Miscellaneous distractions and diversions.
I don’t like to solder. Nor am I very good at it, despite having soldered loads of boards. The temperamental solder never seems to flow where I want it. Surface-mount soldering in particular used to scare me enough that I didn’t even…
What do small scale open hardware projects do about RF interference compliance testing? I’ve been looking into selling assembled versions of a few of my projects like the Backwoods Logger, to people without the time or skill to build their…
Sometimes the simplest things give me the most trouble. I’ve been working on a downloader cable adapter for the Backwoods Logger, with the goal of supporting both 5V and 3.3V FTDI cables. Because the Backwoods Logger is a 3.3V design,…
I’ve been working with my daughter Alice on an LED lightboard project for Halloween, and today we finished the construction. Whew! We started out two weeks ago with a giant 4 foot x 2 foot pegboard from Home Depot, and…
It seems the Big Mess o’ Wires blog has reached the threshold where companies will send their products to be reviewed. I’m flattered. Newark (or Farnell for those of you in Europe, Element 14 in Asia) has kindly offered to…
This Halloween, my daughter and I are working on a large LED display board for the yard. We started with a 3 x 6 foot pegboard with a grid of 24 x 48 holes pre-drilled, and 100 each red, orange,…
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