Dirtywave Headless M8 Tracker
I’m throwing my hat in the ring with this take on the RPi based Headless M8 Tracker Project , giving my product design skills a test and taking the chance to...
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3D Printed Drilling Jig
I created some quick 3D printed drilling jigs to add some tiny little 1.5mm holes to a bunch of aluminium heatsinks ready for them to be tapped at M2. The sp...
Removing the Reserved Author Profile Space in ‘Minimal-Mistakes’ Jekyll Theme
The Minimal Mistakes Theme for Jekyll/Github Pages is great, hence why I used it to create this site, but it had one crutch which bugged me, every page layou...
Adding Teaser Images to ‘Minimal-Mistakes’ Jekyll Theme Blog
The Minimal Mistakes Theme for Jekyll/Github Pages is great, but the blog view (“archive-single”) only displays your posts teaser images in ‘Grid View’ by de...
LMNC René Schmitz MS-20 Filter
The heavy metal filter of the synth world, the MS-20 VCF is known for its harmonics and resonance the world over. This multi-mode version includes 3 inputs, ...
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Feature Envy - Dual AR Envelope
This envious little module is the ADSR Envelope stripped down to its very core, Attack, Release, and nothing more. This stupidly simple circuit consists of a...
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EDU DIY VCA
Nothing original from me here, just a stripboard version of the dual MKI x ES EDU VCA, with added status LEDs on the CV inputs.
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The More-Ritz Klein VCO
The More-ritz Klein VCO, it’s the Moritz VCO, with more! What more? More Moritz of course. I have combined the mki x es.EDU VCO module with Moritz’s addition...
MIDI Input With 6N137, 6N138, or 6N139
Figure: MIDI Connection Specification as outlined by the MIDI Association
The Unintuitive Method of Shipping Vacuum Systems
If you had to ship a system that needs to be immaculately clean, so clean that even the air needs to be removed (such an Ultra High Vacuum Chamber), how woul...
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No Optoisolator No Problem - MIDI without a 6N138
I DO NOT, I REPEAT, DO NOT CONDONE THE USE OF A MIDI INPUT CIRCUIT WHICH DOESN’T INCLUDE AN OPTOISOLATOR (such as the 6N137 / 6N138 / 6N139 chips)
Protecting Sealing Faces
Vacuum seals have got to be tight. Reaching pressures of 5x10⁻⁶ Pa requires a perfect seal at every joint and static ‘face type’ O-Ring seals are great for t...
Lobed Corners - A DFM Secret
Picture this, you have designed a housing for some delicate electronics, it strikes the perfect balance between aesthetics, protection, and thermal transfer,...
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7 Segment Displays and IC4026 Chips
It’s time to undertake a raw unadulterated electronics project, one where I don’t use code, using common off-the-shelf IC chips bent to my whim to perform a ...
If It Works…
“If it works it ain’t stupid” has never rung more true than when using post-it notes in engineering prototypes. They can be used as slip gauges, spacers, was...
Cardboard Prototypes
Cheap, quick, easy, accessible, what other proof do you need that cardboard is the best prototyping material?
Goalposts
Sometimes the goalposts move. Projects involve lots of people from different areas of the business each with their own priorities and ideas for how best to p...
Sheet Metal Lessons
The sheet metal brackets I designed for an upcoming jig arrived and one thing was very apparent, I had put the large holes too close to the bend.
How Do You See Around Corners?
How do you look around corners? Well, for an upcoming project, I’m hoping with this:
Power Down Alarm
A friend of mine always forgets to put the handbrake on, it’s amazing that her car is ever where she left it. So for Christmas, I gifted her this doohicky.
