I was one of the lucky winners of Sparkfun’s Google+ BigTime Watch Kit giveaway. It was a pretty neat little kit to build and it keeps time amazingly well. It’s a bit scary to wear out in public though. Here are some pics:
Feb 202012
Aug 232011
Have you ever wondered what the international edition of “The Art of Electonics” looks like? It has the same content as the US edition, yet it is considerably cheaper in both price and quality. Apparently, this edition is only available in South Asia. ; ) I’ll update this post if it falls apart in the [...]
Dec 212010
One of the things I like most about Sparkfun is their “Ding and Dent” sales. You basically get a broken board for a couple of bucks. Sometimes you might even snatch a good old stock board or a working board with a blemish for that price. It’s luck of the draw, so you never know [...]
Dec 032010
With a reciever that lets you tune to radio stations in the 76-100MHz range, power requirements of only 3.3V at 11mA, and an I2C control interface, the AR1010 FM radio module from Airoha is one cool chip. Intrigued by this little FM reciever, I picked up a Sparkfun AR1010 Breakout Board to give it a [...]
Oct 142010
I finally finished my blue led cube! The build took a couple of months because I did not have some of the required components. I finished the actual LED cube back in May; I finished the controller board in about two days once I had the missing components and some free time. It is based [...]