As the year winds down I always summarize my element14 activity in a blog that I later use to lookup my historical content. This year was a mad scramble the whole year. I tried to fit a lot of projects into an already busy schedule and almost nothing went according to plan. Backup plans to backup plans were needed to deal with getting quite sick several times, incredible material shortages, extensive shipping delays, Verint woes, and of course Murphy. None the less, some projects got done and it was a pretty satisfying achievement to to persevere through the adversities. You have to go as hard as possible as long as possible, because at some point it will all wind down.
This may not be in strict chronological order, but this is some of what was worked on this year:
It started with a Secret Santa gift from the previous year:
And a video about a night vision binoculars:
I wrote a Project14 article on Prototyping Techniques:
And a Stripper Shootout blog:
I worked on Experimenting With Thermal Switches with this Cozy Cat House project:
I also participated in an enclosures quiz and made a video of the prize:
Somewhere in there I did a retro sound synthesizer project - Revenge of the Synth
Then there was a Würth Elektronik FeatherWing Sensor road test:
Then a Project14 on 7-segment displays - The Pico Parker
Then it was a Just Encase Design Challenge - Solar Super Capacitor Weather Station
Next was a Molex hand crimper road test:
Then there was a Pi-Fest Design Challenge - It Came From The Synth: and an associated prize blog.
And an Experimenting with Thermistors Design Challenge - Thermistor Thermometer:
Then we had a Project14 on 555 Timer Madness - Jumbo Blue 555
Then a Twist, Turn and Move Design Challenge with TE Robotics - Sammy Semaphore
And a Project14 on RFID or NFC - Long Range RFID Exploration
Then there was an interesting quest to identify a mystery circuit board: and a blog about the prize:
And a quick video about banana plug to USB adapters:
I also tried a different kind of Fundamentals of Bench Power Supplies road test - What makes a good Video Blogging Power Supply?
Finally I squeezed in a Project14 Hack the Holidays before Christmas called Star Twister:
Did you find any of these interesting or useful?
Links
- 2024 Summary of element 14 activity - DougW
- 2023 Summary of Activity - DougW
- 2022 Summary of element14 Activity - DougW
- 2021 Summary of element14 Activity - DougW
- 2020 Summary of element14 Activity - DougW
- 2019 Summary - What the Helement14 Is He Up To?
- 2018 Summary of element14 Activity - DougW
- 2017 Summary of element14 Activity
- Some Highlights From 2016
- My 2015 Projects and Activities
- My 2014 Project Collage
- All of my posts