Programs like iTunes, Windows Media Player, Zune etc. organize your music collection by updating the tag structure only. These programs often copy your music collection to a designated folder, leaving duplicates spread across your computer. …

While in Oklahoma, Oscar had a small cat tree where he spent a large portion of his time. So much time in fact, that the structural integrity was destroyed by his constant jumping, bouncing, and …

Somehow, my wife and I managed to share a car for the past five years. This arrangment worked because we live in a small town, both work at the University, and are attached at the …

This article is a follow-up to my previous article to detail how I created my stop-motion film “Passing By.”

Choosing Your Subject
This part is fairly subjective. For stop-motion films, just about any subject can be entertaining …

Battery Selection
Battery life is often measured by cycle life, the number of full charge/discharge cycles before the battery reaches 80% of its original capacity. Keeping the discharge current relative to the battery’s amp×hour capacity low …

If you are reading this post, you probably are experiencing decreased range and speed on your Go-Ped electric scooter. I too have experienced these problems, but I am going to share some solutions I came …

There are many ways to measure a dc-dc converter’s inductor current for use in control. Direct-current resistance (DCR) is one low loss and cost method for measuring this current, it consists of a series RC …

The prices on front-projectors have dropped to levels where they are comparable to rear-projectors and other display technologies.  Office projectors offer a low-cost alternative to the high-end home-theater projectors and provide sufficient color accuracy and usually …

Design Process
In order to better under the digital design process with respect to real-world applications, a two-way traffic light controller was designed. The traffic light operated in two modes:

Timed signal changing cycle with weight sensor …