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Microwave imaging is similar to CT imaging, but instead of X-rays, the microwaves are used to probe the structure and composition of an object. To facilitate experimentation with microwave imaging, …read more Continue reading Precise Positioning with the RP2040
The PCB business card has long been a way for the aspiring electronics engineer to set themself apart from their peers. Handing out a card that is also a two …read more Continue reading Minimal Tic Tac Toe Business Card
You’ve finally decided to take the plunge and build a board with surface-mount parts. After carefully dispensing the solder paste with a syringe, it’s time to place the parts. You …read more Continue reading Pixel Pump Pick & Place Positions Parts Precisely
Being able to track down a bug in a mountain of source code is a skill in its own right, and it’s a hard skill to learn from a book …read more Continue reading Digging into an ATtiny Simulator Bug with GDB
A Bayer array, or Bayer filter, is what lets a digital camera take color photos. It’s an array of tiny color filters that sit on top of a camera’s CCD. …read more Continue reading Using a Laser to Blast Away a Bayer Array
The semiconductor shortage sparked by the pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down. Although auto manufacturers were some of the first effected, the shortage has now spread and is …read more Continue reading Tales from the Global Chip Shortage: Smoothieboard
What is better for gaming, old PS/2 style keyboards, or modern USB devices? [Ben Eater] sets out to answer this question, but along the way he ends up breaking down …read more Continue reading Breaking Down the USB Keyboard Interface with Old-Fashioned Pen and Paper
Portable air conditioning units are a great way to cool off a space during the hot summer months, but they require some place to blow the heat they’ve removed from …read more Continue reading Air Extractor Automatically Gives AC a Boost
As amazing as CircuitPython is, it hasn’t yet been ported to any 8-bit microcontrollers. [Chris Heo] was unsatisfied with his inability to use Python on his 8-bit ATmega4808 AVR, so …read more Continue reading Python Runs Through A Zombified 8-Bit AVR
As cars have become more sophisticated electronically, understanding the CAN bus that forms the backbone of automotive digital systems has become more and more important for hacking cars. Inexpensive microcontroller …read more Continue reading Using CanoPy to Visualize the CAN Bus