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Ditch that laptop (maybe)
In the first half of 2015 I was looking to replace an ageing laptop. Four (!) new top-of-the-range laptops ─ two directly from Dell and two from Toshiba via Amazon ─ failed on me. (One fell apart out...
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Good times ahead
Here’s the tl;drI'm now focused on designing rather than doing the manufacturing and shipping as well.I’ve already got licensing agreements with Velleman and Pimoroni!Starting tomorrow Pimoroni will...
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On better datasheets
Source In 1998, Raymond Dewey of Allegro Microsystems compiled a series of his articles into “A Complete Guide to Data Sheets”. In an enviable writing style in its conciseness and punchiness he...
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The GRAND sale
Woop! We’re having a GRAND sale!We’d like to reach more people who would enjoy our take on electronics and join our wonderful Boldport Club community (we hang our on Discord). What better way to do...
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Making a Boldport Club project
As we prepare to ship the last ‘monthly’ Club project (see announcement), I thought that it would be interesting to write about the first board I designed at Boldport. As it happens it’s also the most...
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Boldport Club is changing
Quick, quick, what’s happening?!We’ll be shipping our last monthly project in January 2019. Then, we’ll continue to design unique projects on an ad-hoc basis that will be available at an open-to-all...
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Boldport Club at 500
Boldport Club now has over 500 active members! That's 500 people the world over receiving the soldering projects that we design and manufacture every month in London. It's certainly reason to celebrate...
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Bob Widlar’s 723 chip toolkit adventures
Before we beginThis is an electronic project with the aim of taking the user through an interesting corner of the world of linear electronics while paying tribute to one of the greats of electronic...
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We don't do holiday projects
It's tempting to create holiday-themed projects for the Boldport Club. People suggest that to me quite often. I've decided not to do that; here's why.Not everyone celebrates ChristmasOr Hanukkah or...
View ArticleFailure is definitely an option
Failure is part of getting better, at anything. Failures are markers in our journey towards expertise, ones that are often more memorable than the successes. The Boldport Club has many members that are...
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A case study of designing a trophy for engineers
ElectronicsWeekly and RS components have contacted me earlier this year to design a trophy to be awarded to the 29 winners of the Bright Sparks 2017 programme at the beginning of May. This is a first...
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Beyond square and green
The TAP, a Boldport Club project featuring a TI component. Last time I sat to write this blog post I ended up writing a story about the borderline abusive nature of some of the kits and tools we use,...
View ArticleA fictional story in square and green
So I walked down the endless aisles of a large trade-show full of companies selling electronic components. The company I work for sent me here. I'm wading past dozens of them seeking something that...
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What Boldport Club members say...
A few months ago I've asked members — and x-members and everyone else — to fill in a questionnaire. I wanted to learn a bit more about who members are and what they thought about the Club, projects,...
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Boldport Club changes 2017
Hello Boldport Club members,It's been over a year since I've announced Boldport Club. With more than 400 members and ten projects shipped I've learned a lot about a lot. I've had a clear vision for...
View ArticleBe part of a Boldport project
I've been asked by a gallery in Dublin to design a very large (180x60cm!) circuit board. That is, it needs to look like an 'ordinary' circuit board, just very very large. It will be single sided and...
View ArticleAbout the Boldport Club's future
Dear Boldport Club members and friends,Boldport Club is a success. When I started advertising this concept in January 2016 I expected a 100 people to sign up within six months. 170 people joined before...
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Component side, solder side
The first board with the solder polarity symbol Anyone who's soldered even (or especially!) for a short while will recall the sinking feeling of soldering a component on the wrong side of the board....
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Boldport Club Project #2 — the tiny 'engineer superhero' emergency kit,...
This started it all, a PCB business card. It all started when in search for a unique design twist almost three years ago I experimented with embedding through-hole components inside of the PCB itself....
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