The workshop video always sucks up a whole day, this one way longer than normal to edit though. Learn about the parts we stock and why. Routing of the soldering practice badge continues today. We set the design using 3 ‘595 shift registers, and one ULN2003 Darlington array. Two ‘595s control power to 15 columns […]
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Workshop Update for June 6th, 2012
We worked on the updated sales page for the Bus Pirate. You can preview our “work in progress” in the pic above, and notice a slight update to the site-wide banner. The final render of the 3D model for the sales page is currently in progress. We decided make two versions of the LED Dangerous […]
Workshop Update for 5th of June, 2012
Desktop cleanup yielded a few random project files that we added to the SVN. We’re preparing 2 different sales pages for the Bus Pirate. We’ll post both for feedback, and then randomly display them to determine if one is more effective. Any statistics will be posted on the blog. The DIY DP Badge is nearing […]
Workshop Update for June 4th, 2012
We commited a patch to the SPIsniffer utility for the Bus Pirate that fixes an error with correct port speed settings on some systems. We also started work on some landing, and sales pages for the Bus Pirate. A bunch of LEDs were added to the Dangerous Prototypes solder practice badge. Part Ninja Processing app […]
Workshop Update for June 1st, 2012
Bay Area Maker Faire 2012 is over, but we still have pictures from last year (and every other Global Geek event) sitting on desktops around the workshop. We cleared 4 computer desktops that became totally packed with crap over the last year. We also finished internal and off-site backups of all systems in the workshop. […]
Workshop Update for May 31st, 2012
Today we made a video of the Get your Stuff Made presentation. We also worked on cleaning up the Bus Blaster v2/3/4 buffer logic. Design of the badge for New York Maker Faire started in full. It has options for through-hole or various surface mount part sizes. The picture above is of the latest design. […]
Workshop Update for May 30th, 2012
Today we submitted one talk and two poster proposals to the Open Hardware Summit. We’ll post those, including an idea we didn’t submit, tomorrow. A big box of PCBs from Seeed Studio’s Fusion PCB service came while we were away, today we grabbed them at the post office. We continue to develop the Part Ninja […]
Workshop Update for May 29th, 2012
Proposals for the Open Hardware Summit will be submitted tomorrow. We’re proposing a talk on USB IDs again, updated with a nod to OpenMoko’s USB VID and ethernet MAC giveaway. Based on last year’s summit line-up we think the USB talk probably won’t be accepted (again), so we’re also submitting it as a poster so […]
Workshop Update for May 28th, 2012
Today we had meetings, cleaned up the workshop, and worked on our application to the Open Hardware Summit. OHS applications are due the 31st (Thursday), we’ll post ours as soon as it’s done. We continued updating and cleaning up our Eagle part library, and made some adjustments to a soon-to-be-released PCB. Capacitor measurement in now […]
Workshop Update for May 25th, 2012
We finished responding to every email received during the Maker Faire, and wrote everyone who gave us a business card. If you were expecting a mail and didn’t get one, please followup again, it may have been lost in the shuffle. We also debugged the RSS feed issue. FireFox uses the description field of the […]
Workshop Update for May 23rd, 2012
We unpacked our Maker Faire kit, scanned in business cards, and started editing the video. There will probably be one epic “how-to participate in a Maker Faire” video with tips, project interviews, and a behind the scenes look at the pre- and post- parties. A tutorial on how to create parts with same pin names […]
Workshop Update for May 22, 2012
We are back in the workshop from the Bay Area Maker Faire, expect our full report to start tomorrow. We continue the work on the Part Ninja firmware. We implemented part specific functions for many parts. These functions figure out the pinout, and calculate part specific values, like the forward voltage for Diodes, hFE for […]
Workshop update for May 21st, 2012
Today we’re getting back to the workshop from our Bay Area Maker Faire visit. Over the next few days you can expect the full coverage, and a few videos. Be sure to check out our Twitter feed for lots of pictures from the Maker Faire and the after party. In the workshop we are figuring […]
Workshop Update for May 18th, 2012
Today we’re is setting up our booth at the Bay Area Maker Faire, and digesting all the tacos from yesterday’s Dangerous Taco Crawl 2012. Firmware for the Part Ninja is making progress. It is now capable of figuring out the part, and its pinout, with consistency. There’s still some calibration to be done, but all […]
Workshop Update for May 17th, 2012
Today Ian is in San Francisco for the Bay Area Maker Faire enjoying the Mission Street Taco crawl. Part Ninja firmware is moving along. Today we fixed some bugs, cleaned up some earlier functions. We also added a special ADC function that has low acquisition time for MOSFET readings. We made a tutorial on how […]
Workshop Update for May 16th, 2012
Ian is on his way to the Bay Area Maker Faire, and is having a hard time with Air France. We continue our redesign of the secret board, we are also working on a tutorial explaining how to make separate power planes with Cadsoft Eagle. Firmware for the Part Ninja is progressing along. We trashed […]
Workshop update for May 15th, 2012
Today we continue to prepare for the Bay area Maker Faire. We also made the workshop video today instead of Thursday, it’ll be about Maker Faire of course. If you subscribe to our YouTube channel you might even be able to preview the video early. On the design side we continue to adjustment an unnamed […]
Workshop Update May 14th, 2012
Today and tomorrow we’re preparing for the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend. Skot is going to display the DigitGrid project (show above) with us at Maker Faire. Stop by and check it out. The taco crawl is booming this year. Jeff from MighyOhm is coming. Will you be there? We’re packing all the cool […]
Workshop Update May 11, 2012
Work on the POV Toy continues, further calibration and tweaking. We’re getting really close to the end result we want. Documentation on the open source USB stack is very close to completion, look for a full announcement next week. The John Doe board from the flux off needs a second revision with more room around […]
Workshop update May 10th, 2012
Work on the POV Toy continues, and it’s the subject of the workshop video this week. We might as well give up guessing the subject of the next video, it’s whatever is on the bench Thursdays. The firmware is being tweaked and calibrated, and finalized for production. We’re thinking about adding mounting holes to the […]