Author Archives: M. Eric Carr

Serial LED Matrix

Daisy-chained SPI interfaces and fast microcontrollers make driving large, bright LED displays easy. Continue reading

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Bus Prognosticator

A Bus Prognosticator, to show estimated time until the next inbound SEPTA bus. Continue reading

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Flip Flash

Flip Flash technology was innovative — but like everything about vintage photography, it was expensive. Continue reading

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Nerd Sniped

In which I self-nerd-snipe and find an empirical answer to the original xkcd Nerd Sniping problem Continue reading

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