Latest board all seems to work :-)The only bad news for me is that using a single 14500 3.7V 1200mAH AA battery instead of 2xHiMH batteries will effectively half the battery life (probably less as popular opinion seems to say these type of batteries...
By having the system permanently embedded in your body, you have a different type of controlled environment which cannot be interfered with by the various day to day lives of people.The electronic components within the system are small but require a...
Forgive the stream of consciousness; I am not even close to what one would consider a thorough writer or really used to writing blogs in general, so this is mostly just a brain dump. So this is quite a large learning project that will take some time...
As I complete each module of the computer, I like to revisit Ben's videos both to make sure I haven't missed anything and also to see what I can learn from the design choices made. Now that I am starting to design PCBs for each module, I am also finding...
It's been a few weeks, but fear not, I'm continuing to work on it! I've just been a little lax with the project logs. As promised, the sockets and new flash chips arrived from Digikey!In hindsight, I probably should have purchased...
Five years ago, I modified a 1998 Furby into a Jorge Luis Borges animatronic. At that time all Furby hacks butchered the original toy, so my approach was to leave intact all the parts and electronics hijacking the audio. That “zen” hack...
After the first Kickstarter failed to meet the funding goal, I decided to try again. Like the first Kickstarter, I wanted to time my launch with an event to get the word out, and it just so happened that the Bay Area Maker Faire was just around the corner!The...
Introduction In a world dominated by digital technology, there exists a subculture of keyboard enthusiasts who revel in the charm of analog keyboards. These mechanical wonders, characterized by their distinct sound and tactile feedback, evoke nostalgia...
INTERESTED IN JOINING this project? Do feel free to click that "Request To Join" button! But no requests will be granted without either A) at least 3 (three) paragraph*-long reasons regarding "Why I [you, not me=the writer of this project description]...
A Weller WD1 soldering station controller was found in a refuse pile, abandoned apparently because some of the LCD segments had failed. Googling for a fix or spare parts revealed the LCD display isn't anymore available and there were no repair case reports...
UPDATE 10-9-16: OMG There's a composite output! Whew, none of that ridonculous HDMI hacking necessary in the near future. And where the heck did my SD-card reader/writer go...?------------------Alright! I've placed an order for My Very First Single-Board-Computer,...
This Project log shall bring you towards my personal reasoning behind why I pick this part and not that. Even before starting this project I already knew that this gonna cost me quite some bucks, where technically I can just spend it on high-end mechanical...
So my cyber deck can or will take the form of three different sizes it depends on how I end up actually choosing to make it more or less portable if I make it in the larger one it would have potentially room to carry all the antennas and stuff but that...
OK, let's get started. I'm really excited to have Sam Zeloof here with us today. We've been covering Sam's homebrew ICs for a while now, and it's great to have him for a realtime chat. Welcome, Sam! Can you maybe kick things off with a little about yourself?...
Welcome @Mathieu Stephan ! Let's start with an introMathieu Stephan: hey everyone! so as you may have seen i'm an open source enthusiast who specializes in designing devices from the ground up. i've worked in many many different sectors, alternated between...