Electronics
Pi vs Arduino
Last week I gave a talk showing three different ways to flash an LED. One of the questions at the end was why would we use a Pi vs an Arduino?
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, Rasberry Pi
Jumbo RGB LED
At the end of last year, I was working on a project for Element14 Presents that combined woodworking, power electronics and high powered LEDs. I upscaled an RGB LED 100 times from 5mm to 500mm. There were a few parts
Posted in: Electronics
Materials: MDF
Arduino Portenta
For a recent project, I’ve been using a new Arduino Portenta Pro board. It has proved to be a powerful board but also challenging to use.
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Gates Update
Over the last week, the gates have been painted and the holes for the bases have been dug and filled with postcrete. To ensure the holes were all filled to the same level I remove the gravel between the holes
Posted in: DIY, Electronics
Fizz Buzz
Back in Dec 2017, I proposed the idea of a Fizz Buzz game as an entry to a Ben Heck Show competition. I decided now was time to finish the project.
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: LEDs, Pico Pi
Element14 Presents
There were some toxic comments going around the internet during the lockdown so I set about making a machine that could help.
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Element14, machine learning, TinyML
Machine learning at the edge
I’ve recently been experimenting with Machine Learning for an upcoming project video. The advantage of using Machine Learning is that it can find patterns in data that would be difficult to code for using conventional methods. For example, they can
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, machine learning, TensorFlow
Maplin Back Online
As Mark Twain once said, “The report of my death was an exaggeration”, so it seems with Maplin. Back in 2018, Maplin went into administration following some complex financing from Venture Capitalists. However, the brand name was bought out and
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Components, Maplin
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
