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Low Voltage Labs LLC, a maker of STEM products for Raspberry Pi and soldering kits, has purchased the line of robots from Plum Geek Robotics. Low Voltage Labs owner Eric Thompson will continue to work with Kevin King, the creator of the Plum Geek robots, to ensure the smooth transition of Low Voltage Labs taking over the robotic product line. Low Voltage Labs is already manufacturing WinkBot, and expect...

I’ve been accepted to speak at the 2017 Bay Area Maker Faire for two presentations. Sunday, May 21st, 2017 LOCATION: Zone 2 in MAKE: Electronics TIME: 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Learn to program hardware with a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero and $8 in parts http://makerfaire.com/maker/entry/60149/ Sunday May 21st, 2017 LOCATION: Zone 2 in MAKE: Electronics TIME: 3:00 pm – 3:15 pm Breakout Bricks...

Low Voltage Labs will have a booth at the Portland Mini Maker Faire again this year! We will be demonstrating our open source hardware products for the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms as well as easy to solder electronics kits. Find out more at OMSI’s website: http://www.omsi.edu/maker-faire-pdx Date: September 10-11, 2016 Time: 10am-5pm Cost: $15 adults, $10 youth and seniors Located at:...

Low Voltage Labs at the Portland Mini Maker Faire 2015 Low Voltage Labs will have a booth at the Portland Mini Maker Faire again this year! We will be demonstrating our open source hardware products for the Arduino and Raspberry Pi platforms as well as easy to solder electronics kits. Find out more at OMSI’s website: http://www.omsi.edu/maker-faire-pdx Date: September 12-13, 2014 Time: 10am-5pm Cost:...

On May 16th, 2015 at the Bay Area Maker Faire I did a presentation on designing a Raspberry Pi HAT using KiCAD running on the Raspberry Pi 2. If you are interested in the slides from the presentation you can see them here. Presentation page Meta Pi: Design a Raspberry Pi HAT using KiCAD running on the Raspberry Pi 2 Presentation description A step-by-step guide to creating a Raspberry Pi HAT using...