Bald Engineer

National Instruments changed the world of instrumentation when it released the VirtualBench. For about $2000 (USD), they give you a bench’s worth of equipment in a box about the …

Not to long ago the only question about embedded boards was: Arduino or Raspberry Pi. Which really breaks the question down to “microcontroller” or “microprocessor.” Once you …

2018-JULY-18 UPDATE: It appears Peter has shut down his rendering tool. It is no longer available. 3D Render of MSO Demo Board Earlier I posted a PCB Checklist of items to …

Supercapacitors in Transportation Applications at APEC 2015 The Applied Power Electronics Conference 2015 (APEC 2015) celebrates its 25th year in Charlotte, NC. The conference …

In this Rockwell Automation video you’ll learn all about their latest Encabulator technology. The presenter goes through each piece of the system expertly describing both its name …

Recently I’ve been expanding my retro game collection to include game cartridges imported from Japan. The problem is that I don’t have Japanese game systems (yet). So I’m creating …

I am not a fan of relying on the Autorouter in EAGLE – or any PCB CAD software for that matter. When laying out a board, I’ll use the autorouter to get an idea if the part …

Teensy SDR Panel from Open Emitter Several months ago I used my first software defined radio (SDR). This was a USB Dongle that did the digitizing and used Gqrx and GNU Radio for …

Make joins Joshua Smith at Makergeeks.com to find out how 3D Printing Filament is made. They make their own filament from scratch and not just source it ready-made from China. More …

When I was in elementary school, I remember Ms. Coker telling us we needed to memorize our multiplication tables because we wouldn’t always have a calculator. Years later in …