Gadget Makers' Blog

Setup Cron Job for osTicket in Bluehost cPanel

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Igor Leave a comment

An important aspect of selling gadgets is what comes next: customer support.

As I’m shipping out RECAP to my Kickstarter supporters, and am launching the RECAP store where anyone can buy this device that let you record cell phone calls into a Computer, it’s now time to give my customers (and me) a convenient way to handle technical issues.

A way to enter and track issues. osTicket is a great platform to provide that customer support. Especially because it comes free with Bluehost, which is the webhost I use.

How to play Audio in Arduino

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Igor Leave a comment

So you want to go beyond the simple beeper sound in your Arduino and want play audio, either music, voice or any other audio.

You have a few options to do so. Here’s a few:

PCB Design Mistake to Avoid: Via too close to Pad

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Igor 2 Comments

I want to share one of the most common and possibly worst PCB design mistakes you can make. That is: Vias too close to Pads. After you spend hours designing your PCB and is ready to order your boards to the fab house, you want to all to go perfect. Bad boards will ruin your day, cost you time and money, so make sure you read this post to know what/why to avoid this: