The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (8 of 8)
Doing better next time: In the year or two since I finished the Mark 3.5, I’ve had time to give it a good workout and… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (8 of 8)
Doing better next time: In the year or two since I finished the Mark 3.5, I’ve had time to give it a good workout and… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (8 of 8)
Debugging: You wire it all up. You plug it in. You turn it on… and nothing happens.
Tips for making circuit boards – (tiny, dense, double-sided boards in your kitchen): Like a fool, I tried to pack far too much into far… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (6 of 8)
Sensors: Pic by Marla at Kiwiburn 2009 I don’t like dumb objects. I don’t like noticeable user interfaces. I want shiny things that just do… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (5 of 8)
Power and output: Photo by Loki Gash for Filament Magazine LEDs For the purposes of shiny toys, LEDs come in two kinds: bright ones and… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (4 of 8)
Picaxe Microcontroller: Photo by Loki Gash for Filament Magazine Knowing nothing about microcontrollers, I chose something easy to start, the Picaxe family. The learning curve… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (3 of 8)
Physical structure and layout: Photo by Loki Gash for Filament Magazine
Vidcap by Craig Bellhouse Firespinning is fun, but I thought to myself: 1) It’s been done 2) This is the Twenty-First Century and we have… Read More »The Mitochondrion 3.5 – An Excessive Glowstaff (1 of 8)
For those of you who are not Antipodean, the Triton workcentre is an Australian icon. How many other power tools have an owners’ club? Each… Read More »Repairing a thirty-year old workcentre with 3D printed stainless steel