{"id":2540,"date":"2020-11-30T07:44:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2020-11-30T07:44:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:44:09","slug":"don-luc-electronics-the-alpha-geek-geeking-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?p=2540","title":{"rendered":"Don Luc Electronics &#8211; The Alpha Geek &#8211; Geeking Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 720px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2540-1\" width=\"720\" height=\"406\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07M.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07M.mp4\">https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07M.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>#donluc #microcontrollers #pic #arduino #raspberrypi #espressif #robotics #fritzing #electronics #consultant #vlog<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07a.png\" alt=\"The Alpha Geek - Geeking Out\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07a.png 720w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07a-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07b.png\" alt=\"The Alpha Geek - Geeking Out\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07b.png 720w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07b-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07c.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07c.png\" alt=\"The Alpha Geek - Geeking Out\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07c.png 720w, https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DL2011Mk07c-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>With that attitude in mind since childhood it was very difficult not to grow up and become a full-fledged Geek at an early age. That was one of my many interests at the time and I cannot even remember how many different &#8220;Geeky&#8221; things I have done over the years. In my early teens I was into photography and processing and printing my own B&#038;W photos in a darkroom I had built with the help of my Mom in our basement in Canada. I got into electronics when I could not afford to buy a proper darkroom timer and I saw some article, probably in some electronics magazine, that explained how to build a simple timer that blinks a LED at one second intervals. After a trip, probably to Radio Shack, to buy a 555 timer IC, a LED, resistors, wires, battery, switch and a small perforated circuit board. After that I was hooked on electronics projects from that day.<\/p>\n<p>Don Luc Electronics Websites that were thought to be useful to electronics engineers professionals, geek, hobbyists, hackers and makers. We are experts in designing and programming embedded systems using a wide variety of platforms and microcontrollers. <\/p>\n<p>Whether your needs are a simple design using an off-the-shelf prototyping platform like the PIC microcontrollers, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Espressif, or you need to integrate a microcontroller into a complex product we are here to help you. Robotics, basic circuit design, programming, the software and gaming. Hopefully it will provide you with a foundation of what you need to know to begin your hobby or career in electronics. We post tutorials regularly in a format that is easy to understand and includes all the information you need to complete a project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Programming Microcontrollers<\/li>\n<li>Photography<\/li>\n<li>Tripod (Photography, Wireless, Motors and Drivers, Camera Receiver, Display)<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<li>Unmanned Vehicles<\/li>\n<li>Underwater Vehicle<\/li>\n<li>Lasers<\/li>\n<li>Sound<\/li>\n<li>Musical Instruments<\/li>\n<li>Synthesizer<\/li>\n<li>Servo<\/li>\n<li>Stepper<\/li>\n<li>Gearmotor<\/li>\n<li>Motor<\/li>\n<li>Environment<\/li>\n<li>Mind Doorway (Deep Meditation Eye Glasses)<\/li>\n<li>GPS<\/li>\n<li>Display<\/li>\n<li>Flex \/ Force<\/li>\n<li>Battery<\/li>\n<li>Lamps<\/li>\n<li>Dream<\/li>\n<li>Etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This project is for everybody. We could sell kits with the parts of the project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>People can contact us:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/?page_id=1927 <\/p>\n<p><strong>Don Luc Electronics &#8211; The Alpha Geek &#8211; Geeking Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>WordPress:<\/strong> Writing, microcontrollers, programmers, pictures, video, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/DLE\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>ZIP:<\/strong> Writing, microcontrollers, programmers, pictures, video, etc&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Technology Experience<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Single-Board Microcontrollers (PIC, Arduino, Raspberry Pi,Espressif, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<li>Research &#038; Development (R &#038; D)<\/li>\n<li>Desktop Applications (Windows, OSX, Linux, Multi-OS, Multi-Tier, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Mobile Applications (Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Windows CE, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Web Applications (LAMP, Scripting, Java, ASP, ASP.NET, RoR, Wakanda, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Social Media Programming &#038; Integration (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Content Management Systems (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Moodle, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Bulletin Boards (phpBB, SMF, Vanilla, jobberBase, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>eCommerce (WooCommerce, OSCommerce, ZenCart, PayPal Shopping Cart, etc&#8230;)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Instructor<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PIC Microcontrollers<\/li>\n<li>Arduino<\/li>\n<li>Raspberry Pi<\/li>\n<li>Espressif<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<li>DOS, Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS, Android, Multi-OS<\/li>\n<li>Linux-Apache-PHP-MySQL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow Us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>J. Luc Paquin \u2013 Curriculum Vitae<\/strong><br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.donluc.com\/DLE\/LucPaquinCVEngMk2020a.pdf<\/p>\n<p><strong>Web:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/<br \/>\n<strong>Web:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/DLE\/<br \/>\n<strong>Web:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.donluc.com\/DLHackster\/<br \/>\n<strong>Web:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.hackster.io\/neosteam-labs<br \/>\n<strong>Web:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.jlpconsultants.com\/<br \/>\n<strong>Facebook:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/neosteam.labs.9\/<br \/>\n<strong>YouTube:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5eRjrGn1CqkkGfZy0jxEdA<br \/>\n<strong>Twitter:<\/strong> https:\/\/twitter.com\/labs_steam<br \/>\n<strong>Pinterest:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/NeoSteamLabs\/<br \/>\n<strong>Instagram:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/neosteamlabs\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don Luc<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212;&#8212; #donluc #microcontrollers #pic #arduino #raspberrypi #espressif #robotics #fritzing #electronics #consultant #vlog &#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212; &#8212;&#8212; With that attitude in mind since childhood it was very difficult not to grow up and become a full-fledged Geek at an early age. 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