I recently found out that the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) offers bike parking for up to 14 days. I decided to try it out during the thanksgiving break just for fun (with the added bon...

I recently started working on a project that might require some Passive Infra-red (PIR) sensors. Sparkfun had two different ones, so I figured I’d try them both. ...

The Wireless Friend Finder was my project for the Bring-a-Hack dinner after the 2012 Bay Area Maker Faire. I made it in a hurry, so it’s not terribly well documented. The wireless friend finder is...

I finally decided to get a dedicated electronics workbench. I had been working on my computer desk until now, but it wasn’t quite working out. The first problem was having to clean up my electronic...

I finally managed to make a quick video of the build process for my wireless RGB LED controller. I used two cameras to do a time-lapse of the build. Unfortunately, they were using different frame-r...

I just spent several hours debugging my cc2500 radio libraries. What changed you might ask? Two lines of code… My Wireless RGB LED driver had been using the msp430g2452 microcontroller. So far it ...

I’ve been working on my wireless RGB LED boards for a while now. I finally made an all-in-one PCB that includes an msp430, a cc2500 radio module, 3 MOSFETs for driving the LED strips and a 3.3v lin...

I recently migrated my blog from blogger to WordPress. The migration was extremely easy with the automatic importer in WordPress. The only problem is that every single link on the web is pointing t...

I received my PCB’s yesterday (From Laen at dorkbotpdx.org, of course!). I spent last night attempting to solder all the surface mount components (and for the most part, failing miserably). I need ...

Here’s another quick update (with lots of pictures and a video!) I ordered another RGB LED strip from adafruit in order to test how my system works with multiple devices. I don’t have my PCB’s yet ...