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Cabe Atwell

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This Knife Throwing Machine Guarantees A Bullseye

This Knife Throwing Machine Guarantees A Bullseye

Knife throwing is both an art and a skill that's difficult to master. It takes both hand-eye coordination and…

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How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution

How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution

What was once considered a bad business venture, the 8008's lasting legacy went on to drive the technological…

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Lost Cities Revealed with (Engineer, Adventurer, Batman) Albert Lin

Lost Cities Revealed with (Engineer, Adventurer, Batman) Albert Lin

Cities that have been declared lost are truly found in National Geographic's series "Lost Cities Revealed wit…

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[PROJECT] Raspberry Pi Halloween Effects Door - aka the "Scary Door"

[PROJECT] Raspberry Pi Halloween Effects Door - aka the "Scary Door"

I built this project for Halloween. One of my more fun projects.

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Essential 555 IC

Essential 555 IC

A book I wrote about using 555 Timer ICs for fun and practice. Build unique and clever projects and learn…

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Siren Head Halloween Wearable Costume -- Episode 522

Siren Head Halloween Wearable Costume -- Episode 522

A Halloween project I designed and built. My son wants a real-working "Siren Head" costume for Halloween. …

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Engineering on Friday ‘toon: Fine-Tuning the Breadboard

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By Cabe Atwell
| Electronic Design Verified
It’s insane. Nothing changed. Nothing moved. And nothing works now. I don’t get it. It’s like entropy comes for breadboard projects even in a controlled environment. Like there is a little kitten-gremlin batting around the projects in the middle of the night. I’ve gathered that an element of luck applies to breadboard and perfboard project builds. I would estimate that it’s only about a 20% success rate in any one build. As complexity increases, successful circuit operation decreases exponentially.
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Electronic Design Weekly: Aug. 10, 2026

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By William Wong, Roger Engelke Jr., Cabe Atwell
| Electronic Design Verified
I was hired to design a replacement for an obsolete audio IC. I did it. I made a digital replacement. It worked much like an MP3 player. Instead of burning the audio sample onto the audio IC, the user just copies them over to an SD card or onboard non-removable flash memory. The original analog IC was made sometime in the '60s or '70s. The company I worked for had an enormous product line that essentially revolved around these chips. But, they were always at the mercy of the suppliers having stock.
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5 Techniques for 3D Printing Electronics

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By Cabe Atwell
| Electronic Design Verified
We've been 3D printing mechanical parts for decades, and now researchers are looking at ways to harness that same technology to manufacture electronics. Instead of printing a case or other parts and adding the electronics afterward, these techniques use conductive materials, semiconductors, and other electronic materials to create the devices themselves.
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