“I’m always amazed people think valet keys will keep anything safe” – Matsumoto Introduction: Watching Cowboy Bebop (Live action), there’s a shot where Faye’s mother Matsumoto slips o...
My Solidoodle 3 printer finally came in last week and I was able to pretty much plug it in and start printing. I immediately noticed that something needed to be done about the filament spool. W...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2013/03/wrestling-with-filament-on-your-3d-printer/
I’m learning about Quadrotors, Tricopters, Hexacopters, and other multirotors and I have noticed that there are a bunch of acronyms, terms, and definitions that I don’t know. This is typical ...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2013/02/multirotor-acronyms/
During last night’s Open Hack Night, while trying to explain things like how transistors and mosfets work, it was discussed that maybe taking a step back and outlining some of the basics of ele...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2012/11/back-to-basics-ohms-law/
Of course I’m talking about gerbv! For those of you who don’t know, gerbv is a free Gerber or RS-274X viewer that comes from the gEDA Project. It’s free, it’s open source, it’s cros...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2012/08/the-little-gerber-viewer-that-could/
So we’re still busy decking out the new facility and one of the things we wanted to get up and running is some cheap surplus ethernet cameras to … keep an eye on things and check out whats go...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2012/08/power-over-ethernet-sorta/
The copper layer thickness in a printed circuit board (PCB) is rated in ounces (also called the copper weight) or in mils (also called the copper thickness.) Both units of measurement are relayin...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2012/08/pcb-copper-weight-thickness-chart/
After a recent hard drive failure, I realized I need to start doing some proper backups (Duh, right?) Anyway, while shopping for hard drives to build a backup NAS (for which I need some intern...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2012/02/voiding-a-warranty-on-an-external-hard-drive/
Just playing around with the iPad app Animoog, which I believe is still available for $0.99 at the iTunes app store. This is a huge bargain on a really really cool app. I won’t get into the ...
Chris has been dabbling with CPLD’s and FPGA’s. He wanted to share some helpful resources with anyone else looking to get started with them as well. Difference between CPLDs and FPGAs: http...
https://baltimorehackerspace.com/2011/01/getting-started-with-cpld-and-fpga/