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Metric System Anomalies In Engineering and Tech

The International System of units (SI) defined many ways to express measurements in print.  Yet, hardware developers should be ready to encounter...
Arduino Leonardo development board

Arduino Modular Design Challenge

It's time to test out a modular text-to-speech board, and five Arduino models came to mind while looking for something to control...
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Pine Phone Apps Intro

Recently, we unboxed the Linux-based Pine Phone beta edition.  By default, this Linux-based and customizable smartphone shipped with the Manjaro-Arm Linux distribution...

Why People Avoid ppm

The job of expressing quantities between 0 and 1 usually falls to the percent (%) sign.  And when it's used in this...
Cryptographic hashing in Scilab

Easy Cryptographic Hashing in Scilab

Cryptographic hash functions give developers a quick way to check if two strings or files are identical.  In a recent project, Unboxing...
Sha2 hashing in Octave

Easy Cryptographic Hashing in GNU Octave

This project will generate cryptographic hashes for two types of inputs.  The first is a simple text string that these programs can...
pine phone

Pine Phone Beta Edition Unboxing

Consumers face a narrow selection when it comes to mobile phones.  Major brands leave the end user with few meaningful customizations and...
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Unboxing Tomorrow joins BuyMeACoffee.com

August 2022 Announcements: After a summer hiatus, Unboxing Tomorrow videos will resume, starting with an unboxing of the...
Light emitting diodes

Components Survival Guide: LEDs Part 2

White light emitting diodes (LEDs) can be fabricated from blue LEDs with a yellow-emitting phosphor or substrate.  These combined blue-yellow emissions fool...
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Components Survival Guide: LEDs Part 1

LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) have dominated artificial lighting after displacing many alternatives over the years.  Even though electricity can easily damage them,...