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Soon...
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Videos!
10/14/2018 at 21:01 • 0 commentsI didn't write about it, but a while ago @davedarko agreed to make a video about soldering this project, and you can watch it on YouTube here:
There is now a second video, made by @blitzcitydiy, and you can watch it here:
It really makes me happy to see that people care about something I made to make a video about it unprompted. I also love the professional quality and clarity of both of those videos! They are really well done.
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In Stock!
08/04/2018 at 11:33 • 0 commentsIt took me longer than anticipated — a couple of events in the middle of it got in the way — but the Rainbow Jellyfish kits are now in stock on Tindie. You can get them here: https://www.tindie.com/products/13347/
Here's a shot of completing the first ten kits:
The LEDs are dabbed in paint to show what color they are. I used SD card boxes for the kits — was considering paper bags with printed instructions instead, but this turned out to be easier and required less work. Also looks better.
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Soon...
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Production PCBs
07/01/2018 at 16:48 • 0 commentsThe initial prototype PCB worked great for singles, but now I want to start selling kits, so I need to panelize them. Initially I just slapped a few of the boarrds together and added a few tabs to connect them, but when I submitted that to be fabricated, it got rejected. So today I sat down and panelized them properly:
I could probably pack them denser, and get less problems with the "mouse bites" somehow, but I think this is good enough for now. This will give me 160 PCBs in total. I varied the silkscreen on them slightly, to give them different facial expressions. Ordered them on white PCB with black silkscreen. Should arrive in a few weeks — in the mean time I need to figure out how to package the components, in particular, how to mark the colors of the LEDs.
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Prototypes on Sale
06/26/2018 at 22:01 • 3 commentsThis was a pretty quick project, but it's also really simple. I have the three PCBs I got from OSHPark assembled and on sale at Tindie. I also ordered proper PCBs now (white), and I will sell them on Tindie as kits when they arrive.
The PCB design is now published at OSHPark, so you can also make your own.