A few days ago, I bumped into a very interesting, well written piece on the Tinkerer’s Sunset. The focus of the article is about how locked down Apple products have become and how that stifles those who would tinker with this technology and help to create some of the cool things that arise when [...]
Entries Tagged as 'electronics'
Tinkerer’s Sunset Or Sunrise?
January 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Topics Of Interest
Tags: electronics·tinkering
SolarBotics Is Canadian!
January 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
So in the “parts for your robot” game, there are a handful of names that you’ll come across. After another company suffered a meltdown, I went looking for other places where I might find some of the stuff I need. Solarbotics is most famous for their small low voltage gear motors that you’ll [...]
Tags: Canada·electronics
Something Cool For Halifax Hackers
January 17th, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
There’s a movement to get a local hackerspace set up in Halifax. They’ve posted a page on the hackerspaces site, facebook page and are tweeting.
Immediately after joining the Facebook group, I was asked what this was by a concerned loved one. They thought I might be getting involved in something nefarious. Nothing [...]
Tags: electronics·Halifax
Sparkfun Pain And Misery
January 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Rants
So Sparkfun had a big sale yesterday. $100 worth of free stuff until they hit $100000. I diligently filled my shopping cart a few days ahead in hopes of making a quick beeline to the payment section once the contest opened. Well it turns out that they had 100 000+ people hammering [...]
Tags: electronics
EasyDriver Works As Advertised
January 4th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Topics Of Interest
After getting my parts, I had a few weeks before I had any project time. The first step was to see if the thing actually worked the way it was supposed to with my salvaged stepper motors. Well phase 1 of the test has worked so far, here’s a video.
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What the video [...]
Tags: electronics
Sparkfun Order
January 3rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Topics Of Interest
A while ago I sent in an order to Sparkfun to give them a shot. I’ve ordered electronic bits from a few places, but being in Canada makes shipping a challenge. I have to find places willing to ship via USPS to avoid a $40 brokerage fee at the border by most major [...]
Tags: electronics