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Grounding tips for mixed signal PCBs

Some people suggest splitting the ground plane in order to isolate the digital ground currents from the analog ground currents.  Although the split plane approach can be made to work, it has many potential problems especially in large complicated ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  23 Nov 2009

Novation Launchpad teardown

Novation's new Monome-lookalike gets the take-apart treatment over at Illuminated Sounds - For those of you that are curious like myself, here are some images of me disassembling the Novation Launchpad.   I hope this inspires some of you to do some ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  23 Nov 2009

Laptop Etch-a-Sketch via Arduino & Processing

An Arduino board reads the inputs from two potentiometers (the knobs), and sends the information via USB to a Processing sketch which displays the path of the stylus on the screen. This was extremely easy to build because the Arduino is just running ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  23 Nov 2009

Keys to the Game: Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears

Playing the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football —playing under the lights, McNabb heading back to his old stomping grounds on a nationally televised game. What in the world could possibly make this game any worse? Oh, well, how about the fact ...

From BOB CUNNINGHAM, Bleacher Report,  22 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Philadelphia Eagles,  Chicago Bears,  Jay Cutler,  Philip Rivers,  Sean McDermott

Mint tin electronics dev kit packs the essentials

This is a small electronics lab in an altoids tin. It contains nearly everything to work on small projects, such as a breadboard, components (including several ICs), and a adjustable power supply. The power supply is a simple LM317 circuit, with the 3 ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Flickr

NEC announces universal translator … sorta, kinda

NEC said the Tele Scouter was intended to be a business tool that could aid sales staff who would have information about a client's buying history beamed into their eye during a conversation. But, it said, it could also be put to a more exotic use as ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: BBC

Cranksgiving Bike Race for Charity Tomorrow

âI remember the first time I saw a fixed gear bicycle. It was 2003 in Berlin, and the kid had had it for a week and had already been in like six accidents. No brakes? I thought he was nuts. But now the movement's pretty much universal, and here in ...

From P. SCOTT CUNNINGHAM, Miami New Times,  20 Nov 2009

DIY Devo domes

Troy Davis created some very awesome recreations of Devo's signature Energy Domes. Beginning with a tiered stack of fiberboard for the mold, through to vacuum forming, paint job, and padding - a thorough explanation can be found in his project ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  20 Nov 2009

And Justache For All at GW Law

The global movement to promote men’s health issues, Movember, led GW Law students to adapt it to raise money to support public interest law service. The idea behind the Movember movement is that men grow moustaches in November to raise money and ...

From LAWRENCE CUNNINGHAM, Concurring Opinions,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

Photographing Spiral Jetty

After considering nearly every possible way to document "Spiral Jetty" from above -- Rent a weather satellite? An airplane? A helicopter? Use a kite? -- the institute, which often works in countries where conservation projects are carried out on ...

From COLLIN CUNNINGHAM, MAKE: Blog,  19 Nov 2009

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