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Open Source Hardware Goodies

Daniel Joliffe has been updating the Freeduino site. One of the exciting changes is that he has free advertising for sites devoted to DIY and open hardware. I am honored to be one of the sites given this opportunity.
Featured sites include the main Arduino site, Libelium, Modern Device Company, NKC Electronics, PHAndeson, RepRap, The Shoppe […]

NerdKits

I noticed an Google Ad Sense advertisement on my site for NerdKits and decided to take a look. I don’t normally click on ads at my own site as that would get me in trouble with Google but the name “NerdKits” compelled me. What a great site this turned out to be.
NerdKits is selling a […]

KICAD Free and Open Source EDA Tool

KICAD is free and open source engineering design software, including schematic capture and PCB layout tools. There is even a plug-in that does 3D modeling of your PCB. Versions for Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX are available From what I can tell after playing with it a short time, it is complete and well done. […]

AVR Scope Text Display Released

In a previous uCHobby article I discussed the AVR Oscilloscope Clock Kit form Dutchtronix. This neat product uses an oscilloscope in XY mode to display a full real time clock face. In that article I suggested that the XY scope trick might be used to make a text and graphics display for bench projects. Jan […]

$15 Soldering Station Review

MPJA has a $15 soldering station which I could not resist to try out. I already have a Weller station but for the price I figured why not get a spare. In this article I compare the low cost $15 station to the $120 professional grade Weller. I highly recommend the Weller station but if […]