I finally bought a Beagle Bone Black and the first thing that struck me was that I needed a home for the board. I decided to make a laser cut plastic package so I designed the parts in Inkscape. Early…
Mini Maker Faire Ottawa
As part of the Ottawa mini-Maker Faire I decided to present a workshop on building paper cars. The project was complex and my initial days presentation was quite honestly a bit of a disaster and we had fun. I learned…
Paper Car
As I develop my small thin film processor I am often asked “What can I do with it?” The answer is a bit difficult since it is a general purpose micro-controller with Arduino like capabilities; “What can’t you do with…
Flex Foil Programmer results
I have received and built the in circuit version of the flex foil programmer and now have it working. There are a number of issues that I still want to improve on. The programmer consists of an AVR ISP programmer…
Flex Circuit
As I experiment with the idea of flexible paper circuits I decided to try out a flex circuit material from http://www.conductiveinkjet.com/.The flexible circuit is available in 28cm wide sheets and the length determines the cost. The material costs ~$75/meter. To…
Birthday Cards
With April arriving birthdays abound so I decided to personalize my cards using copper foil circuits. The concept was simple; have a card with coloured balloons and a gift. Each balloon would be backlit with colour LEDs while the gift…