Electronics
Using KiCad with JLCPCB Assembly Service
TLDR: Click here. A Bit of History I remember when I first started making PCBs in ~2010, our low spec (8 mil min traces / 8 mil min spacing) 2-layer boards costed $133 for 4 […]
Electronics
Designing a 13A Arduino Motor Shield
I am currently working on a tensile strength testing rig that will be detailed in a future post, but as part of that project, I need an Arduino shield that can drive a 12V/13A linear […]
Tutorial
Video Editing on Linux – Action Cam SCUBA Diving Videos
I wouldn’t call myself a photographer or videographer, but I do have an action cam (Sony FDR-X3000), and often document my adventures with it. You can see some of my videos on my YouTube channel […]
Project Log
UnnaturalLight – Part 2: Electrical Design
Blinking a few LEDs… how hard can it be? As it turned out, harder than I thought it would be! As the LEDs draw about 1W each, and I am using 48 per lamp, thermal […]
Project Log
UnnaturalLight – Part 1: Mechanical / Optical Design
Lamps come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. For this first design, I wanted something relatively simple and small, but easily scalable to larger designs later if necessary. What I settled on is a […]
Project Log
UnnaturalLight – Adjustable Colour Temperature Lighting
Welcome to the first post of the blog series on Project UnnaturalLight, an LED lamp with adjustable colour temperature. Many Shades of White The sun changes colour throughout the day, as observed from a fixed […]
Project Log
DIY Computer Case – Acrylic and LASER!!
Rumour had it that one of the big Internet companies decommissioned and sold a bunch of their dual-socket servers at the end of 2015, and sent the second hand prices of some really nice Xeons […]
Tutorial
Controlling Big Things with Small Things
Welcome to the first tutorial post! It’s a topic many people have asked me about, so I thought why not make it into a tutorial? It’s something I’ve spent a lot of time learning the […]
Project Log
Acrylic Mirror
Most modern mirrors are made out of one of two materials – silvered glass or mirror acrylic. They are constructed similarly – silver backing applied to one side of a transparent material (either glass or […]
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