After creating a preliminary 3D CAD sketch, I measured the precise dimensions of the cabinet by positioning the keybed and mini-ITX on the bottom plate. The cabinet is constructed from plywood, coated with two layers of Warnex, a material commonly used...
Not a lot to report. I finally got all the chips and parts. I was worried about having to put away things when I wasn't working on them (my desk only has so much space for my projects), so I put together a working arduino trainer for building the controller....
The look of these vintage displays are what drew me to them, and the gold pins are an important part of that visual appeal. I'd like to be able to keep the pins straight and visible, and preferable gold. Unfortunately, solder will cover some of the gold...
Since I've been pulling a bunch of lithium ion drill batteries out of the trash (they will be for a Hackaday article at some point...probably), I decided to use a pair of 18650 cells in an off-the-shelf battery box. This gave me 7.4 volts (and even higher...
Difficulties encountered: loss of time due to the difficulty of getting the crankset to work, as well as the deterioration of the component if we had succeeded.The handlebar base, which was originally to have been printed using a 3D printer, took us...
I printed a small case for the protoboard, but need to design something that will also hold the motor drivers, currently attached via tape...While looking for more GCode sender alternatives to UGS, I also stumbled across Inkcut. I had an installation...
The hull has now had a few laps of primer, filling, sanding, primer, etc. and the colour coat can go on. Nice. I've chosen to try and replicate the real-life ST 1502 which, rather helpfully, is quite local to me in Portsmouth - I might have...
Then it was time to add thermal past again, and mount the copper block by pressing it with the alluminium bars to the CPU. I re-used the springs of teh original cooler block. I am quite happy with this design, since I could mount the CPU cooler and then...
Since my overall plan was to create a multi-site private cloud and backup system, I needed a second option for the other side. Also here zero noise was mandatory so I decided to go with a passive ZimbaBoard setup Here the components and th e full assembly...
This thing hit the wall when the NY half marathon hit & the Hunter continued to squeek ever more. Eventually it squeeked full time at minimum power, more or less depending on how the nozzle was angled. Nozzle angle affects the resonant frequency....
The new and improved backpack PCB arrived. Better late than never I guess. I started by soldering on some headers.I soldered a couple of female straight headers to hold the ESP-32, a couple of male pins to connect to the +5V and GND on the ESP, and a...
The enclosure for the Photo booth consists of 4 sides made of acrylic and top and bottom caps 3D printed in ABS that hold the whole thing together. It’s not glued or screwed together, just held together by firmly pressing the sides into slots into the...
20240109: Most connectors are in, and they seem to fit the footprints. The routing in KiCAD is also done and the files are sent for board manufacturing. It didn't seem easy to cram all components into 10x10cm, for the extra cheap production costs. So...
To conclude, our project was long and challenging. It's important to note that the four of us had almost no prior experience with Arduino and were not familiar with this type of project. Despite this, we are still satisfied with our result, although...
I didn't make pictures while assembling the battery pack holders, but it didn't take more than clamping the Makita 644808-8 terminal between the two parts of the 3D printed parts, then screwing it tight with the DIN912 M4x40mm screws and DIN985...