Series Logo’s and Emblems

On this page I will give a bit of explanation about what certain ‘project or product series logo’s (or emblems)’ mean. Some projects or products “belong” to a certain series I’ve/we’ve developed. These series (or the logo’s of those series) can give you a ‘quick impression’ about what type of project or product it is. I’ve created these project series (or ‘product lines’ if you like to call it that) for several reasons like for example:

  • it’s a very quick and easy way for users to ‘identify’ a type, style or class of project or product.
  • It’s easier for users to find more projects of the same style, type or class quickly because I’m able to ‘categorize them together’ in a way that everyone whom is familiar with the series recognizes.
  • Branding and series recognition (kind of the summary of the above)
  • I just think it’s cool to have our own project series/product line 😛 😉

Extravaganza Series (Also known as E-Series)

Projects and products from The Extravaganza Series also known as E-Series with the ‘E Series Flamingo Logo’ are projects and products which are ‘a bit more luxurious’ than counterparts or ‘commonly used’ variations of such a projects and products.

An example of this would be that a ‘common USB to Serial adapter’ often only uses RX, TX, RTS and DTR, while our version would then for example include all serial pins: RX, TX, CTS, DTR, DCD, DSR and RI. But our ‘Extravaganza edition’ would then for example also include LED’s for each pin (to monitor/see traffic) and it would then also have a ‘build-in’ over-current/short-circuit protection.

So basically the Extravaganza series are ‘just normal project/products’, but they are just a bit more fancier than what you might usually expect/see in a similar project or product (from XNL Future Technologies or even others).

The Extravaganza Series / E-Series projects and products often use the XNL E-Series Flamingo logo as shown here. The cursive E of the flamingo which also doubles as her wing(s), represents the E of Extravaganza. We have chosen the Flamingo as ‘mascot’ for this project/product line because we thought it was a fancy (extravaganza) looking bird with it’s long legs and often bright fancy pink color 🙂

XNL E-Academy Series

Projects and products from the XNL E-Academy Series are projects and/or products which can (and often will) be quite educational to make or experiment with. These projects could be programmable ‘robots’, ‘simple timer circuits/boards’ or anything else. Often (not always though! since this depends on the ‘difficulty level’ of the project) these projects will also include very elaborate documentation explaining what each part does or how the circuit works.

They could however also be projects which are intended to experiment with yourself, so that you’ll ‘learn while you play’. These projects often also come with a variety of experiments or example to try.

The XNL E-Academy Series often use the XNL E-Academy logo which looks like the XNL Future Technologies logo which has been ‘transformed’ into a square academic cap, also known as a graduate cap.

In the XNL E-Academy logo the letters Ft (which usually represent Future Technologies) have been replaced with the same cursive E which is also used in the E-Series Flamingo logo, where the E would usually ‘make the wing(s)’ of the flamingo. However the E in E-Academy here mainly stands for Electronics. And thus the logo basically means: XNL Electronics Academy Project or Product Line.

Overkill Edition Series

Projects and products from the Overkill edition are projects and/or products which are ‘just cool to have’ but are in most cases ‘quite overkill’ (a term which stayed with us from our ‘gamer days’). The O.E. in the Logo stands for Overkill Edition.

A great example of one of our Overkill Edition products would be the XNL LABUNO O.E. vs the regular XNL LABUNO.

The LABUNO O.E. for example has all kinds of ‘extra stuff’ build-onto the board (which the regular LABUNO doesn’t have) like:
– 3 ready to use servo headers
– Fully configurable serial pins (All serial pins can communicate with the onboard MCU)
– Serial Monitor LED’s for each serial pin
– An I2C port ‘ready to use’ for most OLED displays
– An build-in AVR/ISP etc with header and ArduinoISP status LED’s

So as you can imagine: the LABUNO O.E. is cool, it also works as a normal LABUNO, it is cool to have all those features at hand, but in 99% of the situations it’s literally “Just Overkill”. Hence the ‘series name’: Overkill Edition.

Just like the name of this project series/product line (Overkill Edition), the logo itself is also inspired on something from our/my ‘gamer days’, and that is the mini-nuke from the game Fallout®. Some of you might have already noticed, I’m quite a big fan of the Fallout® series, and this weapon (or ammo to be precise) is also “quite overkill” in the game Fallout®. And for the mini-nuke from Fallout®, the same goes as for the Overkill Edition Project/Product Line: It’s cool to have, but most of the time you don’t really need it and it would actually be overkill to use it 😉

Trivia: The E used in the Overkill Edition logo, is the same E which is used in the E-Series and E-Academy logo’s.

Sophie’s Collection

Projects, products, tutorials and posts from the Sophie Collection are often related to (pet) pigeons and/or birds.

These are often projects or products which are/where originally designed or developed specifically for ‘Sophie The Pigeon‘, our (Office) pet pigeon.

These can be tutorials on making harnesses, toys for Sophie or other items related to her. Often these projects or products are also suitable for other pigeon (or other bird) owners.

Sophie can/will sometimes also be seen briefly in our content and/or video’s as our ‘personal mascot’. Next to this she also her her own social media channels which can be found on:
Sophie’s Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PigeonSophieXNL
Sophie’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PigeonSophieXNL
Sophie’s Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@XNLFutureTechnologies/shorts

Sophie’s 8-Bit logo is used by us either facing left or right, and sometimes even animated (as seen in the outro of her shorts)

Note: Despite that we (often) don’t use the trademark symbol (™) next to or near Sophie’s logo, it still is one of our official trademarks.

Trivia: This logo is actually in the exact colors and patterns as Sophie herself. Originally this logo was designed as a ‘8-Bit game character’ for a computer we’ve made specifically for her which can be seen in this Instagram post (tip: There are more than just one photo in this Instagram post).

But some projects or products have two series logo’s on them, why?

This is because some projects or products can actually be ‘part of both series’ due to meeting the criteria we’ve set (internally), and thus this would mean that they could indeed belong to one or more project series/product lines at the same time (you could consider these as ‘cross-over’ series).



Important Copyright and trademark note
These project series (or product line) logos are copyright protected and are (official) trademarks of XNL Future Technologies. It is not allowed to just “slap” these logo’s (or any other official XNL Future Technologies logo for that matter) onto your own projects or products, except when you are of course using a board of us which already has one or more of our logo’s (originally) on it.

Last Updated: 27-09-2022