Author Archives: e8johan

Ultimaker

Posted on September 28, 2011 by e8johan

The Ultimaker is a 3D printer kit sold from the Netherlands. It main points are printing speed and the size of the build envelope. The build envelope measures 210x210x220mm, which is impressive given that the entire machine only is about … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi

Posted on September 26, 2011 by e8johan

The Raspberry Pi computer projects (started by David Braben of Elite fame) wants to bring back the joys of computers in the past, but to today’s audience. By providing an ultra-cheap computer to educational institutions, and all others interested, the idea … Continue reading →

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Power to the Breadboards

Posted on September 23, 2011 by e8johan

Blondihacks has designed a small power supply for breadboards – Juice Bridge. It provides regulated 5V, easy access to ground and the ability to measure the power used by the entire breadboard. All this on a single-sided PCB with a … Continue reading →

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MakerBot

Posted on September 21, 2011 by e8johan

The MakerBot, from MakerBot Industries, is one of the oldest kit-sold reprap-related 3D printers. The original CupCake sold over 2500 units, and soon the first thousand Thing-o-Matics will have left the factory.

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Lindbeck Joins Digital Fanatics

Posted on September 18, 2011 by e8johan

I’d just like to make the happy announcement that Kalle Lindbeck has joined Digital Fanatics as a writer. He is has been working with electronics since early stone age, is an active model aircraft pilot, electronics constructor and generalist tinkerer. … Continue reading →

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MakerBot Automated Build Platform Hack

Posted on September 16, 2011 by e8johan

Ever since I got a MakerBot Thing-O-Matic, the build platform has been an issue. The belt was uneven. This weekend, I took it apart and reassembled it with a new belt – and resolved the issue at the cost of … Continue reading →

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3D Printing Work Flow

Posted on September 14, 2011 by e8johan

The open source family of extruder based 3D printers more or less rely on the same set of tools. Some of the commercial variants may have more polished frontends, but the work flow is still the same. In this article, … Continue reading →

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Reproducing Robots

Posted on September 12, 2011 by e8johan

For hobbyists, the manufacturing tools at hand are often limited to the odd dremel, screwdrivers and hammers. Materials are usually sheets of wood, polycarbonate or metal. The RepRap project is all about changing this. Now you can print your own … Continue reading →

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Free USB IDs with BeRTOS SDK

Posted on September 9, 2011 by e8johan

The BeRTOS project, an open source real-time kernel and support library for embedded systems, comes with a commercial SDK. The SDK simplifies the development and provides a development environment with tools for debugging and flashing, as well as including priority … Continue reading →

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Xilinx Zynq-7000

Posted on September 7, 2011 by e8johan

In this article, we welcome our first guest writer. Tryggve Mathiesen, CTO at InformAsic writes about the challenges in the market and how Xilinx Zynq-7000 fits into the future of high-performance electronics. Embedded Designers are asking for more More than … Continue reading →

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