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Low-profile LCR speaker stand

September 21, 2017UFanders Leave a Comment

I had a lot of high-spec plywood left over from my foolhardy attempt at mounting the TV with it. I also needed to raise my speakers off the floor. So I took some cinderblocks and some of that wood to… Continue Reading →

Projects

Mounting my TV

September 13, 2017UFanders Leave a Comment

Abstract I live in an old building with brand-new looking drywall. Studs were not all on 16″ centers. My low-profile mount could only span 16″centers. Went through the trouble to make a spanning board. turns out the drywall was not… Continue Reading →

Projects

MicroTAC 4G

September 13, 2017UFanders Leave a Comment

Our parents’ first mobile phone. I mean, probably. Background These phones are cheap on eBay and elsewhere, and so are simple GSM/Bluetooth radio modules. What it does Makes and receives calls either by itself or as a Bluetooth extension to your… Continue Reading →

Concept, Projects

Ferrit

September 13, 2017UFanders Leave a Comment

A computer-controlled ferrofluid display. Background Ferrofluid looks cool, so why not play with it in 3D space? What it does The ferrofluid blob is suspended in 3D space however you want. You can stretch it, break it, move it, spin… Continue Reading →

Concept, Projects

Torch Grid

June 15, 2017UFanders Leave a Comment

A centrally-controlled grid of wind-sensitive tea candles. Background I wanted to make a light-art piece for my barren walls at home to impress unsuspecting female co-workers who happened to stop by. What it does It generally looks like a grid… Continue Reading →

Concept, Projects

Fireplace

June 15, 2017UFanders Leave a Comment

A heating system to keep me toasty in my slumber. Background I live in San Francisco. Naturally, the 4000W in-wall heater in my bedroom is placed such that I can’t use it. Also I have what used to be a fireplace… Continue Reading →

Projects, Unfinished

Import Texas Instruments components into EAGLE

July 28, 2015UFanders 1 Comment

Just a fun fact I discovered recently and wish I knew years ago: Texas Instruments (along with many other companies) publishes component symbols/devices/footprints for their parts that you can import into EAGLE easily. Let’s use a nice power convertor as… Continue Reading →

Projects cadsoft, cadsoftusa, eagle, footprint, instruments, layout, library, schematic, symbol, texas, ti

Princess Phone

May 25, 2015UFanders 2 Comments

Background My cousin inherited a vintage Danish telephone (meets USA signal spec apparently) from our grandmother but lamented that she had no land-line to actually use it. Still, it would make a wicked cool addition to her nightstand. So I was… Continue Reading →

Projects, Unfinished

Debian on BeagleBone Black, Eclipse on OSX – Cross compiling

September 16, 2014UFanders Leave a Comment

– I never got this working fully but maybe there are some bits here you can use – The story I got a BBB and started with Derek Malloy’s awesome tutorial so I could finally put my awesome blinkery to work… Continue Reading →

Projects arm, BBB, beagle, Beaglebone, black, bone, debian, eclipse, float, gnueabihf, hard, linux, mac, OSX, toolchain

MatriLED Watch

August 13, 2014UFanders Leave a Comment

This is a full 4,096 color 8×8 LED matrix based wristwatch with software-driven 4-bit PWM for each channel at 60 full PWM sweeps per second. Background I wanted to see how much performance I could squeeze out of the then-newly… Continue Reading →

Projects LED, RGB, watch

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