Heading to Defcon 21
Posted by FirmWarez on 28 Jul 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
Yep, that time of year again. Heading to Defcon. Road trip style. Saturday I’m on a panel about “hardware hacking with microcontrollers“. I also have a talk in the Hardware Hacking Village on “Infrared Technologies and Tricks”. ShortGrrl will be cutting ‘hawks with the Mohawk cutting crew. If you’re there, come find us!...
Read MoreArchitectural LED Tear-down Report
Posted by FirmWarez on 21 Jul 2013 in Blog | 0 comments
It’s amazing what some people will throw away, isn’t it? So, I get an early morning call from a friend whose title is, get this “Director of Visitor Experience”, which I think I’m quite qualified to claim for some visitors…but anyway, my buddy calls me and says “hey, are you interested in some LED lights?” Well,...
Read MoreWorld’s Smallest LED Cube?
Posted by FirmWarez on 29 Nov 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
In my “Helpful Hints for Hardware n00bs” post, I included a picture with the caption “World’s Smallest LED Cube?” Here’s how I made the cube. I used clipped LED leads for the interconnects. They are square, and fairly straight, however the length of available material limited the size of the cube. I still haven’t found...
Read MoreHave Gun; Will Travel
Posted by FirmWarez on 29 Nov 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
Some of you folks know a bit about my history and current status. I’m an engineer (computer engineering) with an MBA. Here’s a link to my CV. So let’s cut to the chase: I’m looking for work. Contracts, gigs, dream job, career path, whatever you want to call it. Gainful employment. Full time, part time, contract, consulting. I can do...
Read MoreHelpful Hints for Hardware n00bs
Posted by FirmWarez on 27 Nov 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
Hardware is all the rage. Cool isn’t it? Hell yeah it’s cool. Like Dualcore’s “Natural 20s” cool. Arduinos, Raspberry Pi, PICs, LEDs, CNC, robots, more folks are soldering at home than ever before. I’ve been doing this a long time. Professionally a couple of decades. As a hobby much longer. I was probably 10 when I first...
Read MoreSkyDogCon follow-up
Posted by FirmWarez on 8 Nov 2012 in Blog | 0 comments
Alrighty then! So we spent the 25th through the 28th of October in Nashville for SkyDogCon. Hell of an event! I’ve been going to cons for a long time. I remember the first HOPE. Well, at least parts of it. I grew up in the con scene, and you guys know that over the years the con scene has grown too. Defcon is massive! And so much fun, but sometimes...
Read MoreSimple RGB LED driver
Posted by FirmWarez on 7 Nov 2012 in Blog | 1 comment
So back on 17 Sept 12 I posted this picture of a board layout on twitter. This was just a quickie idea I threw together. I had to order a number of protos for customer projects, and decided to get a deal on copper and do a big panel with a number different boards all at once. Boards were in my hands 19 Oct and here we go, on 7 Nov I’ve got some first...
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