I finally got around to trying my hand at making my own liquid soap. It’s something that I was intrested in since Natalie and I started making cold process bar soap. Funny thing is we… Making Homemade Liquid Soap: A DIY Shower Gel Recipe with Custom Scents
I’ve been spending time researching options for additional memory capacity for an embedded AVR project and found that there are many storage options available. My problem is that I wanted to consume as few I/O… Adding External Memory to AVR Projects: Using 24LC256 EEPROM Chips via I2C
Yes, you read that right! I’ve talked briefly about my dog stairs project in my first post and finally got around to taking lots of high resolution pictures and thought I’d share the project with… DIY Arduino Motion-Activated Dog Stairs with PIR Sensor and LED Lighting
This past week I received my first order from BatchPCB.com! I had built a 5V regulated 5v power supply. I figured I’d start small and simple to ensure I understood the pincipals of PCB layout… My First Custom PCB from BatchPCB: A 5V Regulated Power Supply Board
Ever since I started playing with the Arduino I knew I wanted to get further into how they worked and even start forging ahead with my own designs. Fortunately there is a fantastic community of… Learning Eagle PCB Designer: My First Custom Arduino Board Layout
A few weeks ago I setup my Arduino to power a simple single digit 7 segment LED array. It took lots of pins from the Arduino (one per segment) to power it. Nice simple setup… Getting Started with MAX7219 LED Driver: Arduino 7-Segment Display Tutorial