ShawnHymel

News - The End of an Era about a month ago

Great article. Thanks, Rob! I loved that Maker Faires were gatherings of many different interests. I could see electronics, musical instruments, art cars, and cosplay at one event. I'm sad to think that these will likely be fractured into their individual interests for the time being, but I think that the Maker mission has done wonders to foster a new community and seep its way into our lives.

I think that the idea of "Maker Education" will likely continue to work its way into K-12 STEM education as part of the larger push for project-based learning. As for the hobby side, who knows? Project-sharing sites like Instructables and Hackster have taken off as online replacements for the magazine (at least as hubs to find cool weekend projects). The Faires will be tougher to replicate, I imagine.

Tutorial - Micro OLED Breakout Hookup Guide about 3 months ago

I don't know if this was called out, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the guide: if you're using I2C mode, you need to add pull-up resistors (4.7k worked for me) on the SCL and SDA lines.

News - LEGOs and micro:bits about 3 months ago

Great build Ell! Question for you: how did you couple the DC motors to Lego bricks? That's something I looked into (e.g. 3D printed couplers) but never had much luck.

Product DEV-15297 about 4 months ago

Don't get me wrong, I'm super excited for the Jetson Nano. Will there be any consideration for the more open source BeagleBone AI (https://beagleboard.org/ai)?

News - Another One Bites the Dus… about 7 months ago

I don't have much to add to the electronics part of the discussion, but Banana Republic and Brooks Brothers are my go-to sources for cardigans (definitely wait for a good sale!).

Signed, your former SparkFun hipster :)

News - Cyber Monday Deals Have A… about 8 months ago

Maybe...

News - Distance Sensing: How Far… about 10 months ago

LOL...does that make us collectively a single Time Lord? :D