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Two Days From Idea to a Working Lightning Detector
A board like this used to take me weeks. Storm Tracker took two days: a handheld lightning detector built from bare chips, with Solderable on the board and Embedder on the firmware.
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How We Helped Fluid Bring the Beyondex Mod to Life
From two failed attempts to 300 production units in weeks --- Beyondex is a custom hardware mod that brings Valve Index audio to the Bigscreen Beyond VR headset. It combines a...
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Release: Component Search Agent
When you think of circuit design, you might think of just that - designing the circuit, making schematics, laying out the board. However, a large portion of the work comes before...
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Building faster hardware together: How we helped Inara refine their wearable
When we first met the team at Inara, they were in the middle of developing something genuinely exciting: a wearable device that helps gym-goers and personal trainers understand...
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