[UPDATE] print is done :) Check the bottom of this page.Still recovering from that weekend. My first maker faire, a "have to", because it was in Berlin, my hometown. Friday night I was meeting with @WooDWorkeR, @Sophi Kravitz, @Elliot Williams and @al1...
So today the boards arrived from OSHPark and I will put all the stuff together on sunday and throw it into my toaster oven, hoping for the best! As seen before those boards have quite obvious markings, since the LEDs do lack that - I hope for the best...
The annual Open Hardware Summit took place on September 27th at MIT, and all the exciting and insightful presentation were live streamed to YouTube! The live stream is broken into morning session and afternoon session. Morning...
One day I was browsing a website with models for 3D printing and saw a picture of an AtomPunk-style rocket there. At that moment, an image of a rocket lamp made of bare PCBs and LED-lit acrylic instantly popped into my head. The first design was ready...
I was using Fusion360 to create a spatial structure with generative design to support internal parts of the device.The idea was to pack everything as neat as possible and looked like this: All the parts (but casing) were supposed to be 3d printed, in...
The recent increase in availability of creator tools and services over the past few years has allowed many low-risk entry points for hobbyists, amateur product developers, and DIYers of all backgrounds to crack the often-mysterious seal surrounding hardware...
Note: Not all of these ideas are original, they are just things I'm interested in building. Areas of Interest: -Free Open-Source Software and Hardware -Low Cost -Low Power -Solar and Wind Power -Microcontrollers - ESP32, Arduino, Very...
Due to their numerous benefits over conventional rigid PCBs, flexible printed circuit boards (PCBs) have experienced a substantial shift in the electronics industry in recent years. The increasing use of these PCBs in different types of industries, like...
For the last 4 years I have created a Christmas Ornament to help raise money for Charity. The first ornament was created for a Secret Santa event for a Computer Hardware forum called "[H]ardForum". It is the forum attached to the now defunct...
Over the past 8 months I've been making prototypes of many different VR locomotion devices. I've been trying out many different concepts, but now I'm starting to focus on one setup again. Tldr I'll be expanding upon the leg exoskeleton concept...
---------- more ----------Introduction: When we think of electronic devices, aesthetics may not be the first thing that comes to mind. However, the visual appeal of a product plays a significant role in user experience and brand perception. In the...
In this article I'm going to go over a 2in diameter omnidirectional sphere I designed. Prior Designs and Builds The design is based of what is shown in this video. This video shows the same design, but scaled up and 3D printed. Requirements...
Part Two > Something I've been meaning to do for a while, creating a new version of my lighting controller to work with my home server and cut out external dependencies. v1 - ATMEGA328P (Uno) + Ethernet + Android/TaskerWorks, but fairly unreliable...
Today I was talking with a friend about some difficulties we had with assembly with a particular part and I shared with him the tool I purchased to deal with the problem. While going down my purchase history looking for the tool to share with my...
[Hello future reader. This article refers to OpenSCAD 2018.05.05, please check if it still applies later on] 3D printing internal and external threads is interesting for many reasons. Unlike gears that invariably wear rapidly and cannot measure up compared...