Today we built up some prototypes to go to Seeed later this week. We did new PCB intake and scanning (look for them in the free PCB store soon). Added some more warnings and clarifications to the free PCB store to hopefully avoid some confusion about the whole system. Picked up one India visa, dropped […]
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Workshop Update for September 4th, 2012
We received a box of PCBs and laser cut acrylic case parts for the ATX breakout board from Seeed Studio. We also received Ihsan’s Little Wire freebie – thanks Ihsan! Made a big Mouser order to push out a bunch of new stuff by the end of the week. We started work on some electronics […]
Workshop Update for September 3rd, 2012
We edited the video we shot in Sjaak’s workshop this week. Mouse died. Bought a new mouse that is truly awful – no feed back clicks on the scroll wheel, and it takes a ton of force to press the middle wheel button. We modeled and rendered the TFT Backpack board for today’s post. We […]
Workshop Update for August 31st, 2012
Made changes to Open Hardware Summit presentation based on comments, thanks everyone! Received second H1N recording device for our workshop video at Sjaak’s place this weekend. Making contact with New York City hackerspaces for our upcoming visit. If you’re planning to go to Maker Faire or Open Hardware Summit in NYC you are welcome to […]
Workshop Update for August 30th, 2012
Finished Open Hardware Summit presentation draft and did a first run through for today’s workshop video. Ordered another H1N recorder for a workshop video with Sjaak this weekend. Talked to a casting director about DP being on a TV show. That’s not happening, this time. Mailed out a ton of stuff. If you’re still waiting, […]
Workshop Update for August 29th, 2012
Received parts for giant nix I blob power supplies. Started building 4 so there’s enough current for a bunch of different tubes. Working on ATX PSU v1.3 board update, placing bottom lables, LEDs.
Workshop Update for August 28th, 2012
Believe it or not looks like Radio Shack may let us film a geek tour stop in their new york store. Still working on the smaller locations. Finished up a draft of the open hardware summit presentation. It will probably be this weeks workshop video.
Workshop Update for August 27th, 2012
Last year’s sponsors were invited back for the 2012 Open 7400 Logic Competition. The competition goes “public” September 3rd. Ordered parts for giant nixie thing we hope to take to Maker Faire New York. We were accepted to the faire and are good to go next month. Reached out to Radio Shack to see if […]
Workshop Update for August 24th, 2012
Setup the alternate look for the Open 7400 Competition mini site. Still a bit to do. Also fixed a problem with the social media icons under Firefox latest versions as long as we were in there. Next week we have a bunch of scratch and dent projects to give away. These are working projects, but […]
Workshop Update for August 23rd, 2012
Edited Beers in Bunnie’s Workshop video. Please check it out. Finished the “nixie pile” driver and holder boards, and sent them to Seeed Studio’s PCB service. They’ll be black. It seems Maker Faire New York acceptance letters went out today, we will be there with Louis from the San Francisco taco crawl and videos, and […]
Workshop Update for August 22nd, 2012
Began plotting the Box of Nixies project. This is the nixie socket holder board for IN12s and IV22s (yes, VFDs actually). A universal driver board will sit behind it and all the other various nixie holders. Boards will probably go out today or tomorrow. Started cataloging workshop videos on a new wiki page. Episodes now […]
Workshop Update for August 21st, 2012
With about a month until Maker Faire New York we’re scrambling to get things together. We’ve contacted some shops about showing up for a tour today. A few bugs in the IR Toy code were isolated. Squashing will continue on Friday. We’re also considering building a huge nixie thing with all the tubes sitting around. […]
Workshop Update for August 20th, 2012
Today we evaluated a bunch of new project designs, and started on the 7400 Contest mini site. There will be an official announcement soon, but we can reveal there is already one really exciting sponsor on board. Time to book hotels and plan any eating challenges for the Open Hardware Summit and Maker Faire in […]
Workshop Update for August 17th, 2012
Today we worked on Bus pirate v4 firmware, cut some video for next week, and started cleaning the workshop. Sjaak’s gift from our recent food crawl disappeared into the morass. Update: found it! Also – hating on the Facebook push plugin. It’s our fault for misconfiguring it. There’s a ton of options across all our user […]
Workshop Update for August 16th, 2012
Today we finished the Singapore Maker Faire video. Sent out thank yous. Refreshed the Logic Sniffer wiki a bit and moved older stuff to a new page. Maker Faire New York applications are due tomorrow (August 17th). We submitted a request for a table and a presentation proposal. We’ll also be giving a 10 minute […]
Workshop Update for August 15th, 2012
Today we’re editing the Singapore Maker Faire video, hoping to have it roughly done by tonight. The Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware is finalized, only cleanup and documentation is left. Today we added device specific functions to the UART controlled menu, and with it finished the support for all emulated devices, on all three […]
Workshop Update for August 14th, 2012
Today we continued verifying updates to the Bus Pirate firmware and prepared a beta test release. We also tested fitted some Scheme G Sick of Beige magnet holders in different hole diameters. Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware development continues with the UART menu system now implemented and tested. We continued developing the next version […]
Workshop Update for August 13th, 2012
Today and tomorrow are Bus Pirate days, so we’re reviewing all the latest patches in preparation for a release at the end of the week. We test fitted the SoB case for ATX, and fitted the Scheme G standoffs in a sheet with different sizes of test holes. We worked on initializing the ATX BB […]
Workshop Update for August 10th, 2012
Most of today was spent editing and writing today’s Singapore Global Geek Tour video post. We caught up with our forum support and the back log of emails. We sent out thank yous to the people who met us in Singapore and appeared in the video. We got a chance to search and find around […]
Workshop Update for August 9th, 2012
Today we spent a lot of our time editing the video we filmed on our Singapore Global Geek Tour. Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 SPI and I2C protocols are complete. All 4 devices (EEPROM, ADC, DAC, and PWM generator) are functional on both protocols. Today we started work on the UART interface, which will feature […]