Low Voltage Labs now has a forum

Low Voltage Labs now has a forum at http://forum.lowvoltagelabs.com/

You can create an account on the forum or just sign in using your Google, OpenID, Twitter, or Facebook account.

VideoOverlayShield now available from Seeed Studio

I am happy to announce that the VideoOverlayShield is now available from Seeed Studio.

The board has all the same great features it’s always had but now at a new lower price of $39.95.

Purchase the VideoOverlayShield at Seeed Studio for $39.95.

Bullduino Unboxing

I recently applied for the 2012 Red Bull Creation contest at http://www.redbullusa.com/creation

Yesterday I received my official Bullduino board so I thought I would share a few photos. The box didn’t include any instructions, so I guess if you can’t figure it out you don’t deserve to be in the contest. 🙂

Custom cardboard box:

Two bulls on a circuit board, first time I’ve seen that:

Black solder mask:

Atmel ATMEGA328:

See more photos here:
https://plus.google.com/photos/115017817208112204973/albums/5757236654665771553
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/sets/72157630244743638/

Photos from the Seattle Mini Maker Faire 2012

I’ve posted some photos from the Seattle Mini Maker Faire.

You can see them on Flickr or Google Plus.
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lowvoltagelabs/sets/72157630049133116/
Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/photos/115017817208112204973/albums/5750749757409609921

Seattle Mini Maker Faire presentation

Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation at the 2012 Seattle Mini Maker Faire on Sunday.
The presentation was an overview of creating a printed circuit board using the KiCAD suite of electronic design automation tools.

Here is a PDF of the slides I used for the presentation:
Release your hardware hacker potential with KiCAD

Also a big thanks again to DorkbotPDX PCB, Midnight Maker and Seeed Studio for the PCB samples, they were a big hit!

• DorkbotPDX PCB http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/pcb_order
• Midnight Maker http://www.midnightmaker.com/
• Seeed Studio http://www.seeedstudio.com/