All About Energy
Simon has been studying energy units such as C (coulombs), V (volts) and J (joules), and the relation between them. This is one of the best video tutorials he found … Continue reading All About Energy
Category: Electricity
Sometimes it just doesn’t work
Simon was trying to program his Arduino board to use a magnetic switch to turn an LED on and off, but the code didn’t work. The LED was burning no … Continue reading Sometimes it just doesn’t work
Simon’s new multimeter
Simon had been dreaming of owning a multimeter and learning more about measuring resistance, voltage and current. He has spent hours playing with his new multimeter since he got it … Continue reading Simon’s new multimeter
Physics with SparkFun
Simon has discovered yet another awesome resource: SparkFun, comprising a variety of projects electronics and coding based on Arduino, Intel Edison, Raspberry Pi and more. https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials In this video Simon explains … Continue reading Physics with SparkFun
Good old Spektro
Simon suddenly pulled his Spektro set from the shelf again. One more proof that he does occasionally return to the basics to fill in the gaps. Repeating the experiment he … Continue reading Good old Spektro
Flow of autonomous learning and creativity
Every morning Simon smiles at me and says: “It’s morning!” That means he can get back to his projects and doesn’t have to stay in bed anymore. Friday morning he … Continue reading Flow of autonomous learning and creativity
The Elusive Liquid Crystal Display
Simon tried to program the Arduino liquid crystal display for the first time last weekend. First the code kept giving an error, it took us more than an hour to find … Continue reading The Elusive Liquid Crystal Display
SAM
Simon has discovered this new tool called SAM https://www.samlabs.com and has been studying their free app for hours, creating a variety of circuits online and trying to write code. He would … Continue reading SAM
Disco!
It’s been a great weekend with our Amsterdam friends. We visited two households and at both Simon was given workshops by advanced users of synth software and hardware. He was … Continue reading Disco!
Like a robot
In this video Simon shares his idea on the use of the EMG SpikerBox module (from the LittleBits Bit Lab) that detects the electrical activity of human muscles non-invasively using simple … Continue reading Like a robot
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During math class Friday, calculating the resistance in Ohms.
Geeks out of the box 