Author Archives: e8johan

SMD Soldering

Posted on October 17, 2011 by e8johan

In this video, David Pello takes us through the process of soldering SMDs using a soldering iron.

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Breaking PIC’s Firmware Encryption

Posted on October 14, 2011 by e8johan

The PIC18F1320 has a built in protection of the configuration, e.g. the firmware. Over att Bunnie’s blog, there is an article on breaking this. Apparently, it takes a UV light source, some tape and mild violence. Stir these components together … Continue reading →

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Materialize Your Models

Posted on October 12, 2011 by e8johan

When working with hobbyist 3D printers, you will sometimes suffer from the printer resolution. Then, it is good to know that there are professional printers out there as well. We have already looked at shapeways, and now it is time … Continue reading →

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eMaker Huxley Build – part 2

Posted on October 10, 2011 by e8johan

Second night of building. X and Y axes are almost done. A minor hickup with the X-axis ends. The clips for holding the Igus bushings should really not be printed to look clips, please update to full circles. Still, nothing … Continue reading →

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Shaping Prototypes

Posted on October 10, 2011 by e8johan

Shapeways is a 3D printing webshop. They offer prints in non-plastic materials such as metals, ceramics, glass, coloured sandstone – but also plastic, of course. The shop is run using professional grade 3D printers, so the results can be expected … Continue reading →

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eMaker Huxley Build – part 1

Posted on October 9, 2011 by e8johan

So, the EMaker Huxley arrived the other day. This Sunday, my brother and I started putting it together. Building the frame, we encountered some minor issues with the instructions (pieces not listed in the parts list of a step) but … Continue reading →

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Solar Panels Tutorial

Posted on October 7, 2011 by e8johan

The nice people over at voltaicsystems has published a three part tutorial on solar cells and charging the power (1, 2, 3). Solar powered, wireless systems can really be the future in monitoring and automation systems. Via make.

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eMAKER Huxley

Posted on October 5, 2011 by e8johan

The Huxley from eMAKER is an improved RepRap design sold as a kit. The company behind the kit, eMAKER, are based in the United Kingdom, and have already got orders for 300 machines after a spectacular launch on the indiegogo … Continue reading →

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Dishwasher Monitoring Magic

Posted on October 3, 2011 by e8johan

The dish-o-tron 6000 is a thing of beauty by the hacker Blondihacks. It is an automatic dishwasher monitor built to detect if a dishwasher contains clean or dirty dishes. The beauty lays in the fact that it does that by … Continue reading →

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Sketches Over the Net

Posted on September 30, 2011 by e8johan

The people over at WickedDevice has been working on a new bootloader for the Nanode. The code can download and FLASH the device with new software over TFTP. This opens the possibilities for remote updates – meaning that you can … Continue reading →

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