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Early on in planning the design for the Quadrotor, we knew that eventually some of the metal parts would need to be milled. Having very little milling experience, other than a …

BoltDepot.com sells a huge variety of fasteners which can be useful in hardware projects. One of the resources they provide is a Illustrated Guide to Fasteners. This is a great way …

The web site Data Pointed is run by Stephen Von Worley who is an artist and scientist specializing in data visualization research. He has created a Factor Conga which he describes …

The other night I happened to see a tweet come across my twitter stream from Joe Walnes (@joewalnes) about a resistor color code tool he created. You can find it at the clever …

When working with components like capacitors and inductors it is always helpful to know how to calculate a resonant frequency. This Resonant Frequency Calculator is an excellent …

When I was working on BinBoo (A Binary Clock), I decided I was going to create a custom enclosure with a laser cutter. The process took me a couple of iterations. The very first …

Martin Rowe over at Test & Measurement World asks an interesting question: Are you a Scotty or a Geordi? While both were engineers in the Star Trek universe, they approached their …

Documentation, Documentation. Documentation. It is always critical to document progress is a log book. If using an electronic tool like Evernote or a Blog, it can be difficult to …

Do you know who Paul Falstad is? If not, you really need to get to know him, or at least, his web site. He’s a Geocacher, a Java programmer, and a Math nerd. [Editor’s Note: I …

Martin Rowe over at Test & Measurement World published an article quite some time ago (1994) that explains what it means when a DMM claims to have “½” digits in their display. …