Category Archives: Tools

Component Tester

Posted on 2019-05-31 by M. Eric Carr

The microcontroller revolution has accelerated the development of tools available to the electronics industry. Multimeters (recently, DMMs) and oscilloscopes (recently, DSOs) have been a staple of electronics workbenches for decades, along with signal generators, frequency counters, and other specialized tools. … Continue reading →

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NodeMCU

Posted on 2019-04-30 by M. Eric Carr

New toys are always such fun, especially when you find a replacement for a component that has more features, better specs, and costs half as much. The Arduino Uno is deservedly popular. It makes introductory embedded system design easy, and … Continue reading →

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Unity

Posted on 2018-12-03 by M. Eric Carr

Unity makes 3D physics simulations ridiculously easy to program. Continue reading →

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OpenSCAD

Posted on 2018-08-30 by M. Eric Carr

OpenSCAD allows you to create .stl files based on mathematical descriptions. Continue reading →

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