March 6, 2014

Open Enigma Project

   Have you ever wanted to play around with an Enigma Machine? Well if you act fast you can get one of your very own. This Open Enigma Project Kickstarter by S&T GeoTronics still has 28 days to go and is already over half funded so it looks very promising. It uses an Arduino Mega to run the show so customization of the system would be very simply. The design

How the Fadecandy LED Controller is Made

  Adafruit recently took on production of the Fadecandy project that Elizabeth Scott developed. The video above is How the Fadecandy LED Controller is Made using the automated PCB production machines. There are 3 basic machines in the equipment path, the panelized PCB goes through a solder paste machine where a laser etched stencil is used to put solder in just the right locations. The board is then moved through