The Contextual Electronics Podcast

CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern

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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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