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This blog post is a review of Seeed Studio Fusion PCB / stencil service. A few weeks ago I was looking for PCB service with an option to get a stencil for my PCBs and a representative from Seeed Studio approached me asking to give them a try. They were very polite and offered a […]
I have officially notified my manager about me leaving NBC Universal in a month. One morning in December of last year I saw an ad on Facebook about a new graduate program opening at University at Washington that immediately drew my attention. In the evening of the same day I escaped company Christmas party to […]
In this post I will share my impressions of Monoprice Maker Select V2 3D printer, otherwise known as Wanhao Duplicator i3. I got one in June of 2016 and have been using it for more than 10 months, printing hundreds upon hundreds of various 3D models. This printer costs around $300 on Amazon (also available on Monoprice […]
In part 1 and part 2 of this series I went over the following uses for Raspberry Pi Zero: Running a web server Connecting IoT devices with MQTT Putting Raspberry Pi Zero on a drone Making a smart art frame displaying images, video or WebGL content Building a security camera Making a Nixie Clock or ticker […]
In part 1 of this series (which you can find here) I went over these 4 uses of Raspberry Pi Zero: Running a web server Connect IoT devices with MQTT Put Raspberry Pi Zero on a drone Make a smart art frame displaying images, video or WebGL content This post will bring up another 4 […]
Raspberry Pi Zero, a tiny (65 mm × 30 mm) $5 computer (!!!) that was launched in November 2015 is gaining popularity and is constantly sold out from all suppliers. I was lucky to get my hands on a couple of these tiny but powerful boards and wanted to share some ideas of what you could make […]
The following content is the sixth chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 6. Database Operations This chapter covers Configuring Laravel to use a database Introduction to Query Builder and Eloquent ORM Using Query Builder operators for […]
The following content is the fifth chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 5. Understanding Controllers This chapter covers Default controllers Creating new controllers Controller routing RESTful and Resource Controllers When the code of the application […]
The following content is the fourth chapter of my new e-book titled “Laravel: my first framework“. This writing is copyright by Maksim Surguy. Unauthorized copy and distribution of this material is prohibited. Chapter 4. Views This chapter covers Basics of views and templates Passing data to views Blade template engine View layouts HTML helpers Most modern […]