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LED Watch 1: Preliminary Overview
Overview The goal of this is to design a simple watch made from a single PCB and a watchband. In this initial version the time will be told using an RGB LED to tell an approximate minute time in color,...
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LED Watch 2: The Prototype
Overview I am currently building an LED Watch. In a previous post I specified some of my design parameters and a drawing of the design. Since then I hammered out some more details. Bill of Materials...
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DIY PCB of an E-Match Test Rig
Overview For BU Rocket Team I needed a quick way to test E-Matches and get two readings off of then, namely current draw and to monitor voltage sag from a 3.7V Lithium Ion battery which will...
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Tutorial: 3D KiCAD Parts using OpenSCAD and Wings3D
Overview KiCAD is an Open Source EDA (Electronic Design Automation) suite, which I use for schematic capture and PCB layout. Like many other EDA tools that are floating around KiCAD can make 3D...
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Firestarter Assembly and Testing: January 6, 2012
An overview of work on the BU Rocket Propulsion Group Firestarter boards. Notes Make all references larger and more readable. Particularly a problem on the 0603 and 0402 passives 0402 and 0603 pads...
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Firestarter Assembly and Testing: January 12, 2013
Another entry chronicling my adventures assembling and testing my Firestarter Boards. Part one can be found here. I was busy over the last week, so there was a larger gap between testing than I...
View ArticleSecret Santa List Generator And Mailer
The Problem This Christmas season I found myself running a secret santa, completely over the internet. I want to keep everyones secret santa information secret, without even me knowing it. I also...
View ArticleUsing CoffeeScript To Write Altium Scripts
Altium is a powerful program which can be scripted. There is a built in scripting engine and API which is mostly exposed using an Object Model. You can read more about Altium Scripting here, but it...
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More Electronics For Wall Art
I found a few more pieces of techno junk over the last few weeks. Read on to see a torn apart iPod and iPod touch, which I made into pretty nice pieces for my wall. Materials This time I used a...
View ArticleMy First Radio: Wouxun KG-UV3D 2m/440MHz Dual Band Radio
I recently acquired my Technician Class Amateur Radio License and after some help from friends, new acquaintances and the internet at large decided I wanted to target either the 2m or the 440MHz...
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