As my current favourite project is primarily a software one, I really need something on the side to keep my hands busy. So I opted to do a small, easy metal lathe project. You know how those go, right? It ended up taking over 40 hours, mostly because I am bad at this. But… Read More: A Quick Re-Intro to the Lathe »
As discussed in a previous article, WPA2 encryption is comprised of three different algorithms layered on top of each other. I went over them in a very brief overview, so here is a more in-depth discussion on how I optimised and implemented them on an FPGA. Also linked in that previous article, it’s worth going… Read More: Unpacking WPA2 »
Sometimes I get a little bit inspired by things on the internet. The internet isn’t all bad. Here are some projects, pictures, or schematics that I like: http://old.bennahill.com/tsunami/ http://www.piclist.com/techref/io/usb/pcbmaleconn.htm http://vonkonow.com/wordpress/2012/03/usbserial-pcb/ http://dlnmh9ip6v2uc.cloudfront.net/datasheets/Prototyping/PowerCell-v13.pdf (That’s mostly a reference for me, for later) Pretty regularly, I have need of a cheap microcontroller that does one thing only,… Read More: USB Side-Project »
I’m still transferring my SolidWorks knowledge into Fusion 360, and definitely getting the hang of it. Previously, I was having troubles mating parts properly, which totally makes sense. The way Fusion 360 and SolidWorks handle these concepts are the largest difference in workflow so far. Where SolidWorks requires each “part” to be one object, and all parts… Read More: Laser Cut Spice Racks »
I’ve got a big thing about building stuff in a modular way. So I installed Fusion 360 yesterday, and I’m pretty impressed. Fusion 360 is a new SolidWorks competitor by Autodesk. Basically a $6k-8k CAD package, released free for hobbyists or businesses making less than $100,000 a year. That’s quite a hook. Especially considering… Read More: Reconfigurable CNC platform »
That was a long “next month”. A recap is in order. This post chronicles the long descent into complete and utter apathy. In September 2014, I made some sketches for a lamp I wanted to build. The intent was to use the glass plate from a desktop scanner as the light diffuser, and laser… Read More: I don’t lamp well »
And now, for my next trick, I’m going to manufacture a million tiny monitor widgets to snap onto your big monitors to monitor your widgets. Still with me? This is a project with many parts, but I will only get in to one phase on this log. I’m hooking up an ESP8266… Read More: Snap-on Desktop Widgets »
After building my Piccolo and playing around, I really don’t like the software. It’s certainly simple and hackable and does a lot of what I need to do, but something about the Arduino/Processing pair don’t quite work for me. Fortunately it’s just a bunch of servo motors, and I already have the PIC code in… Read More: Hysterical »
Pickit is the officially supported programmer for Microchip’s PIC line of microcontrollers. The newest revision, Pickit 3, supports the latest and greatest micros, but does away with some fun stuff like in circuit debugging. Fortunately, when Microchip dropped support of the Pickit 2, they open sourced the schematic so there are tons of clones out… Read More: Altoids tin Pickit »
This is a pretty rare combo: using a premium PCB package with the budget board house. Kinda funny. Generally these small run PCB houses provide DRU and CAM files for EAGLE design rule checking and Gerber outputs, respectively. Because I’m using Altium, I had to make it up as I went along. It gets… Read More: Using Altium for a DirtyPCBs order »