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LED clock

 Another project nearing comple^h^h^h good enough to hang on a wall: A LED-based clock, with light as hands. It all started out when I found the awesome NeoPixel line of products from Adafruit, one of the more interesting ones being the 60-LED strip. I picked one up (because you know, because), and the best thing to use it for for now was a clock. I had an ATTiny AVR lying around, and wanted to make something to replace my pretty boring standard clock.

LED clock

 Another project nearing comple^h^h^h good enough to hang on a wall: A LED-based clock, with light as hands. It all started out when I found the awesome NeoPixel line of products from Adafruit, one of the more interesting ones being the 60-LED strip. I picked one up (because you know, because), and the best thing to use it for for now was a clock. I had an ATTiny AVR lying around, and wanted to make something to replace my pretty boring standard clock.

Philips Hue rf remote control

 The Philips Hue lights are awesome, but it can get a bit tiresome to start that phone app, probably wait for the wifi to connect, and then select your scenario. TBH, the app serves pretty wel to configure scenarios, but I am not a really big fan of its interface. I want buttons! Actual, physical buttons. I also wanted to do something with RF anyway to see how it works.

Philips Hue rf remote control

 The Philips Hue lights are awesome, but it can get a bit tiresome to start that phone app, probably wait for the wifi to connect, and then select your scenario. TBH, the app serves pretty wel to configure scenarios, but I am not a really big fan of its interface. I want buttons! Actual, physical buttons. I also wanted to do something with RF anyway to see how it works.

Dodecahedron speaker

 This project has been finished (well, finished-ish, as always) for quite a while now, but I just realized I never got around to writing it up. In fact, I already extended it, but that’s something for a different post. Way, way before I even had a printer I saw this Instructable. And immediately fell in love with it. It had never left my mind as a want-to-build-at-some point thing, and some time ago I finally got around to doing it.

Dodecahedron speaker

 This project has been finished (well, finished-ish, as always) for quite a while now, but I just realized I never got around to writing it up. In fact, I already extended it, but that’s something for a different post. Way, way before I even had a printer I saw this Instructable. And immediately fell in love with it. It had never left my mind as a want-to-build-at-some point thing, and some time ago I finally got around to doing it.

Das BlinkenSphere

 zo relaxen und watschen das blinkensphere My latest weekend project was to find a use for an Arduino that (due to some recent electromechanical fail on my part) could only be powered over USB. After a few false starts, and with a lot of ideas left to implement, the first prototype is ready: Das BlinkenSphere It’s a little sphere-like object that now sits quietly on my desk and emits a soothing color-of-choice.

Das BlinkenSphere

 zo relaxen und watschen das blinkensphere My latest weekend project was to find a use for an Arduino that (due to some recent electromechanical fail on my part) could only be powered over USB. After a few false starts, and with a lot of ideas left to implement, the first prototype is ready: Das BlinkenSphere It’s a little sphere-like object that now sits quietly on my desk and emits a soothing color-of-choice.

Custom restrictor plates for arcade joysticks

 The joysticks I got for my arcade cabinet (http://www.arcadewinkel.nl/joysticks/balltop-arcadefighter-stick-rood) were fine, but I wasn’t entirely happy with the restrictor plates that came with it. They worked fine in 4-way mode, but the 8-way mode was simply a square and that doesn’t work nicely in most circumstances. So I was looking around for replacement plates (preferably ones with octagons or maybe even smarter restriction holes), but couldn’t really find any. And then I realized I have an f’in 3d-printer.

Custom restrictor plates for arcade joysticks

 The joysticks I got for my arcade cabinet (http://www.arcadewinkel.nl/joysticks/balltop-arcadefighter-stick-rood) were fine, but I wasn’t entirely happy with the restrictor plates that came with it. They worked fine in 4-way mode, but the 8-way mode was simply a square and that doesn’t work nicely in most circumstances. So I was looking around for replacement plates (preferably ones with octagons or maybe even smarter restriction holes), but couldn’t really find any. And then I realized I have an f’in 3d-printer.