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Programming the Festive Fireplace

Posted on 27th September 202627th September 2026by Tom

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.

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PCB Pin Badges – HW Blinky

Posted on 29th June 202629th June 2026by Tom

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.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 4 – Animations)

Posted on 28th November 202328th November 2023by Tom

With all of the Chronometer PCBs assembled this post takes a look at some of the animations I’ve created to show it off.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 – Reference

Posted on 24th September 202324th September 2023by Tom

This post provides instructions for using the Battlestar Chronometer PCB.

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PCB Pin Badges – 65 Blinky

Posted on 1st July 20232nd July 2023by Tom

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!

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 3 – Assembly)

Posted on 28th April 202323rd September 2023by Tom

The Easter Bank Holiday weekend was the perfect opportunity to get through a lot of soldering.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 2 – PCB Fabrication)

Posted on 8th March 202327th March 2023by Tom

The PCBs have arrived and a few things have changed since the last post so here’s a quick update.

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Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 1)

Posted on 7th February 20237th March 2023by Tom

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”.

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BSG Chronometer (Part 4 – Finale?)

Posted on 21st October 20229th February 2023by Tom

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.

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Audio Switcher

Posted on 23rd July 20219th February 2023by Tom

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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  • Battlestar Chronometer v2 (Part 3 – Assembly)
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