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Ben and Felix plan to turn the Hex Game into a kit which could teach how to solder and learn binary or hexadecimal arithmetic.

Let's get started reviewing oscilloscopes! In the arsenal of electronics engineering and diagnosing, an oscilloscope is crucial to narrow down problems with noise and data communications with your project.

Let's get started reviewing oscilloscopes! In the arsenal of electronics engineering and diagnosing, an oscilloscope is crucial to narrow down problems with noise and data communications with your project.

The super glue gun project is starting to stick together, literally!

The super glue gun project is starting to stick together, literally!

Is Ben over-engineering the Super Glue Gun? Working on an idea from Felix, Ben prototypes the automatic deploying kickstand for the super glue gun build, and develops code for the ATTiny microcontroller for servo control.

Ben and Felix mourn the loss of the logic gate board game and so have decided that its demise won't stop them from making their own versions of electronic number games!

Stepping onto the other side of the camera, Max decides he wants to learn more about motors, motor-control and motor drivers.

Felix has put together a prototype board with the Arduino and Teensy microcontrollers, which will control the solenoids and also take input from bumpers, buttons and other mechanisms that Ben is designing.

The team are making flipping progress with the miniature pinball machine, Felix is designing the printed circuit board for the electronics control of the game using a Teensy and an Arduino. The layout of the board will be mounted towards the back of the board and will handle the light and switch drivers. These microcontrollers won't do a great deal without some code! Ben works on the SPI communications to the targets, LCD screen, pop bumpers and uses Autodesk Fusion 360 for the pinball launcher mechanisms, so that we have more of an active and working game! Though it'll work once Ben fully reads the SPI manual! Are you building your own pinball machine? Or do you have suggestions for the build? Let the team know on the element14 Community!

The team are on the road with the IoT on Wheels design challenge to make their bicycle smarter. Using ST Microelectronics Nucleo hardware with Bluetooth Low Energy means the project can pair with other devices, such as an Android smartphone. The team decided to use the sensors in the Nucleo to detect accidents and potholes in the road and be able to record and report them. Due to the project being a prototype it is large and bulky. This is due to the demonstration versions of the hardware, and the 3D printed parts designed in Autodesk Fusion 360 to protect it. Watch now to find out how Felix overcomes problems with the mBed codebase and how the android app works! What do you think of the project? Or have you entered the design challenge? Let us know on the element14 Community!

After many comments, requests, questions, badgering, hounding and hinderance thanks to hardware problems, the Nintendo 64 Portable is finally finished! Ben took the N64 portable to the Midwest Gaming Classic for help with the hardware, thanks to the Community of followers and people familiar with the hardware, the problematic RAM add-on was soldered flat and in place! Thanks to the introduction of new hardware, the case has to be completely redesigned (which is a small price to pay). Ben makes swift use of his CNC Router to create a suitable heatsink for the N64, which is pretty cool! What do you think of the finished product? Let the team know on the element14 Community!

Ben and Felix are taking part in element14's IoT on Wheels Design Challenge with help from a local electrical engineer, Bob Baddeley, to use ST Microelectronic's Nucleo microcontroller board and bluetooth module. The team decided to work on an IoT project for use with a bicycle, perhaps to notify your local council about pot holes found in the street! This project will involve Ben doing some trusty 3D modelling and printing to create the mount, and also Felix programming with mbed to get the microcontroller operating how we want it to. You can enter the IoT on Wheels design challenge, or give the team feedback on the element14 Community!

The team have had their troubles with the Logic Gate Board Game, so is it time to put it out to pasture? The team meet with Hari from element14 to help determine what the costs are realistically like if the product went to mass market for the components used. Karen and Ben discuss the lessons learned from going from Hackmanji to a dedicated Logic game, and discover that they were fighting battles and experiencing losses along the way. Do you think the team's made the wrong decision? Is there something obvious they've missed? Let us know on the element14 Community!

The team have had their troubles with the Logic Gate Board Game, so is it time to put it out to pasture?