engendered the world’s first fully realized microcomputing…

  • MIT scientists unveil "4D printing" for self-assembly at TED conference

    You don't have permission to edit metadata of this video. Edit media Dimensions x Small Medium Large Custom Subject (required) Brief Description…

  • Print your own Ouya video game console case

    Ouya Makerbot case render. (via Thingiverse) A new open source platform for gaming will be shipping to its Kickstarter supporters by the end of this month. The Ouya project was founded by Julie Urham, game industry pro, with the idea of delivering an…

  • Unique website model for the fashion industry takes off

    Front page of Fab.com. Deceptively simple, giving anyone a shot to be next to the big players. (via fab.com obviously) Now for a different side of industry... The dot com boom of the 90s made people realize the difficulty that any website would have staying…

  • Lightning bugs could offer template for brighter LEDs

    A good old firefly. LED manufacturers strives to imitate the uninhibited light projection of the firefly abdomen. (via wiki) Scientists and engineers have long been using nature as a guide in developing new technology. Examples of this can be found everywhere…

  • Samsung looks to invest $1.9 billion in next gen logic chips

    CPU wafers in process (via stock photography) Next year, 2013, looks to be the year Samsung gives Intel a run for its money in shrinking processor die’s for smaller faster chips. While Intel’s Ivy Bridge line is certainly impressive at 22nm, Samsung has…

  • Intel introduces inexpensive ULV processors for ultra-thin notebooks

    The ULV chips in progress (via Intel) Intel announced the release of a series of mobile ULV (ultra-low voltage) processors for ultra-book manufacturers such as MSI, Acer, ASUS and a host of others. The chips include the entry-level Celeron family including…

  • Carbon-nanotube based Ink-jet printer on the way

    Printed circuit on flexible Kapton (via UCLA) The big brains at the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) started the "technology incubator" two years ago for bringing new development at the University of Southern California (UCLA) to the commercial…

  • The 2D semiconductor

    2D circuit photographs and bandgap chart. (via the group's report on Nano Letter .) So thin that they call it two dimensional, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, has developed a new class of semiconductor. Quantum confinement is…

  • Transparent graphene transistor material stretches beyond all others

    Final graphene material (left). Magnified transistor image (center). Transistors placed onto a balloon. (right) (Via Lee, American Chemical Society) There appears to be legions of engineers and scientists pushing hard for stretchable electronics . The…

  • Still at it

    So thought I forgot about this. Anyway it is was really hectic here for a while as we had to expand or move. Well we doubled our space and nearly doubled our membership so that went well, but shifting and moving and running enough power to the new wood…

  • ESC Silicon Valley 2nd day, with an Element 14 surprise

    EETimes' Brian Fuller interviewed element14's Jeff Jussel at the tail end of the ESC Silicon Valley event, a big announcement soon followed. Jussel joined the element14 team to help provide a one-stop-shop for all engineering design needs. Jussel mentions…