Demystifying Electronics, One Classroom at a Time
Check out some application ideas for our new OpenScope!
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Benefits of Programming Graphically in NI LabVIEW
Austin gives a rundown on the perks of using LabVIEW, drawing from his personal experience!
Read MorePmod Wars III: Return Of The Jericho
The final installment to the series!
Read MoreHow to Evangelize Engineering to Non-Engineers
Quinn examines which approaches may work best when teaching STEM to students, taking into account different individual learning styles.
Read MoreThe Claw Game is Getting an Upgrade
The Claw Game is back… and better than ever with its flashy new upgrades!
Read MoreBeginning of a New Project: The Pmod Racing Ruler
James finished the levitation demo just in time for the tradeshows, and has now embarked upon another project…this time involving a different need for speed.
Read MoreWhat Is a State Machine?
Oftentimes when we are creating electronics projects, we are trying to emulate or create a series of events. Most of the time the order of events we want to happen, …
Read MoreBeating “Makers’ Block”
Do you feel your creativity lagging? Quinn provides some good tips for recharging and renewing your passion for making.
Read MoreA Back To School Message From Our President
There are hints of color in the trees and we’ve had our first real heavy rains here in Washington after a hot and dry summer. Our interns are back to …
Read MoreOpen-Source MRK+Line robot
In keeping with our open-source initiative, the Digilent Marketing Team used open-source parts to build a robot. This is an altered version of the MRK Line Robot, which uses only open-source components.
Read MoreTesting the PmodACL and LabVIEW on the Race Track
Recently I released a collection of projects going over how to use LAbVIEW, the chipKIT Max32, and the PmodACL to do some neat stuff with accelerometer data. These include filtering, multidimensional vector plots, and tilt measurement.
Read MoreHow to Use a Stepper Motor
There are motors everywhere in the world around us– in cars, printers, computers, washing machines, electric razors, you name it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people (myself included up until very recently) that wouldn’t know what to do if they were handed a motor and told to run it. So I decided that I want to change that. Let’s learn to run a stepper motor!
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