Tech Explorations https://techexplorations.com/ ​Learn electronics and programming with our comprehensive courses. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:23:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://techexplorations.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/favicon.png Tech Explorations https://techexplorations.com/ 32 32 Picotronix: a modular oscilloscope and logic analyser https://techexplorations.com/blog/instruments/picotronix-a-modular-oscilloscope-and-logic-analyser Tue, 13 Oct 2026 04:14:58 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166134 This is a guest post by by Norm Jackson, co-founder of Thort Werx. Most of us start in electronics with a multimeter, and that takes us a long way. Sooner or later, though, you need to see what a signal is doing over time: a PWM output that won’t dim an LED properly, a sensor […]

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]]> KiCad Like a Pro, 5th edition: Volume 2 is finished https://techexplorations.com/blog/news/kicad-like-a-pro-5th-edition-volume-2-is-finished Thu, 10 Sep 2026 06:59:41 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166127 Volume 2 of KiCad Like a Pro, 5th edition is finished. All eleven chapters are written, they are online, and if you have already bought into the beta they are in your account right now, ready to read. If this is the first you are hearing of the 5th edition, here is the short version. […]

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]]> The new LED matrix project in KiCad Like a Pro, 5th edition https://techexplorations.com/blog/kicad/draw-one-cell-get-four-the-new-led-matrix-project-in-kicad-like-a-pro-5th-edition Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:26:55 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166093 I have just published Chapter 7 of Volume 2 of KiCad Like a Pro, 5th edition. If you have already bought into the beta, it is in your account now. If you have not, there is a free excerpt at the bottom of this post. This is the warm-up project for the volume: a 4×8×8 LED […]

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]]> The book is out: AI Coding for Makers https://techexplorations.com/blog/book/the-book-is-out-ai-coding-for-makers Thu, 06 Aug 2026 01:01:41 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166079 I have been working on this one for a while, so it feels good to finally say it: AI Coding for Makers and Solopreneurs is published, and you can get the ebook right now from Tech Explorations. If you have taken the video course, you already know the material. So let me tell you what the book […]

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]]> Volume 1 of KiCad Like a Pro, 5th edition is done. Here is what is inside. https://techexplorations.com/blog/news/volume-1-of-kicad-like-a-pro-5th-edition-is-done-here-is-what-is-inside Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:46:25 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166071 Volume 1 of KiCad Like a Pro, 5th edition is finished. All eleven chapters are drafted, they are online, and if you already bought into the beta they are waiting in your account right now. Volume 2 is where I am writing today. This is the first of four volumes, the one that takes a reader with […]

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]]> I’m rebuilding KiCad Like a Pro – Get the 5th edition early https://techexplorations.com/blog/kicad/im-rebuilding-kicad-like-a-pro-get-the-5th-edition-early Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:17:15 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166065 I’m rewriting KiCad Like a Pro from the ground up for KiCad 10 and beyond, and I’m opening an early adopters program while I do it. If you’ve been thinking about learning PCB design properly, or you already own an earlier edition and want the current one — this is the moment to get involved, […]

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]]> AI Coding for Makers and Solopreneurs is now live https://techexplorations.com/blog/course/ai-coding-assistant-for-makers Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:03:21 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166058 My ideas have always run faster than my ability to build them. I can sketch a circuit, breadboard a sensor, and read a datasheet without much trouble. But turning an idea into working, deployable software always sat just out of reach. If that sounds familiar, this course was built for you, and it is available […]

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]]> A new Tech Explorations course: Leveraging AI Coding for makers and solopreneurs https://techexplorations.com/blog/course/ai-coding-course-for-hardware-makers Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:04:32 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166045 You’ve been there. You have a working circuit, a sensor spitting out data, and a clear picture of what you want to see on screen. The gap between that picture and a finished tool used to take weeks of tutorials, frustrating debugging sessions, and a lot of starting over. AI coding assistants have changed that […]

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]]> New KiCad course: Smart USB Thumb Drive https://techexplorations.com/blog/course/smart-usb Sun, 10 May 2026 22:41:06 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166026 Most PCB design courses give you a blinking LED or a breakout board. The Smart USB Thumb Drive with KiCad course gives you something you can plug into a computer and use. This is a full design project built from the ground up in KiCad: a USB thumb drive with 64 GB of eMMC storage, […]

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]]> NextPCB’s Rev0: a no-touch PCBA prototype service https://techexplorations.com/blog/news/nextpcbs-rev0-a-no-touch-pcba-prototype-service Sun, 10 May 2026 04:20:11 +0000 https://techexplorations.com/?p=166038 If you’ve ever ordered a prototype assembly from a PCB manufacturer, you know the drill. You upload your files, wait a day or two, then get an engineering query (EQ) email asking about footprint discrepancies, component orientation, or something in your BOM. You reply. They reply. Meanwhile, your week has slipped by and you haven’t […]

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