It’s got a little “Saturday Night Fever” vibe to it, but this pressure-sensitive LED floor was made for gaming, not for dancing. Either way, [creed_bratton_]’s build looks pretty good. The floor is a ...

LEDs have a special place in every maker's heart, and it's because we all love the ability to create light at moment's notice. Almost every project I have made over the last two decades has included ...

NeoPixels, or WS2812 RGB LEDs, are the display device du jour for impressive and blinding lighting projects. Commonly known for very tight timing requirements, [Josh] discovered this is, in fact, ...

Hi there, and welcome to Part 4 of this ever-growing mega-mini-series. In Part 1, we discussed the first vacuum tube diodes, moved on to their solid-state (semiconductor) descendants, and then ...

Hi there, and welcome to Part 6 of this increasingly misnamed (or miscounted) trilogy of columns. Just to make sure we’re all tap-dancing to the same skirl of the bagpipes (and I know whereof I speak, ...