Building with Arduino electronics is a gateway to learning circuits, coding skills and creating your own inventions. Connect inputs to outputs with clever code and suddenly have intruder alarms, beautiful …

A collaborative artwork by Steph Piper, Joseph Burgess, Metal Art Madness and Kobe Ouano and Larry Banks. Come party with the ‘The Party Button’, an interactive artwork inspired by crosswalk …

I’ve always loved the idea of adding lights and electronics to clothing and wearables. However, most of the ‘do it yourself’ range of sewable lights, battery holders and buttons involve …

Check out my article in DIYODE magazine on my Party Button build, complete with full circuit diagrams and code. Read here.

This blog is sponsored by PCBway, big thanks for their support in helping this project come to life. Recently I’ve had the pleasure of playing Destiny 2 with a couple …

I’m working on a new soldering kit, a cat lamp that lights up when it gets dark. It’s my first ‘3D’ soldering kit with a snap-out style design. It’s taken …

The party button project is a great, interactive way to get newcomers excited about working with electronics.  When the button is pressed, just like crossing the road in real life, …

I’ve been busy working with a local team to create face shield PPE like many others across the globe.  The project is wrapped up now, but we finished off supplying …

Making and designing circuit boards is one of my new favourite ways of creative expression.  We look at circuits, generally, as something that needs to be hidden away in an …

After heading to China last year as part of the Hardworx Innovation tour, it was a delight to be able to return to Shenzhen leading my first tour. The trip …