10 Hand Picked #TipsForMakers May 2020

In this weeks “Tips for Makers” blog by Humans For Robots we have tips on making with recycled materials , understanding safety circuits, and many more.

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It’s another great week for making really awesome things. Here are some tips to stir the creative pot. Enjoy this weeks curation and have an incredible week.

Tip 1 – Add RAM to your Arduino Mega

Added some RAM to my Arduino Mega from electronics

Tip 2 – Take advantage of New Arduino IoT Cloud dashboard Widgets

A new set of widgets for the Arduino IoT Cloud Dashboard! https://t.co/7aBNtWVir3 pic.twitter.com/BS6Es88htY

— Arduino (@arduino) May 20, 2020

Tip 3 – Bring CircuitPython control to your LEGO projects

I've gotten 100 snekboards ready to go! Waiting on delivery of a few more parts before we can ship these out. https://t.co/GxOYc39EKd

— Keith Packard (@keith_x11) May 21, 2020

Tip 4 – Capture Your Soldering Fumes

Tip 5 – Use Recycled Materials to Build Your Next Project

EscoriaBot turns a bunch of recycled plastic into a robotic tank: https://t.co/voPqyxuYPq pic.twitter.com/uOCu3pjIyS

— Microchip Makes (@MicrochipMakes) May 21, 2020

Tip 6 – Why Celsius vs. Kelvin?

Celsius vs. Kelvin: When it does and doesn’t matter https://t.co/j44Gb9lBE7#tools #measurement pic.twitter.com/8l0XnRmkZw

— Digi-Key Electronics (@digikey) May 21, 2020

Tip 7 – Use Origami to make Robots

Tip 8 – Try a better looking and more functional alternative to the Traditional PerfBoard

Tip 9 – Create and Print a Cheat Sheet for Your Next Project

Yesterday I finally received the poster print of my new Arm assembly cheat sheet and it turned out so much better than expected ?

If you also want to decorate your room with some fancy assembly, you can get the poster on Teespring. o/

Poster Print: https://t.co/KJxGGFGlp2 pic.twitter.com/PCaZupCl8b

— Azeria (@Fox0x01) May 23, 2020

Tip 10 – Get a Basic Understanding of Safety Circuits

Basic Understanding of Safety Circuits https://t.co/RKhrbaWMMV #safety #learnathome #educate #electronics pic.twitter.com/3VpbBZQtFC

— Digi-Key Electronics (@digikey) May 25, 2020