Where should you do your product fabrication?
Deciding to manufacture in-house or to outsource can have ripples throughout your business
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Using biofeedback to create large scale interactive art installations
Samuel Clay discusses the electronics and manufacturing issues on two Burning Man projects at HDDG23
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The Solo Engineer
You now have fewer teammates (or none at all), but you can still build a product. What has changed?
Design for Security
Any product is a potential target. The DEF CON security conference showcases potential errors in your hardware designs.
A deep dive into the triggering models of modern day oscilloscopes
James Lewis returns to HDDG22 to talk about scopes that are “Top of the P(acq)”
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“They never called back!” A story of vendor heartbreak
You wait by the phone all day. Alas, it never rings. When you cannot get a call back from a vendor, your product and business suffers.
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Derek Kozel – “Bits to volts: Programming the spectrum”
Derek Kozel talks about the software stack required to “program” a software defined radio (SDR). The discussion delves into GNU Radio and includes live demos viewing the spectrum on a custom SDR receiver.
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Mike Harrison – “The Electronics of Art”
Mike Harrison talks about designing large art installations, based around readily available components. The main project discussed is a smart “Vanity Mirror” which captures images of the user and feeds them back onto small LCD screens in a large array. Discussion includes sourcing components, finding connectors and the architecture behind the entire project.
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Joe Menard – “Consumer Goods? I’ll build my own (IoT)”
Joe Menard talks about building a DIY home automation (IoT) system when the commercially available products didn’t seem worth the money. Many lessons were learned along the way.
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