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Hacksmith Industries: Laser Cutter Iron Man Gauntlet

By The Hacksmith

The Hacksmith industries upgrades their real-life Iron Man suit with a super effective plasma cutter gauntlet with more range and a real laser!

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The Hacksmith: Lightsaber Version 3

By The Hacksmith

It’s a good time to be a Star Wars fan. “Jedi: Fallen Order” was released last month, we’re in the middle of season one of “The Mandalorian”, and The “Rise of Skywalker” comes to theaters this weekend.

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APA102 Addressable LED Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The APA102C addressable LEDs employ a 2-wire communication protocol consisting of a clock and data line.

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The Hacksmith: Real Life Double Jump Jetpack

By The Hacksmith

The double jump: saving the lives of video game characters since 1984. A double jump in a video game is when your character can jump a second time in the air after jumping off of the ground.

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The Hacksmith: Interfacing a Jet Thruster on Iron Man's Suit

By The Hacksmith

In this tutorial Hacksmith will be interfacing a jet thruster on iron man's suit.

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The Hacksmith: Pandora's Box

By The Hacksmith

The Hacksmith team has a new member, a co-op student from the University of Waterloo and the first project they task her with is something they’re calling Pandora’s Box.

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SparkFun Serial Basic CH340C Hookup Guide

By SparkFun Electronics

The latest iteration of the SparkFun Serial Basic Breakout takes advantage of USB-C and is an easy-to-use USB-to-Serial adapter based on the CH340C IC from WCH.

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The Hacksmith: Making an Arc Reactor With Arduino

By The Hacksmith

The arc reactor is the device that powers all of Iron Man’s suits and various gizmos.

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The Hacksmith Arduino-Controlled Jet Engine for a Motorcycle

By The Hacksmith

Making a flight suit takes a lot of designing, testing, and more than 1 jet engine, so the team decided to use the jet engine on something that’s equally dangerous.

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The Hacksmith Arduino-Controlled Hot Potato

By The Hacksmith

This hot potato uses an Arduino to cause a shock at various intervals as it’s passed around.

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The Hacksmith Rainbow Six Blitz Shield

By The Hacksmith

For those of you not familiar with Rainbow Six Siege, Blitz is a character who carries around a bullet-proof riot shield, fully equipped with flash grenades that can temporarily blind opponents. Riley tackled his own version of Blitz’s shield. This version uses LEDs instead of flash grenades.

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Getting Started with 3D Printing Using Tinkercad

By SparkFun Electronics

If you have been wanting to design your own 3D printed object, Tinkercad is a great starting point.