LEAP#324 EspoTek Labrador
The EspoTek Labrador is a crowd-funded
lab-on-a-board that includes an oscilloscope, waveform generator, power supply, logic analyzer, and multimeter.
I was drawn to the project specifically because it promised open hardware, and multi-platform open source software.
I’m really impressed by my first tests - no trouble getting the board up and running on MacOSX.
As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub
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LEAP#323 Boldport Club Stringy
Stringy synthesizes guitar sounds on a PIC microcontroller using MadLab’s implementation of the Karplus–Strong string plucking algorithm. As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub But for now, I’m too distracted just playing tunes;-) Here’s my take on the Star Wars Cantina theme..
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LEAP#322 Fidget Cube Cordwood Controller
A colleague gave us all Fidget Cubes, I think mainly to keep idle hands from causing too much mayhem in the office. After building Boldport Club Cordwood Too, I was trying to think of interesting controls for it, and started wondering if the Fidget Cube could be converted into a workable controller. Answer is: Yes! It was a bit finnecky, but I managed to wire up most of the controls on the cube, and even secret a power converter inside. As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub Here’s a quick demo:
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LEAP#321 The Boldport Club Cordwood Too
The original Cordwood Puzzle
became an instant classic with club members, and the concept returns this year with a brand new puzzle.
The cordwoods evoke an era of stuffing massive components into small spaces. This is real hardware!
As before, it really is a puzzle, so if you don’t want any spoilers - read no further.
As always, all notes, schematics and code are in the Little Electronics & Arduino Projects repo on GitHub
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