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  • Alex makes HDMI Wing to drive salvaged laptop display with Papilio Plus!

    Alex designs an HDMI Wing and a custom PCB that lets him connect his salvaged LVDS laptop monitor to the HDMI Wing on his Papilio Plus. Next we need to get this working on the soon to come Papilio Pro! To read the full thread. Finally! PCB goodness in them mails. Feels like xmas. First…

  • VHDL Puzzle Contest for LogicStart MegaWing Launch, over $150 in prizes!

    Hey everyone! Here at Gadget Factory we are happy to announce that this week we are organizing a weeklong contest to kick off the new LogicStart MegaWing. 🙂 We will be giving away some great prizes, so be sure to participate! The LogicStart MegaWing was designed to accompany Mike Field’s free VHDL eBook. We just…

  • Gadget Factory Weekly Giveaway!

    Every Monday we give away a Papilio One PCB via Gadget Factory Forum. This week we will also give away a Papilio One 250k PCB + B/LED Wing  to a random member who responds. Don’t forget to submit your entry by posting a reply in the Giveaway forum thread for a chance to win a bare Papilio One PCB + B/LED Wing. We are going…

  • Gadget Factory Weekly Giveaway!

    Every Monday we give away a prototype  PCB via Gadget Factory Forum and we are going to announce the winner tomorrow. This week we will also give away a Papilio One 250k board to a random member who responds. Don’t forget to submit your entry by posting a reply in the Giveaway forum thread for a chance to win a bare…

  • Announcing: Papilio One bare PCB Winners

    Hey everyone! Today we have announced on our facebook page the name of the winner for the first week of the bare Papilio One PCB GIVEAWAY and going forward we will be giving away a PCB every Monday! Congratulations! We have another winner for this week Giveaway who is our forum user Sergey along with Petr the winner for…

  • The Gadget Factory is giving away a bare Papilio One PCB every week!

      Here at Gadget Factory we are happy to announce that we are giving away a bare Papilio One PCB every week! If you ever wanted to practice some surface mount soldering here is your chance to get a Papilio One PCB for absolutely free! For your chance at snagging a PCB, register in our…

  • HOW-TO: Etch your own circuit boards? Easy way to align double sided boards!

    Have you struggled with aligning patterns on a double sided board? Wicked has figured out a SUPER SIMPLE solution to easely etch a double sided board that could save people a lot of effort and time. And he has started a new forum thread to share with us what he came up with: “Everything I read would…

  • News: EagleUp For Viewing Hardware Designs In Google SketchUp

    [screencast url=”http://www.screencast.com/t/uwejMD0WoJ6″ width=”600″ height=”300″]   Here’s an interesting article we found on Hackaday about a software solution called EagleUp, which can open your PCB designs in SketchUp and will give you a 3-d rendering of your hardware. “This is a wonderful way to make sure that your enclosure designs are going to work without needing to wait for…