Sane perception of value of electronics
"How much does a cartoon cost?""$20""Twenty bucks for something that takes you five minutes?!""Five minutes and twenty years." Occasionally people comment about the perceived high cost of the stuff...
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Case study: The 'Nutclough' commemorative board for Calrec Audio
Earlier this year, Kevin from Calrec Audio contacted me about a board. (Thanks to the always thoughtful Andrew Back for making the connection!) Calrec is a leading maker of broadcasting audio...
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Boldport in London
Boldport has moved to London. We have an office at WeWork Southbank and I've just arrived here to see it for the first time -- it opened today and it looks great! The move was motivated by both...
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PCBmodE version 3.0 released!
PCBmodE was publicly released in January 2013. I've created many boards with the software, but it remained somewhat of a personal project for various reasons. Recently I've decided to make a few...
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Boldport's form+function at Electronica 2014
One of the directions we're exploring at the moment is applying the concept of "beautifully functional circuits" to evaluation and development kits from IC and system companies. We think that it's...
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A farewell to EDA
Credit: ITV EDA is dead, and we're to blame.EDA is dead. It's been dying for about 20 years now. Big EDA have given up on innovation and the 99% of their users that cannot buy "platinum" support....
View ArticleComments on RaspberryPi 2's 'Xenon Death Flash'
It turns out that a component on the new Raspberry Pi 2 is sensitive to high energy beams of a certain spectrum. This causes the RPi to 'hang' and require a hard reset -- here's an official response to...
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Circuit love! A Valentine's Day special
I've asked Eurocircuits -- who I've often used to make my circuits for the past couple of years -- if we could collaborate on experimenting with new techniques for PCB manufacturing. To my delight,...
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Sailing to production
"Harrison's Chronometer H5" by Racklever at en.wikipedia - Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here. Original uploader was Racklever at en.wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via...
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Edge detect ad nauseam
Some logic circuits from the Second Edition I painted on canvas. More here. Yesterday I've received the third edition of The Art of Electronics by Horowitz and Hill -- or 'the bible' for short. I've...
View ArticleThe art of routing: via fasteners
Someone over at the Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange asked about potential issues with 'via-in-pad' -- a via placed, well, in a pad. The advice is comprehensive, and the usual rule applies --...
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Open Bidouille Camp badge
The design's view from within Inkscape/PCBmodE The good folk of Open Bidouille Camp reached out to me a few months ago and asked if I could design a small badge for their workshops, as a tool for...
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Defining architecture
Other than discussing hardware product-design, I found myself proposing to prospective clients an additional (or alternative) way for working together. This turned out to be quite popular.At the time...
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Case study -- the 'seahorse'
Earlier this year Jeremy Bennett of Embecosm asked me to design a follow-up to the 'cuttlefish' board. This is what Jeremy was looking forBare-bones Arduino compatible; based on the ShrimpBattery...
View ArticleThe license is the license
In January 2014 I explained why I wouldn't be using the Open Source Hardware Logo on my boards in the future. Since then, unless a client wanted it on there, I ditched it completely.If I recall, I got...
View ArticleJumping the Skarp
The 'Skarp Lazer Razor' has so far raised over $3.5 million on Kickstarter and still has twelve days to go. Its creators, the 'Skarpers', make claims about the development of a laser-based 'razor' that...
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The buggy
A fine specimen I was asked to design a cheap and fun badge for the hardwear.io hardware security conference in The Hague. They wanted it in the theme of a ladybird (or ladybug, depending on where you...
View ArticleLet's talk about '3D printed' circuit boards
If you haven't yet used a consumer-grade desktop '3D printer' you might still be under the illusion that they are going to 'change the world' as the hype used to promise. Someone once remarked to me...
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Haute circuits
This one didn't make it to the printed magazine. Credit: Marie Claire, Mitch Feinberg It was a privilege and a pleasure to work with Mitch Feinberg, an accomplished still-life photographer with a long...
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News from the Boldport front
A quick update.Boldport Club accepts memberships After a few months of planning, we've opened the Boldport Club for people to join as members. For £49 you'll get three projects of our making; you know,...
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