Recently I completed a cleanup of my soldering station ( Solder Station Cleanup and Organization Project). When I was in the process of setting up my workspace, I found a very low-profile board holder that I thought would work great in my ...
As I am waiting for my revised PCBs to arrive for my Road Test project, I have been doing some cleanup and organization projects in my office. This time I am working on my soldering station. I have rearranged my Worksurface and shelving s...
Freezing weather has forced a stop on my backyard fountain project, which happens to be a part of my Roadtest of the Keysight E36731A Battery Emulator. I have been working on firmware for my controller boards for the project, but a last minute ...
In a prior blog ( Off the Shelf - Outdoor Lighting System Revamp ), I added outdoor lighting to my deck. Now I am extending the lighting from the deck, through the newly constructed path and garden (automatically controlled with the ...
In my prior blog ( TC2-DSO - Subtractive machining a SMT test adapter ), I used some shop tools (drill, file and scalpel) to build a SOT23 component adapter. While this was somewhat successful, I felt that a set of tweeze...
In my prior blog ( TC2-DSO review - SMT test adapters ), I used my 3D printer to create some SOT23 and 0603 component adapters. While the printed parts worked, they were by no means perfect (not close to enough resolution with my nozzle o...
In the comments from my prior blog ( Post Christmas shopping find - TC2-DSO review. ) , dougw had mentioned "One thing to check is - Does it turn off completely or is it always drawing power?". So my curiosity got the best of me...
Since reading dougw post more than 2 years ( This Device Tickles My Fancy ) the TC1 component tester has been on my radar. Several times I have considered purchasing one, but somehow I never quite pu...
The part shortages are really causing me to consider new parts and new packages as I struggle to find parts to support my current and future products. One of that parts that has caught my eye are some new parts from Microchip (formerly Atmel), ...
When I first acquired my BK PRECISION 8500 (used on eBay), I was a little disappointed with the screw knobs that secured the leads to the device being loaded. I had hoped that the screws were cross drilled so that I could easily connect strippe...
I have over the past few years blogged about my kitchen lighting system, starting more than five years ago with Kitchen lighting system - take 2 . Then in 2019 I had started a project to update the lighting system, which culminated in winning a...
A few weeks ago, while shopping on Ebay for a used, inexpensive synthesizer I came across this little beauty. This a patchable synthesizer, based on the "west coast" synthesizer concepts (more of an additive approach to adding harmonics, versus the o...
In my earlier post Outdoor LED Lighting revival project , I focused mainly on the hanging LED lights. On this post I am looking more at the stair LED lights. Initially I had done a quick modification to my reflector design by enlarging the LED ...
Back in August 2020 to October 2020, I was working on a smart solar lighting project for my new deck. Now I am revisiting this project with a goal to getting some lighting working on the deck. Prior blogs on this subject: Smart Solar Ligh...
In my prior blog (Continuing to organize - laser marking upgrade to lightring. ), I had started to revive an older project with a few new features. I had originally built my light ring for my microscope (Nikon SMZ-2) back in 2012. This se...
Utilizing a couple of shopping carts from recent project14 competitions (thanks element14 and tariq.ahmad ), I went on a shopping spree. Most of the purchases were directed to my recent organization efforts and also some efficiencies that...
