Hardware

OpenAuto Pro & CarPiHat.

This entry is part 18 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

In this previous post I went through my initial setup of OpenAuto Pro (OAP). There are still a few bits-and-bobs to sort out. I came […]

Euler angles

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Ball joint

I’d never come across Euler angles (or noticed them if I had), but they are an(other) way of describing the rotation of a rigid object […]

Active ball mechanism joint

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Ball joint

Came across the video below. Thought it was cool. Cooler to make one though right?! I found the original paper here, which has some great […]

OctoPi plugin to control relays

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series RepRap

I started developing a plugin for Octoprint (more specifically Octoprint-on-RPi aka Octopi). It allows you to control relays on a Pi-Plates RELAYplate hat. See here […]

Octopi: If it ain’t broke…

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series RepRap

In my last Reprap-Revival related post I went on about upgrading to RPi4 & wifi (from RPi3B & LAN) for Octopi. Subsequently, I have found […]

ESPmDNS: An ESP32 secret (to me anyway)

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series ESP32

ESPmDNS enables (Zeroconf/ Bonjour/) Multicast DNS on your ESP32 (and maybe ESP8266? don’t know) microcontroller. Previously I’d been assigning a static address to ESP32 devices […]

Hello Reprap. My old friend.

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series RepRap

I watched the video below on DriveTribe and was inspired. The presenter found his first car and has taken it upon himself to revive it […]

RobotDyn UNO+WiFi: SoftwareSerial

The RobotDyn board has some DIP switches on, which allow you to UART to either the ESP8266 or ATmega328p, so you can upload code to […]

RobotDyn UNO + ESP8266: AT Mode

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series ESP8266

This post should probably have a sub-title: The penny drops After a short-lived feeling of victory in this previous post, I set upon trying to […]

RobotDyn UNO + ESP8266

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series ESP8266

… oh, and USB-TTL CH340G which does the USB communicating with ESP8266. I think you otherwise need to wire something up using one of these […]

Adobe Premiere Pro: Final Cut

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Adobe Premiere Pro: First Cut

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The pressure transducer I bought

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Casting Day Fuzzy Feeling

This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Casting Day Brown Gas

This entry is part 13 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Casting Day

This entry is part 12 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Plaster Mould

This entry is part 11 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Wax Cast. Take 2

This entry is part 10 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Aluminium Furnace: Some Pics

This entry is part 9 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Graveyard Spiral REDUX

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Quadcopter

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Quadcopter Crash Landing

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Quadcopter

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Dog’s Head: Aluminium Furnace

This entry is part 7 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Reprap: Idea to Thing

This entry is part 4 of 7 in the series RepRap

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Drone: Intro

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Quadcopter

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AliExpress Spinal Surgery

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Subaru: New in-car display

This entry is part 1 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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Dog’s Head: Part 2

This entry is part 2 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head

This entry is part 1 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Subaru: Front Grille GT

This entry is part 8 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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Irritating RepRap

This entry is part 3 of 7 in the series RepRap

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Subaru: Sound system upgrade

This entry is part 7 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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Subaru Legacy (to) STi

This entry is part 5 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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DIY CNC Router – Post 3

This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series DIY CNC Machine

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DIY CNC Router – Post 1

This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series DIY CNC Machine

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Smart(or Magic) Mirror

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(More on the) Reel Mower

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Old Trunk to Shoe Cupboard

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Lawn Mower Reel Lamp

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Subaru Legacy AUX-IN

This entry is part 4 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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Legacy GT: It is a B Spec?

This entry is part 3 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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Subaru 2006 GT-B Wagon

This entry is part 2 of 18 in the series Subaru Legacy

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WeatherBox

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Reprap Prusa i3 updates

This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series RepRap

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Vintage Radio in the Movies

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Franken-bike

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Outdoor solar shower

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Vintage Radio

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RepRap Prusa i3

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series RepRap

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Automatic Door Opener – Part 1

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Mr. HandKey

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Leak-o-Meter

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