Archive for April, 2008
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
There were a few snags, but no show-stoppers. Damn, those 0603 parts are tiny.
The backlight turned out better than I had ever dared to hope, and the warning light is BLINDINGLY RED. Which is good, considering the things it will be warning you about.
I have no idea if the inputs ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
My day is shot. The boards came in the mail today. I ordered two, and they sent SIX. The LCD fits, everything lines up... so far, so good. Incredible service from SparkFun/BatchPCB!
Ohhhh, so happy. :)
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Fortune smiles upon me! I got an email from SparkFun today saying my PCBs are done and in the mail. That's 9 business day turnaround from BatchPCB! I don't know what happened to the poor bastards on the forum, but it sure didn't happen to me.
Of course, now that I'm ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
I got a box in the mail from Pololu this afternoon! These laser-cut faceplates look pretty nice. They're thicker in person than they were in my head, but they fit perfectly.
All of the electronic components and screws and stuff have been here since last week, so the only things I'm ...
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Friday, April 25th, 2008
No, not that game of Life. Make's game of life kits were all over the blogs yesterday, which gave me an idea (and wasted an hour or so of my life).
Go go Nokia 3310 LCD. Framerate on this "game" is about 3fps because it is optimized for ease of coding, ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
It's been a few days since my last post because I've been elbow-deep in painting a spare bedroom and designing a top secret project for my Lambretta.
These are drawings of the faceplate and the printed circuit board for a digital speedometer for Series 3 Lambrettas. It will show speed, distance, ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Now that the weather is warming up, it's probably a good time to post this.
I hate air purifiers. They're shoddy excuses to sell you replacement filters. They die quickly and they don't move much air. I got tired of throwing them out and decided to improvise my own based on ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
How do I love thee, internet? Let me count the ways.
Posted in art, merchandise, monsters, pixelated | No Comments »
Friday, April 4th, 2008
It took most of the evening, but I dusted off my AVR development tools and claimed this Nokia 3310 LCD in the name of Pinky.
The simplicity of this LCD is incredible. Nothing weird about the interface, just simple serial commands over simple connections, and fast enough to have no visible ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
I have a store. Now you can buy t-shirts with monsters on them!
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