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Workshop Preparations

A project log for Tote HaD

Special edition of Tote for the Belgrade workshop.

dehipudeʃhipu 02/29/2016 at 11:484 Comments

Since my workshop was accepted, I started preparing for it. First of all, I went and ordered all the required parts from Aliexpress, since you can never tell how long it will take them to reach here. I split the order into many small packages, so even if some of them don't arrive on time, I will be able to replace them with the parts from my personal stock.

Second, since I needed to order the printed circuit boards, I decided to redesign them a little bit, both to include the Jolly Wrencher logo, and to include some of the improvements that I came up with since the last iteration. More on that later.

Once the boards and parts are here, I will need to build and test one prototype, and then pre-assemble all the boards. I think that at the least I will have to do all the soldering -- because I really don't think I will be able to teach people to solder during the workshop, and I don't want injuries.

While building the prototype, I will make the photographs illustrating all the steps, and upload them here as the instructions. Then I will have them printed for the workshops.

Finally, there will be some changes in the software. I already did some preliminary experiments, and I think that I can make the whole thing much easier to experiment with.

Discussions

davedarko wrote 02/29/2016 at 11:58 point

is it possible to get a kit without taking part in the workshop? I really want a jolly wrenched crawler (who would have known :D) but I'd also want to just run around and talk to people and might take pictures. 

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deʃhipu wrote 02/29/2016 at 12:13 point

The workshop is for 10 participants, and that's how many kits I'm preparing. The DirtyPCBs will also send 10 boards (+-2, so I'm risking a little bit here, in the worst case, I will order another proto pack with express shipping). So I don't have any spares. Actually, I didn't even order any spares for any of the parts, so if they get broken, I will replace them with parts from my own stock.

You can order the boards from DirtyPCBs or wherever else (the designs will be published shortly). I suppose that if there are more people wanting this, we could coordinate and make an order for all of us.

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davedarko wrote 02/29/2016 at 12:21 point

kk, makes sense. I was about to throw money at my screen ;) I'm not sure if I would feel happy about 9 boards laying around and collecting dust, but maybe I could get them in time and bring them with me to Belgrade for swapping or beer money for the two of us :D

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deʃhipu wrote 02/29/2016 at 13:03 point

If I get more than 10 (either initially, or because I get 9 and have to re-order), you can have the prototype.

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