Today we are flying back to the workshop from our Singapore Global Geek Tour. Expect a full report soon. We successfully added an SPI EEPROM emulator to our Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware. We also had time to finish the SPI PWM generator, and the SPI DAC emulator. We added the 74×573 octal latch […]
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Workshop Update for August 7th, 2012
The Singapore Global Geek Tour continues with some excellent chow stops. The Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware continues today, with the PWM generator finished. We also got the chance to start work on the SPI protocol. We tweaked the ATX Breakout Board v1 a little, and added a fuse blown indicator to the board. […]
Workshop Update for August 6th, 2012
Today we continued our Global Geek Tour of Singapore with Kobe electronics shops. Check out our prize in the picture above. We modeled, and rendered the Sick of Beige v2 case for today’s 3D model post. The Bus Pirate Demo Board v5 firmware continues to move along, with PWM generator implementation now nearly completed.
Workshop Update for August 3rd, 2012
Today we took a stroll trough Singapore, and visited the local Hackerspace. We posted live pics on our twitter feed, and re-uploaded them to the blog. Tomorrow is the first day of the Singapore Maker Faire which we’ll attend, be sure to stop by if you’re in the area. We’ll be tweeting pictures live from […]
Workshop Update for August 2nd, 2012
Today we flew Air Emirates to Singapore. It was 104F in Dubai when we arrived at midnight. So hot the toilet and urinal water was steamy. Strange. We ate Indian at a Hawker stall (see picture above) in Little India, Singapore. There are more Singapore pics on twitter. Tomorrow is the Singapore Global Geek tour. We’ll […]
Workshop Update for August 1st, 2012
We finished up packing, and upgrading the firmware on the latest hardware we’ll be taking with us to Singapore Maker Faire. The picture above was taken on a brand new Emirates A380, which is taking us to Singapore, over Dubai. Bus Pirate demo board v5 firmware finally got moving again, after a I2C slave bulk-read […]
Workshop Update for July 31st, 2012
Tomorrow we’ll post a tutorial about designing your own custom laser cut acrylic case, then it’s off to Singapore for a Global Geek Tour of the electronics markets and hackerspace. Check for live tweets from the market tour on Friday, and Maker Faire coverage all weekend. Worthy tweets will be moved to the blog for […]
Workshop Update for July 30th, 2012
Today was a whole lot of preparing for the Singapore Maker Faire. We ran through the FAQ and Get your stuff made presentations. Rounded up software. Tomorrow demos need to be tested fully. Don’t forget the tablecloth. We regret not looking into audio recording options earlier. A Zoom H4n is suddenly on the wishlist. Work […]
Workshop Update for July 27th, 2012
Today much of the day was spent answering emails, and forum support. We did receive our order of Dangerous Prototypes stickers in the meantime. Bus Pirate demo board v5 firmware is being finalized. We caught a few hardware bugs on the board though, which might require another PCB revision. Ian and Sjaak are meeting this […]
Workshop Update for July 26th, 2012
Releasing the Sick of Beige standard PCB template and cases dominated the day. We made a video about it, showed off the standard PCB library, and presented the two initial SoB v1 case designs. As a demo project for the Sick of Beige cases, toady we designed 2 protoboards on DP6037 (60mmx37mm) standard PCBs. One […]
Workshop Update for July 25th, 2012
Shooting on tomorrows video started early in a sweltering workshop. The accompanying tutorials are all edited and ready to go for Thursday. Sent an order of PCBs and laser cutting to Seeed. Part Ninja documentation continues today, with further diagrams, and images created for the wiki.
Workshop Update for July 24th, 2012
We ordered a new batch of stickers for the Singapore Maker Faire. An order of Sick of Beige cases came from Seeed today, so we started preparing for the casing workshop video early. We continued the case designs for the Bus Blaster v3, and the Part Ninja. The Bus Blaster case is complete, while with […]
Workshop Update for July 23rd, 2012
Tickets are booked for the Singapore Maker Faire August 4 and 5. Ian will give a presentation at the Singapore Hackerspace on Friday around 5:30 before the regular pizza and beer night. We’ll have videos of Singapore’s electronics shops, the Hackerspace, Maker Faire, and more. Bus Blaster v3 and v4 prototype boards arrived and will […]
Workshop Update for July 20th, 2012
We’re committed to Maker Faire Singapore now, so suddenly there’s a ton of planning and connections to make. Thanks to everyone who wrote in so far to let us know you’ll be there, there could be five or more people on the electronics tour. A draft of the laser cutting guide for Sick of Beige […]
Workshop Update for July 19th, 2012
Today we mainly worked on the Workshop Video. Illustration for the Sick of Beige laser cutting tutorial is complete. As is the documentation for the recently released Bus Pirate LCD adapter v3. We updated an early prototype of the Bus Blaster v4, and put together the BOM for that project so we can get a […]
Workshop Update for July 18th, 2012
We submitted a new “emotional appeal” ad for alt.2600 magazine. This is the current ad. Thanks Machine Geek! We started Open Hardware Summit presentation, and renewed our registered agent service. Tutorial on customizing our Sick of Beige cases continues. Only proof reading, links, and pictures are left. We started a Mouser order with standoffs, and […]
Workshop Update for July 16th, 2012
Free PCBs are being mailed. We’re trying really hard to find a way to go to Singapore’s first Maker Faire at the end of the month. Our USB talk was accepted to the Open Hardware Summit so we’re working on the presentation now. In response to Dave’s suggestions we made modifications to our Bus Pirate […]
Workshop Update for July 13th, 2012
We played with the site theme a bit. There’s a temporary theme on the wiki right now. We sent a few projects out for a quote, including an acrylic case for the ATX power supply. WordPress, plugin, and server updates went smoothly today. In hardware design we fixed the little spelling mistake on the Part […]
Workshop Update for July 12th, 2012
Like every Thursday we spend a lot of time in video production. We did manage to get the latest two versions of the Part Ninja in the free PCB drawer. Beware, the version 1b doesn’t support battery power supply, while version 1c does. We continued to work on the firmware documentation for the secret project. […]
Workshop Update for July 11th, 2012
We sketched a power up test helper to protect new circuits from going poof if there is a short, or other problem. We prepared for tomorrow’s workshop video, and we are preparing a Mouser order of standoffs in various sizes. We also scanned a few new PCBs for the free PCB drawer. We checked mispelled […]