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Drawing with XP-Pen Deco 3

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The Cherry Tree In the last blog, I discussed on my selection process of drawing tablet. With so many choices available and considering the price point factor, I decided to try out XP-PEN Deco 3. I must tell you that I have never used drawing tablet before this one and I have zero experience with digital art even I don't have any advance drawing software’s. I am doing all this for only one reason, I love drawing and painting and I am novice in that also. And this is not a sponsored post (I would love to review their other products though). I have Deco3 for a week now and I bought it with zero expectation and experience. The only grudge that I had is that it is costlier in India. In United States, it is less than 100$ while in India currently it is more than 190$, which is as much as twice the price. That said, I am very satisfied with the drawing tablet itself. This drawing tablet is packed with lots of features which is still hard to find in other professional ta...

Arduino: Micro-controlling your mundane tasks for you

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Recently, I was watching DIY or Do-It-Yourself video on YouTube about controlling the lights at home.  The project involves something called microcontroller. That increased my curiosity and I searched about it. Interestingly there is a whole new field of creative projects in which microcontrollers are used, and not only professionals but individual with some knowledge of electronics, with interest in basic programming can do that. I find out that Arduino microcontrollers are the front runner in this field. The best part of Arduino is that it is open source, which means that anyone can use it. Anyone with a project in mind, which involves some control over electronics or electro-mechanical gadgets or devices, then be it designer, architect, artists or just an enthusiast, with the flexibility of Arduino, the project can be taken to next level. How it all began The story behind the naming of Arduino is also very interesting. The microcontroller is named after the bar in ...