While saving a lot of details for DefCon, wanted to document a few of the issue we've had in the prototyping stage (still waiting on the final batch of PCBs which we're reflowing/assembling ourselves... we still have like 4 weeks until heading to Vegas...
You want to assemble a prototype. Maybe even 3 or 5. But you're not a PCB assembly line. That's a simple but important fact to keep in mind. You may do things that an assembly line may not do, and some things that can be taken for granted in an industrial...
So.. There’s no fun like hand-solder those cute little SMD packages with tiny pads that remain completely hidden, isn’t it? LGA, BGA, QFN, BFN, music to the ears of those who have the strange fetish of actually trying to solder by hand packages...
A bunch of the sensor boards arrived this week! I confess that holding them in your hand is a lot different than seeing them in Eagle CAD -- these new sensor boards are tiny. Modular Sensor BoardsThe first three (of five) sensor boards arrived,...
We have had one robot working for a little while now, responding to manual remote control commands, the next step is to have something a little more 'swarm like''. 6 more robots is our target, and this log will show and describe the process of assembling...
Overview:A modern oven with all parts integrated within the oven body.Features: User interface (LVGL) Rotary encoder input Round IPS LCD (GC9A01 Controller) PT100 Temperature Sensor connected to MAX31865 PID Temperature Control Automatic door control...
All components for the Prouino have arrived. Today we test out our Soldering Oven (http://hackaday.io/project/5044-100-toaster-hack), and hopefully get the Arduino bootloader flashed into the first chip...stay tuned.
This project has actually been quietly sitting on the back burner for quite a while - the majority of work was done in 2013 as part of my undergrad EE final year project. It began even before that though, in early January that year.The idea itself was...
First thing one needs to do when making a nintoaster is find a appropriate toaster. New toasters that are not plastic crap cost a fair bit of money for a goof project, I hit the all the thrift stores around my parents house, work and my house and never...
The original project was to cure powder coating for motor cores and stators, but the heater setup is the same as what is used for the filament extruder. This project has evolved from many others. Project logs may not make sense, and the links to the...
My idea is to print a small box containing the electronics that can sit next to the oven, just like a 3D Printer setup. When not in use, the wires between the control box and the oven get disconnected and the box can be hopefully stored INSIDE the oven.In...
The supplies you need are pretty simple, and my hope is anyone can do this at home! Materials Old, discarded masksLet sit for 2 weeks, or dunk in alcohol because they might be grossLaser Cutting Files (Samples attached) Tools Heat SourceI used an electric...
A very exciting post after a weekend of beginning assembly!Motherboard AssemblyThe bare motherboard PCBs and the rest of the components arrived this weekend, and I'm very happy to say that there's now a partially assembled prototype. There's of...