Make Magazine has a series of interview questions called ‘5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Things About’, which asks a number of questions, and aims to give some insight into the interviewee. Since they have not yet asked me to be …
Some great news. We got the prototype case for our first product in the mail today. The image is shown on the right side. I have posted this photo before, but it really does look this good. The case also …
I have just heard from the PCB company. The PCB’s for our first product are built, and are about to be shipped. This means that it is about time to do some shopping. The first batch of PCB’s ended up …
I am presently working on sourcing components for our first product. This is an interesting example in how people either cannot use Google, or choose the convenience of a single trusted supplier over multiple suppliers. In one case I found …
Can anyone see any issues with this photo? This is a local primary school. I don’t mean the issue with the sun causing a bit of lens flare. In my mind, whilst they are being environmentally ‘friendly’ by collecting rainwater, …
When it comes to Energy Efficiency, temperature is an important property. A significant amount of energy is used to heat things up or cool things down. And on top of that, movement can be translated into heat through friction. Therefore …
I have just designed a printed circuit board for an upcoming Redshift Wireless product. In some respects, getting a PCB made is a bit of a cheat since I mostly did the design because I was too lazy to actually …
Sometimes when building a business the question becomes how to move some plans faster forward, particularly when doing so would require fully utilized resources to be used in two places at once. Obviously, this is not sustainable. Adding more resources …
Atmel has just released an Application Note on the use of 32,768 Hz Crystal Oscillators, and how to test them to ensure that they will operate correctly. This document contains some of the more interesting component placements that I have …
Starting a new business is very risky. In the area of business that Redshift Wireless is in, there seem to be three different markets that people are going for. They are: Rule The World, Lots Of Cheap Stuff, or Start …