Author Archives: M. Eric Carr

Brute Force and Ignorance

Posted on 2020-02-15 by M. Eric Carr

Sometimes the best tool for the job is a big (computational) hammer. Continue reading →

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Back EMF

Posted on 2020-02-03 by M. Eric Carr

Lenz’s Law explodes an NMOSFET and kills an Arduino Uno. (Sometimes, Science goes bang.) Continue reading →

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Qu’est-ce que JeVois?*

Posted on 2020-01-31 by M. Eric Carr

One of the best things about embedded electronics is that it seems to always be Christmastime. Inventive engineers are constantly coming up with devices to make previously complex tasks routine and previously impossible tasks merely challenging. Problems that you thought … Continue reading →

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Darwin’s Polyhedra

Posted on 2019-12-31 by M. Eric Carr

Genetic algorithms can be used to evolve regular and nearly-regular polyhedra. Here’s how. Continue reading →

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