[Eric Arcana] has been creating animated holiday decorations for several years, which involved a lot of custom code to make things light up the way he wanted, pulling the microcontroller to make ...

In this video I'm working on creating a custom acrylic night light with a 3D printed base and a custom PCB that I designed specifically for this light. The role of the PCB is to accomodate a piece of ...

Even if surface-mount skills aren’t in your repertoire, chances are pretty good that most of us are at least familiar with SMD stencils. These paper-thin laser-cut steel sheets are a handy way to ...

Customization is the name of the game when it comes to modifying your mini-truck and making it stand out at the local cruise or at a big time show. Basically, a good rule of thumb is "Stock sucks." So ...

Forget printing plastic action figures, scientists at Princeton have built a 3D printer that makes quantum dot LEDs from scratch. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The advent of affordable LED strips has opened up all kinds of easy-to-install, ...