Check out my obituary for Neil Armstrong over on GeekDad.
Remembering Neil Armstrong, the Stuff of Legends | GeekDad | Wired.com.
Remembering Neil Armstrong, the Stuff of Legends
Posted: 25th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in SpaceTags: Neil Armstrong
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I’m working on putting together a Maker club at work. I love the Adafruit Academy but wanted to know how one goes about becoming an instructor for the credit. I emailed Adafruit and they were kind enough to answer in an awesome Ask An Educator post! Check it out!
MAKE | 555 Timer Weekend Projects
Posted: 25th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in Electronics, ProjectsTags: 555, make
As I mentioned previously, Hans Camenzind, creator of the 555 IC, passed away recently. Make has been honoring him with various posts all week that celebrate the 555. With this post, they have a great list of 555 projects you can work on this weekend. If you’re curious about electronics, this might be a good place to start and dig in!
Counting Down to World Maker Faire!
Posted: 20th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in EventsTags: maker faire
I am getting excited about World Maker Faire! It will be my second Maker Faire, my first having been the Bay Area Maker Faire this past fall. I wrote up a post for GeekDad back then about how excited I was and much of it still holds true. It promises to be exciting! I will be there, along with my GeekMom wife, at the GeekDad/GeekMom booth. Be sure to stop by and say hi!
SparkFun – DIY Guitar Pickups
Posted: 20th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in Electronics, TutorialTags: According to Pete, SparkFun
Image: SparkFun Electronics
I love the “According to Pete” series from SparkFun Electronics. Have a look at this week’s edition about DIY guitar pickups and make sure you catch some of the back episodes if you are new to the series!
According to Pete – DIY Guitar Pickups – News – SparkFun Electronics.
Sound Off! MAKE Asks: Intro to Maker Culture
Posted: 16th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in GeneralTags: make, survey
Make wants to know all about your discovery of Maker culture. Go check it out and let your voice be heard!
Sad news in the electronics world. If you’ve ever started to look at a lot of basic circuits you have probably seen the 555 and its conjoined twin sibling, the 556. It is almost hard to escape learning electronics without exposure to this neat little IC. A moment of peace for the creator of a legend.
Hans Camenzind, 555 timer inventor, dies. (Via Adafruit Blog)
Adafruit Pi Dish for Raspberry Pi
Posted: 16th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in Electronics, Hardware, Raspberry PiTags: adafruit
This may be the rig for the next Raspberry Pi I buy. I want to do more breadboarding and development with the Raspi. The Adafruit gang really is awesome at predicting exactly what I will need/want to keep my workstation looking good.
Controlling AC Devices with XBee – iDigi Blog
Posted: 15th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in Electronics
I really think I need to get a few XBee modules for my home automation project. (see the github link on the right for HAL)
Using the BMP085 with a Raspberry Pi From Adafruit
Posted: 14th August 2012 by bjmclaughlin in Raspberry PiTags: adafruit, raspberry pi, sensor, tutorial
Tutorial from Adafruit on using a MBP085 barometric pressure sensor with the Raspberry Pi. So many projects I want to build and play with, so little time.
Tutorial: Using the BMP085 with Raspberry Pi – Adafruit Learning System « adafruit industries blog.