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		<title>The Dropout&#8217;s Guide to PCB Trace Antenna Design</title>
		<description><![CDATA["There are 2 ways to learn antenna design.  One way is to go to grad school.  I'll teach you the other way" -A mentor of mine Engineers love to refer to wireless as 'black magic'.  Which is partly true.  But with the right tools and the willingness to fuck it all up (a few times), [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2010/the-dropouts-guide-to-antenna-design/</link>
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		<title>New Punch Through Design Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the Punch Through Design website re-done, and I'm loving the clean new look.  I was referred to the designer, Norm Orstad of Orstad Design, by a mutual friend, and I'm very happy with the results.  Now I need to work on publishing the other projects we've completed! Click through to the site if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2010/new-punch-through-design-website/</link>
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		<title>Clients Mentioned in Minneapolis Star Tribune</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I'm happy to see a couple Punch Through Design clients getting press.  Both Pedal Brain and Shepherd are mentioned in the article: The iPhone and the iPod Touch, it's a pretty cheap platform and it has a lot of power behind it," said Colin Karpfinger, owner of hardware and software developer Punch Through Design.  "It's [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2010/punch-through-design-quoted-in-minneapolis-star-tribune/</link>
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		<title>Ordering PCBs Designed With EAGLE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you've figured out EAGLE's design quirks, you've routed all your airwires and you're wondering what next.  This guide will take you from a .brd file in EAGLE to a professionally made PCB. As of now I've ordered somewhere between 15-20 boards, which seems like enough to find the common pitfalls.  I now exclusively use [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2010/ordering-pcbs-designed-with-eagle/</link>
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		<title>Moving Cross-country via UPS / Fedex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Californians say 'Bagel' incorrectly]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2010/moving-via-ups-fedex/</link>
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		<title>Zero-Op Mercenary Automated Paintball Sentry Gun</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like the best of projects, this started with a question- "I wonder if it's possible...". It turns out the answer is YES!, but not without a lot of hard work.  This project alone was my crash course in C++, Linux, Computer Vision, Servo Control, and designing circuit boards.  I can't think of a more exciting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2009/zero-op-mercenary-automated-paintball-sentry-gun/</link>
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		<title>Using the Pololu Servo Controller in .NET</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Controlling Servo Motors Using the Pololu Servo Controller in .NET Tutorial and Example Program Step 1: Buy a servo Controller. In this guide I'll be providing code for the Pololu 8 Servo Serial Controller, which I highly recommend. It has a protocol which provides around 5,000 unique positions, as compared to the 255 provided by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2008/using-the-pololu-servo-controller-in-net/</link>
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		<title>Defcon 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA["Check this out, it's some fucked up plumbing that kills people!" --Interviewer at Defcon My first take at the defconbots automated weaponry tournament. Early Development of DefconBot I used the the 8 servo serial controller, and s666n High Torque servo motor, both of which are made by Pololu Robotics. I highly recommend using their servo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2008/defcon-15/</link>
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		<title>RC Car Airsoft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fun with Christmas Presents RC toys are always fun, especially when you can add weapons... I was given this RC car for christmas, and it came with a switch on the remote for lights you could turn on. I tore off the body and clipped the wires to the lights. It turns out they put [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://colinkarpfinger.com/blog/2007/rc-car-airsoft/</link>
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