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So you have or are thinking of getting a GPS shield eh? You should. I found this device incredibly fun to play with and can see a whole bunch of uses...
Breadboarding is great for testing ideas on the fly, but if you ever plan on keeping a design around you're going to want it on a PCB (Printed Circuit...
The VoiceBox shield from SparkFun is a lot of fun to play with and who wouldn’t want their new invention to talk back to them or make beeping noises...
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We recently posed a question to the twitter crowd: Upverter intern @malexw asks: "What book(s) would you recommend as a refresher course on analog...
Much like in Google Docs, Upverter enables you to collaborate with others on hardware designs in real-time. Here is how you get started.1. Go to the...
1. Click New Project from your homepage, top-right: 2. In the resulting dialogue box, you can name your project and add a brief description: If...
Does your project involve more than just schematics (e.g. source code for an Arduino)? Github is an excellent solution. This how-to demonstrates how...
From the Project Page: 1. Click Admin in the top-right: 2. Enter in your information and then click “Save Changes”. Notice that you can also pick...
There are presently two ways to add text within your schematic: Annotations are small snippets of text (e.g. “R1” or “See text”) that can be tied to...
Forking allows you to use somebody else's design (or even one of your own designs) as a starting point for a new design of your own. 1. First, go to...
Undo (Ctrl-Z) is great for short-term changes, but reverting (or simply reviewing) long-term changes is best done with the Timeline function. 1. To...
1. Go to the Project Page for the design you want to delete. (There are a couple of ways to do this. See step 1 of the Import/Export guide.) 2. Once...
Presently, Upverter has full export/import support for our newly created Open JSON Format. Support for other formats, such as CadSoft EAGLE is presently...
Robots are the way of the way of the future, and you can make this happen in your own workshop with the extremely versatile CNC mill. We here at Upverter...
Start by clicking on Parts and then clicking on the big blue New Part button in the top right. Enter a manufacturer, or part number, or both...
This is an introduction to the SparkFun Joystick Shield kit. This one is pretty simple to do, I’d officially give it an “easy” rating for overall difficulty...
The freedom wireless offers is a sweet forbidden fruit that amateur hobbyists always dream of. At least it used to be that way. With the WiFly shield from...
Every single project needs some sort of interface. Whether you’re looking at the serial monitor or receiving a shock, you always need some way of telling...
Intro This is a quick intro to Sparkfun’s MIDI shield which allows you to control the musical aspects of your computer from your MIDI capable instrument...
The SparkFun Danger Shield is a great way to explore cheap user input/output options that go beyond the simple but limiting push-buttons and blinking...
So you have or are thinking of getting a GPS shield eh? You should. I found this device incredibly fun to play with and can see a whole bunch of uses...
Breadboarding is great for testing ideas on the fly, but if you ever plan on keeping a design around you're going to want it on a PCB (Printed Circuit...
The VoiceBox shield from SparkFun is a lot of fun to play with and who wouldn’t want their new invention to talk back to them or make beeping noises...
In the new Android version 2.3.4 (an update to Gingerbread for phones), Google has just added Accessory Mode, which gives the ability to connect to...