Okay, I bet that hardly anyone comes to this blog anymore. I’ve been slack, and there hasn’t been any reason other than the simple fact that I haven’t felt motivated to invest the time and energy to talk about any of my projects. But that doesn’t mean that I have completely halted all attempts at doing cool (or at least “cool to me”) projects. Over the last few months, I have:
- started teaching myself how to use Kicad
- ordered all sorts of crazy electronics modules from China
- upgraded my soldering iron to a Hakko 888 and got a hot air rework station from Sparkfun
- ordered my first boards from OSHpark
- and in the last week, assembled a 3D printer from a $150 kit
Just as a tease, here’s my second print off my completely unoptimized 3D printer. Not at all bad!
If any of these projects sound interesting and you’d like to hear more, why not send me a tweet (@twitter) and let me know what topics you are interested in. I could use a little poking and prodding to increase my enthusiasm. I still might get around to it without your questions and polite prodding, but every little bit helps.
Keep up the good work! I like reading about it all.
Good to see another update, Mark – always varied and interesting, and I hope to see (more than) the occasional post in the future!
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ohh, more crazy modules from China!
Glad to see a new post. I’ve been checking about once a week and wondered what happened. I especially like your ham radio posts. On the other hand I’ve just begun playing with 3D printing, too, with a Monoprice select mini. I’m also trying to teach myself fusion360 so I can make enclosures for my projects.