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Glowforge

Glowforge Review – Glowforge Laser Engraver Impressions, Plus Glowforge Versus Leading Laser Cutters

By Chris Garrett

Glowforge Review – Independent review of the Glowforge laser engraver covering the Glowforge Basic and comparing against competing laser cutters

Quit Zoom Call Macro Key – How to Make a Custom Cherry MX USB Macro Keyboard/Keypad with Arduino

By Chris Garrett

Ever wondered how to create your own custom keyboard or keypad? Do you want a fast way to quit out of Zoom calls? Today we’re going to be making our own custom Arduino macro USB keyboard. Well, a two-key “keyboard”.

Automating Twitter Using Python 3 and Tweepy

By Chris Garrett

So far I have covered more Arduino/C and even AMOS Basic than anything else, but my main language on the daily is Python, and my main use of Python is for making my day job life easier! Python is an excellent language for automation and interacting with APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). Even if you are […]

TL Dragon

Triangle Labs Dragon Hotend Review

By Mark Kuhlmann

When I first saw the Triangle Labs Dragon hotend I was intrigued. There were some interesting features with the hot end such as having nickel plated copper heat block to heat up quicker and a different heat break design that allowed for both a minimal size but structural integrity to reduce damage. I was fortunate […]

Easiest. Hackintosh. Ever. – How to Install MacOS Virtual Machine on Your PC Using Sosumi & Ubuntu

By Chris Garrett

Today, we’re going to create the world’s easiest Hackintosh using the virtual MacOS package, Sosumi.

Grove Ultrasonic Rangefinder Sensor

Ultrasonic Rangefinding with the Wio Terminal and Grove Ultrasonic Sensor

By Chris Garrett

Seeed sent me a Wio Terminal to play with, and I have to say I am impressed. Rather than do a straight review, I thought I would show how easy it is to make a quick project with it.

Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: A Playable “Shoot ’em up” Game

By Chris Garrett

In the final (for now, at least) entry in this series, we are going to pull everything together into a playable “Shoot the Invaders from Space” game that has keyboard and joystick control, killable enemies, moving bullets, and a scrolling star field backdrop … Previous AMOS Basic Tutorials in this series: Loading images and configuring […]

amal-scrolling

Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Animation & Scrolling with AMAL

By Chris Garrett

There is one last popular option for scrolling the screen and covering it gives us an opportunity to introduce the special AMOS animation language, AMAL … Previous AMOS Basic Tutorials in this series: Loading images and configuring AMOS screens “Dual Playfield” Bobs and Sprites Maps and Scrolling Better Tile Scrolling

Programming the Amiga with AMOS BASIC: Better Tile Scrolling

By Chris Garrett

In the previous article, we created a tile map and did a simple scrolling screen using Screen Copy. While it worked, and demonstrated some cool aspects of AMOS, it wouldn’t really be efficient for use in an action/arcade game, is there a better option? Also, can we load the map from disk? There is also […]

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