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BCM vs. dumb software PWM

10 Dec 2011 143
Both are interrupt driven. The left side uses BCM (Binary Code Modulation), the right side uses 'dumb' software PWM. Identical hardware!

A lot of blooooood...

10 Dec 2011 149
Cutting myself... I'm sort of used to that. But impaling digits on a knife is a whole new experience. Not a single insect bite this summer (cold one), and now this!

No more dishwashing for now...

10 Dec 2011 148
Cutting myself... I'm sort of used to that. But impaling digits on a knife is a whole new experience. Not a single insect bite this summer (cold one), and now this!

No more dishwashing for now...

10 Dec 2011 138
Cutting myself... I'm sort of used to that. But impaling digits on a knife is a whole new experience. Not a single insect bite this summer (cold one), and now this!

My first MOSFET ever

01 Dec 2011 136
It is a BSS138, a small (SOT23) n-channel logic-level MOSFET. It works ;-) If it didn't work you wouldn't see anything, as the MOSFET controls the LED used to illuminate itself.

The buttons vanish nicely!

Laser-cut bits

29 Nov 2011 183
I didn't expect the area near edges to be that discoloured.

Laser-cut bits

29 Nov 2011 186
Seems like the laser focus is not set to the middle of the work piece. The Rayleigh-Length of the focus is pretty large (shallow focusing). Otherwise the curvature of the edges would be intolerably big.

Laser-cut MDF from ponoko

29 Nov 2011 235
The burnt-wood smell. Ahhh! I have a sudden craving for smoked fish.

Laser-cut bits

29 Nov 2011 173
Seems like the laser focus is not set to the middle of the work piece. The Rayleigh-Length of the focus is pretty large (shallow focusing). Otherwise the curvature of the edges would be intolerably big.

Laser-cut bits

Header removed - silkscreen gone!

29 Nov 2011 130
The flux gets quite nasty at high temperatures.

Header removed - silkscreen gone!

29 Nov 2011 135
The flux gets quite nasty at high temperatures.

Mounting the LED boards

Power jack added

A fortuitous accident

29 Nov 2011 149
I didn't plan this connector to go there. It was meant for a different one, but I forgot that the MDF is 5mm thick. This connector accidentally fit, so I used it.

Almost done!

A fortuitous accident

29 Nov 2011 164
I didn't plan this connector to go there. It was meant for a different one, but I forgot that the MDF is 5mm thick. This connector accidentally fit, so I used it.

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