It's the holidays! If someone gave you the gift of unlimited budget for one project, what would you build? We are asking e14 in our Join, Share & Win Competition

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We are back with December's aske14. Last month, we wanted to know, " If you could automate one part of your design workflow, what would it be?We are asking e14 in our Join, Share & Win Competition

This month, as the holiday season is in full swing, we want to know if someone has given you the gift of an unlimited budget for one project. What would you build?

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If someone has given you the gift of an unlimited budget for one project. What would you build?

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Share with us your best unlimited budget idea on one project.

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When: Before January 1st 2026
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Entries close January 2nd 2026, so don't wait!

If you are looking for some more holiday fun, we are also running a Hack The Holidays competition. All you need to do is create an electronics project themed around the Holidays and what they mean to you to be in with a chance of winning one of several prizes. To find out more, https://community.element14.com/members-area/holidays/b/blog/posts/hack-the-holidays?ICID=I-HP-HOLIDAYS-2025-PROJECT14

0 Andrew J 2 hours ago

I would build a working German Enigma machine. It’s something I’ve already been thinking about and have created a Fusion360 model in-order to 3D-print the non-electrical elements and worked out how switches would work. It does require springs and metal strengthening parts which have to be acquired. With an unlimited budget I could actually prototype to my heart’s content to get it actually working; alternatively, with money no object I could get the parts machined instead and re-create a more accurate replica.
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0 cstanton 2 hours ago in reply to Andrew J

Resin printers aren't too bad, you could have an itty bitty baby enigma machine.
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0 Andrew J 1 hour ago in reply to cstanton

I have a couple of 3D printers, one I built myself (from a kit), and it should work with PLA and/or ABS. The parts that will require the most testing and prototyping are the rotors and reflector as the 26x4 spring loaded contacts are likely to exert a fair bit of lateral pressure and stress on some plastic parts. There are a few axles that would need to be steel or aluminium as plastic wouldn’t be strong enough. Most of it should be doable though.
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0 manojroy123 1 hour ago

I want to make a Chemical vapor deposition maching to perform coating on glass to make it conductive and also want to make optical filter for various applications maybe even make some miniature devices like optical antenna integreted circuit. Does anyone knows how to perform conductive coating on plastic.
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0 manojroy123 1 hour ago

another would be automatic optical glass or saphire lense making machine.
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0 balajivan1995 28 minutes ago

Sticking to my new year resolution for 2026 (using renewable energy), I will buy Solar panels, lots and lots of solar panels. Followed by batteries, inverters, and whatever necessary to power my home with solar energy alone.
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