CEP012 – Mixed Media with Becky Stern
Becky Stern mixes electronics, crafts, and practical applications to create interesting products and projects. She talks with Chris about her library of work and how to get started pairing electronics with something other than plastic boxes.
The Contextual Electronics Podcast
March 3, 2021
Show Notes
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
- 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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