I came across an interesting article in my feed this morning that resonated quite strongly, and not in a good way - If you don’t finish your work then you’re just busy, not productive. Turns out I've been incredibly busy. I've recently taken a new position that involves relocating to Thailand - any…
Read more »I have been moving away from THT to Surface Mount over the past year, once you learn how to solder them they are not that difficult to use and offer many advantages over THT including the range of components, price, availability and reduced PCB size. I still need to breadboard experimental circuits…
Read more »This post is part announcement and part analysis; the announcement first - The Garage Lab now has its own Google Space. The goal is to have a place to share works in progress, interesting projects from around the internet and a way to float ideas or pose questions. Most of the initial content will c…
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In my last post I mentioned that the breakout boards I had designed for the the tiny GreenPak chips had arrived, turns out it was just in time as I discovered a need for them very quickly. A friend of mine needed a simple solution that would allow him to detect button presses through the microphone…
Read more »Although it is getting better a lot of articles about 3D printers and 3D printing concentrate on the tchotchke factory aspect or the high end metal printers and ignore the simple, utilitarian uses that are a much better example of the impact of this technology. The charging cradle for my Samsung Gea…
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