Jeff's Arduino Blog

The next version of the LED Flight Suit marches forward with WM, lots of headway on key components: Three 16-channel, 12-bit pwm PCA9685 ...

I've had a clean 1980 Atari VCS CX2600A for a dozen years or so, with joysticks, paddles, power brick, and cartridges, but the video o...

I have a tendency to over-order, whether at a restaurant or Fry's or Mouser or Adafruit , and I find myself with an excess of parts...

I've found more Arduino-compatible boards ('328- and '32u4-based) to add to the spreadsheet ... there are always more! Plus I n...

I tried using the laser to remove some spray paint, and... I declare it a dud. Two major factors stymied this process for me for the moment...

I've had a great time working on circuit designs in Eagle the last week or so-- after my surgery, my sciatic pain is mostly gone and I...

Dear reader, I need a spark of an idea! Years ago, deep in the throes of a solder fume jag, I bought TWO "1-31-07 Memorial" kits...

I love homemade boards, and this layout is by Carlos Rodrigues  is lovely!  From Flickr: Construir o meu próprio Arduino, fase 3: alguns u...

Adafruit did a lovely job with the Arduino team on the new official Arduino Micro . Everything is tiny, with a smaller ATmega32u4 and part...

The pantry light is installed and working perfectly: I'll post code and circuit details eventually, not much to it though.

I built this 3D, freeform circuit as a test project. I've seen a few lately and love the way they look, and after making this circuit...

Rupert Hirst's amazing resin-encased headphone amplifier is a work of art and shows a novel (to me) way of building a circuit withou...

Arduino is part of my life and has been for years now: I constantly use the homemade, Arduino-based appliances in my home the same way I ...

Jay Silver's "MaKey MaKey: An Invention Kit for Everyone" raised over a half million Kickstarter dollars (above a $25K goal...

Fritzing just announced version 0.7.9 of the new parts editor: "Blog: new parts editor released" . I've tried Fritzing a fe...

We have two pantries in our flat, one of which could use some light. There's an outlet in there, but a simple solution won't do:...

Arduino-compatible boards I've noticed lately, to be added to the spreadsheet : Pluto , iBoard (and more?) by Tenet Technetronics S...

It has been a while since the design was announced, but Arduino Leonardo boards are actually making their way to vendors-- you can get on...

Since building my Flight Suit last year, I haven't posted many photos or videos of the finished suit or of its inner workings, so I w...