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Posted on 2018-04-29 by MickMake — No Comments ↓

This week’s Weekly Roundup has #TinyFPGA #BPI-UNO32 #ODROID-MC1 #Eagle9 #Firefly #MT3620 and a lot of bananas. Continue reading Weekly Roundup #54 – New Maker Products // News→

The 200th video competition. Woohoo!

Posted on 2018-04-16 by MickMake — 2 Comments ↓

After 2 years and 200 videos. Time for another competition!

Make a PCB from scratch using EasyEDA // Part 2 // Tutorial

Posted on 2018-04-08 by MickMake — No Comments ↓

This is the second part of my video on building a simple PCB using EasyEDA. This time we’ll be taking a look at how to use a solder stencil, placing SMD components, soldering using kitchen equipment and how to fix up your mistakes. Continue reading Make a PCB from scratch using EasyEDA // Part 2 // Tutorial→

Weekly Roundup #53 – New Maker Products // News

Posted on 2018-04-01 by MickMake — No Comments ↓

This week’s Weekly Roundup there’s a serious amount of new SBCs, as well as the usual AI boards and thankfully we’re well past all those stupid robots that we saw last year. Continue reading Weekly Roundup #53 – New Maker Products // News→

Announcing the mmBoard! A MickMake SBC with all the goodies.

Posted on 2018-04-01 by MickMake — 8 Comments ↓

I’ve got some pretty exciting news on a new SBC that’s about to be released. Read on to find out what it is. Continue reading Announcing the mmBoard! A MickMake SBC with all the goodies.→

Raspberry Pi 3B+: Should you upgrade? // Review

Posted on 2018-03-24 by MickMake — No Comments ↓

So, I’ve been playing around with a bunch of the new Pi 3B pluses for a week now. Do I think the upgrade is worth it? Find out in this quick review. Continue reading Raspberry Pi 3B+: Should you upgrade? // Review→

Build an MQTT based RGB LED panel! // Project

Posted on 2018-03-18 by MickMake — 16 Comments ↓

This quick project shows you how to build an MQTT controlled RGB LED matrix panel in under 30 minutes, but I reckon it should take you a lot less. Continue reading Build an MQTT based RGB LED panel! // Project→

MickMake Mail #27: A bit of clowning around. // News

Posted on 2018-03-10 by MickMake — 2 Comments ↓

This week’s MickMakeMail I’m cracking open the Big Clown IoT kit that was sent to me recently and a couple of AdaFruit 64×64 RGB panels. Just in time for a quick weekend project. Continue reading MickMake Mail #27: A bit of clowning around. // News→

Atmel Software Framework and build chain in a Docker container

Posted on 2018-03-07 by MickMake — 1 Comment ↓

A follow-up to my video tutorial: “Program an Atmel SAM without an IDE”. I’ve created a Docker container on GitHub with a complete ASF build chain. Ready to go. Go for it! Continue reading Atmel Software Framework and build chain in a Docker container→

Weekly Roundup #52 – New Maker Products // News

Posted on 2018-02-25 by MickMake — 3 Comments ↓

It’s a pretty quiet Weekly Roundup, but there’s still some cool stuff and yes… I need another haircut. Continue reading Weekly Roundup #52 – New Maker Products // News→

MickMake Mail #26: ALDI 3D Printer – Cocoon Create Touch // News

Posted on 2018-02-18 by MickMake — No Comments ↓

The new Cocoon Create Touch that’s being sold by ALDI Australia has a lot going for it, but can it handle a noob in 3D printing? And where have all the 3D printing crazies gone to? I can certainly answer the first question! Continue reading MickMake Mail #26: ALDI 3D Printer – Cocoon Create Touch // News→

MickMake Mail #25: Andonstar ADSM302 microscope // News

Posted on 2018-02-18 by MickMake — No Comments ↓

After seeing my review of the ADSM201 microscope, the Andonstar guys sent me a review unit of their newer ADSM302 model. Find out what I thought of it. Continue reading MickMake Mail #25: Andonstar ADSM302 microscope // News→

This week's roundup of new maker products looks at a bunch of new SBCs: Renegade Elite, ClearFog GT 8K, Banana Pi BPI-P2 Zero, BPI-R64, BPI-M2+ V1.2 & Khadas Edge. As well as the Google Edge TPU, and a bunch of cool things from Tindie. Continue reading Weekly Roundup #56: New

I'm still in reno mode, so only a couple of quick things in this mailbag. The new EEVBlog 121GW multimeter, cheap spycam hacking, the failed WiFi temperature shower head and Unexpected Maker's WS2812 7 segment display. Continue reading MickMake Mail #32: EEVBlog 121GW, spycam hacking and other bits.→

The Weekly Roundup of New Maker Products returns after a bit of a hiatus and a lot has happened since my last one. In particular, something that will completely change the electronics Maker community. Continue reading Weekly Roundup #55: New Maker Products // News→

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It's been a while since the Rock64 was released into the wild for hackers, but 8 months on, how good is this board looking? Let's find out. Continue reading Rock64: Cheap and rock solid // Review→

So, you've gotten to the stage where you want to build your own PCB? This is a two part video taking a look at EasyEDA who seem to be doing a good job of making things easy for you. Continue reading Making a PCB using EasyEDA. // Review→

The EspressoBin is being marketed as a different type of SBC. How different is it and is that difference what you want? Find out in this video. Continue reading The EspressoBin: Something completely different? // Review→

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My original project 30 years ago was to build a talking Alarm Clock, which was based on a 6502. This is a revamp of that project. Interesting to see what can be done so easily these days! Continue reading Build a talking Alarm Clock synced to Google calendars. // Project→

This is part 2 of my Uber letterbox where I show you how to send notifications to your phone when someone delivers a letter. If you haven't seen Part 1 yet, then check that out first. Continue reading The MQTT letterbox Part 2: Sending alerts from MQTT // Project→

Remember that thing in front of your house? The letterbox. In this multi-part video I'll show you how easy it is to get your letterbox to send you alerts via MQTT when you get new mail. So you won't have to guess anymore. Continue reading Building an MQTT letterbox. //

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I've been asked this question a couple times. How do you program an Atmel SAM MCU without a boot loader or the Arduino IDE? In this video I'll show you how to do this using Linux and an Atmel In-Circuit Debugger. Continue reading Program an Atmel SAM without an IDE.

This is the first video in the LinuxFu series designed to take you from knowing nothing about Linux to knowing everything. This first episode we'll be looking at a bit of history, what Linux is and what makes it so special. Continue reading LinuxFu #01: What Is Linux? // Technology→

Multiplexing was first used in the 1870s, but what is it and how is it used? What are the various types of multiplexing? What about keyboard matrices and Charlieplexing? Continue reading Multiplexing: Doing more with less. // Technology→

The new Cocoon Create Touch that's being sold by ALDI Australia has a lot going for it, but can it handle a noob in 3D printing? And where have all the 3D printing crazies gone to? I can certainly answer the first question! Continue reading MickMake Mail #26: ALDI 3D

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