I use both KiCad and EasyEDA for PCB design, and couldn’t find a way to convert designs between them. So I created one! — When designing Printed Circuit Boards, my tool of choice is KiCad. After using Eagle for some years (I even designed my first ever PCB with it), I tried KiCad and never looked back. Earlier this year I also learned about EasyEDA, an online PCB design tool. 🔧 TL;DR If you are…

Learn about the internals of the Arduino Uno microcontroller by looking at 5 different approaches for a seemingly simple task: blinking an LED! — Blinking an LED is the “Hello World” program of hardware. It is also one of the most popular Arduino program, and I bet electronics enthusiast has run it at least once in their life. In this blog post, I am going to show you 5 different ways of blinking an…

How to Hack Your 3D Printer to Draw With Colorful Bacteria — 3D Printers can create static objects, and sometimes even flexible/dynamic objects. But how about printing living cells? In this article, I am going to share the story of how I programmed my 3D Printer to draw with live E.coli bacteria! …

¿Cómo le enseñamos al Asistente de Google a enseñarte Español? — Si actualmente estás construyendo o pensando cómo desarrollar una Acción del Asistente de Google, ¡Este post es para ti! Mi amigo Daniel Gwerzman y yo lanzamos recientemente “Spanish Lesson” (La lección de Español), un asistente que te ayudará a aprender español enseñándote un número de palabras nuevas cada día, y…

The Full Story of Designing and Manufacturing a Hardware-Packed PCB Badge Full of Surprises — I have never studied Electrical Engineering. Yet electronics and PCB design always fascinated me. I learned mostly through hands-on experimentation with projects such as making Angular-logo shaped beacons, guided by online tutorials and YouTube videos. Perhaps it isn’t the most effective method, but it works for me and it is…

Sushi Cooking Workshop, Geisha Photoshooting, Samurais, Monkeys & Ninjas, Pottery, Breathtaking Views and Great Food — First night in Kyoto. After a long journey from Koya-san, we were famished, and so we found an all-you-can Japanese Black Waygu Beef restaurant called Chifaja. We had to take our shoes off (as you do in many Japanese venues) and put them in a small locker: I loved…

Our Second Week Travelling in Japan; Featuring: Totoro — Our first week in Japan was full of new experiences — we started our Honeymoon in Tokyo, and then spent the weekend in Hiroshima and Miyajima. We got very enthusiastic feedback about our first blog post, so here is the second one, telling the story of our stay in Osaka…

Experiences, Food, Culture, Photos, Videos — Ariella and I went to Japan for our honey moon. We heard so many stories about Japan and wanted to experience the different culture firsthand. How did it go? This is a short summary of our first week — food, experiences, cultural differences and what we learned. First stop: Tokyo 🧳 When we arrived…

Just as 2019 is starting, I summarize my past year. Last year I wrote my first “Year in Retrospective” summary post, and it made me realize how diverse and interesting my year had been. So I decided to repeat the experience and share my summary of 2018. Here we go…