Electronics
Spot face cutter
I needed a tool for creating the breaks in stripboard, so I created my own from a broken drill and a branch from the garden
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Tags: pcb, Stripboard, Tools
Stripboard
For an upcoming project, I wanted to create the design on stripboard so that others could easily reproduce it. But I needed a design tool…
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Tags: pcb, Stripboard
Motor Controls and Magazines
This week I have been looking at a stepper motor driver from Trinamic and revisited some magazines from my youth.
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Tags: magazine, stepper motor
Connectors – Quick Tip
One issue I constantly hit with my projects is connectors. Specifically not having enough space for them. They always turn out larger than I expect. So my quick tip of the day is to put all of the connectors in
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Xmas revisited
2 years back I was approached to write a simple tutorial for a magazine that was due to be launched. That Magazine turned out to be HackSpace. Due to the timing, I decided to do a simple Christmas lighting project.
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Circuit Playground Classic
For an upcoming project, I’ve been having a play with the Circuit Playground board. This circular board has a selection of sensors, lights and touch capability. There’s a great demo for the board when you turn it on with a
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Tags: Arduino
Pi4 Gotchas
I’ve started a project based around a Raspberry Pi4 and thought I’d share some of the “gotchas” that I spotted and in some cases didn’t spot. Power The Pi4 is faster and more powerful than previous models. This means that
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Tags: Raspberry Pi
Testing LEDs with the Boldport Ligemdio
Saar Drimer is a man with an eye for style. He invented the Boldport club as a subscription club to provide a “unique and exciting project sent each month at fixed monthly cost”. The Boldport club shipped 32 creative projects
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Tags: boldport, pimoroni
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
