I’ve been having a sort through my stockpile of boards and components and found enough spare parts to assemble more of the Festive Fireplaces. As I didn’t document how to re-program the ATtiny25 in the original post, this post will guide you through how to upload a new program to your Festive Fireplace.
(more…)PCB Pin Badges – HW Blinky
In the lead up to Hayley Williams’s UK tour I got inspired seeing people making bracelets and trinkets to share with each other. So of course I had to get involved and put my own spin on things.
(more…)Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 4 – Animations)
With all of the Chronometer PCBs assembled this post takes a look at some of the animations I’ve created to show it off.
(more…)Battlestar Chronometer v2 – Reference
This post provides instructions for using the Battlestar Chronometer PCB.
(more…)PCB Pin Badges – 65 Blinky
While I’m struggling to find the time to finish assembling the Chronometers, I did manage to throw together a new pin badge – this time with blinking LEDs!
(more…)Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 3 – Assembly)
The Easter Bank Holiday weekend was the perfect opportunity to get through a lot of soldering.
(more…)Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 1)
At the culmination of what I’ll now call “version 1” of the Battlestar Chronometer, I highlighted a few things that I’d like to improve in a future version. It didn’t take long for me to start on “version 2”.
(more…)BSG Chronometer (Part 4 – Finale?)
It’s been a couple of years since I last posted about my Battlestar Galactica Chronometer. In this post I’ll wrap up all of the progress since then and hopefully bring the project to an end.
(more…)Audio Switcher
Like many I’ve been working from home over the last year or so. While I have a reasonable speaker system connected to my desktop PC, I can’t use it while I’m working on my laptop. The solution as ever lies in a custom PCB!
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