CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern

The Contextual Electronics Podcast

Welcome, Becky Stern!

Becky is an artist and content producer who works electronics into projects using a wide variety of media and construction techniques. Becky also teaches a class on electronics at SVA in NYC. She is a product manager at Instructables.

Show Notes

• Her most recent project: Zodiac Embroidery
• Slack status updater
• Collaboration with Esetfanie and Naomi
• 13 ideas for LED diffusion
• Raspberry Pi peephole camera
• Becky’s recording setup
• Instagram
• Knitting
• How a sewing machine (bobbin) works
• Tools page
• Becky’s favoite knife
• All of the electronics posts on BeckyStern.com
• Becky Stern YouTube

Time tags:

• 0:00 Introduction
• 1:47 Becky Stern bio
• 3:34 Building out ideas
• 4:57 Learning new things
• 6:36 Collaborations
• 8:46 LEDs and light in projects
• 13:20 #SampleCode
• 14:30 What is a neopixel (WS2812)
• 16:15 Teaching students
• 19:55 Getting started programming
• 21:20 Higher level programming projects
• 24:20 Troubleshooting remotely
• 27:00 Best practices for documentation
• 29:20 Camera tips
• 33:10 Creating documentation from photos
• 36:30 Getting started crafting
• 40:05 “Getting to blinky” for crafts
• 42:15 Finishing projects
• 45:40 Setting a schedule for projects
• 48:30 Making things easy for your future self
• 49:30 Tools
• 53:25 Small workspaces
• 54:00 Future projects
• 58:40 Where to find Becky’s work
• 59:20 Wrap up

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