Today’s model is the USB POV Toy. It’s a hand-held persistence of vision toy, that is can be updated over USB. Check out our workshop video about the latest developments on this project. Want to make 3D renderings of your … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the PIC32F and PIC24F SOIC-28 breakout board . This project lets you get familiar with the PIC32 and PIC24 microcontrollers in a breadboard friendly “blade” style breakout board that leaves plenty of room for other … Read more
See the latest version of this tutorial on the wiki. Overview Kerkythea is an open source rendering application that makes life-like images. A community developed plugin can import Google SketchUp 3D models into Kerkythea, so we can use it … Read more
Google sold the popular SketchUp 3D modeling software to Trimble Navigation. Both parties assure users that the free versions will remain available. Google will maintain the 3D Warehouse for the foreseeable future. We’re cautiously optimistic that the free version will … Read more
MrLaw used our 3D modeling and rendering tutorials to render an image of his project. The image to the left was done using the Kerkythea plugin for SketchUp, and the image on the right is the real board. Kerkythea is … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the PIC18F2550 Breakout Board. This project lets you get familiar with the popular PIC18F2550 microcontroller in a breadboard friendly “blade” style breakout board. Check out our tutorial on how to build 3D models from Cadsoft … Read more
Here is a Online 3D gerber viewer. You just upload your gerber files, and the online app generates a 3D model of your PCB. This is an awesome way to check for any silk-screen, and solder mask errors, if your … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the PIC TQFP-100 Brakout Board v2. This project lets you get familiar with any PIC microcontroller or dsPIC digital signal processor that come in the TQFP100 (0.4mm) ‘PT’ package quickly and easily. Check out our … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the Part Ninja electronic component testing tool. It identifies electronic components like transistors and FETs, determines the pinout, and measures basic specifications. Several SMD footprints are included so surface mount parts can be tested too. … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the PICqueno32 v1a. This is our knock-off of the chipKIT Uno32 board. It is fully compatible with their IDE. Check out our tutorial on how to build 3D models from Cadsoft Eagle board files, as … Read more
3D models in Google SketchUp look great, but with a few extra plugins the results can look photo-realistic. In this tutorial we’ll cover our experience with the Maxwell for Google Sketchup rendering plugin. The Maxwell Fire engine is easy to … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the Bus Pirate v4.0. We used open source Kerkythea rendering system to generate this render. The models will be published in the Dangerous Prototypes 3D warehouse collection. They are also uploaded to our SVN. You … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the USB LCD Backpack v1a. We continue to play around in Kerkythea 3D rendering software. We received a nice tip from Squonk about using the soften edges tool in SketchUp for better results. He also … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the Logic Shrimp v1.0b. Recently we stumbled across Kerkythea, an open source alternative to the Maxwell for Google SketchUp software we’ve been using to render our images. It is an image and video rendering software … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the USB IR Toy v2.0. We continued to play around with Maxwell’s free rendering plugin for SketchUp. We were especially pleased by the glass rendering of the LED. Exporting the rendering with a transparent alpha … Read more
Our latest 3D model is the Bus Blaster v2.0a1. We continued to play around with Maxwell’s free rendering plugin for SketchUp. We reduced the gloss on plastic components, as per Jerome’s advice, for even more realistic rendering. Thanks Jerome. The … Read more
Bus Pirate 3.5c is the next project we converted to a 3D model. This time we upgraded the rendering with Maxwell’s render plugin for SketchUp. The plugin is free for resolutions of up to 800×600. First select the materials (plastic, … Read more
This week we converted two of our CPLD development boards to SketchUp 3D models. These boards were designed to help with CPLD development. Both XC9572XL and XC2C64A CoolRunner II CPLDs are available. The models will be published in the Dangerous … Read more
We started building 3D models of our projects. The first design to be converted into the 3D realm is the Web Platform, our tiny web server based on a 16bit PIC mircocontroller. This was made possible by using the import/export … Read more
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