I’ve been working on designing a PCB using all 0603 SMD parts.  Prior to this, the smallest SMD parts I’ve attempted were 0804.  I ordered t...

A few days ago, my daughter who is having her 5th birthday party this weekend comes up with her sweet little eyes and asks “Daddy, what spec...

In a project this week, I had a need to solder a resistor directly to an LED.  Due to the human limit of only having two arms, this turns ou...

Occasionally, I do something really stupid.  Well, maybe more than just occasionally…  For example, when the GHI Hydra Gadgeteer mainboard ...

“Never pass up a teachable moment.”  As a Boy Scout leader of many years, this has become one of my many mottos.  Any time you have the oppo...