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Almost every week I need to add “new parts” from DigiKey into my component database… and while you could do this manually, I’m the kind of person that will spend hours and hours automating something that takes seconds to do. 😀
But to be fair, in this case a simple copy-paste mistake could cost me, like literally. I could get a board that has a wrong component on it or something could be out-of-spec, not working etc.
Leave a CommentA while ago I made a video about making a DIY Filament Dry Box, but in that video I upgraded my existing DryBox instead of building one “from scratch”. Which to be fair, felt like “cheating” to some people, and I can see why it might look like that.
So this time I am making a DIY dry box from scratch… well, not literally from scratch, but it’s definitely more DIY than the previous version.
In this video I will share some of the cool pieces of electronics and gadgets that I have found.
Leave a CommentI’ve been searching for a perfect mouse and keyboard combo for my media pc and living room pc. Over the years I have tried many different mouse and keyboard combos, and while all of them worked relatively well… I still kept looking for a better solution.
This tells me two things. First, what is currently available on the market does not work really well for my use-case. And second… I should probably stop being so nitpicky and building everything custom. 🙂
2 CommentsIn this video we are going to build a tool that I am going to call the MAC Sniffer.
If your first thought is “the what now?”, don’t worry. This is probably the most niche tool/solution that you are going to see today. 🙂
In this video I am going to build a “perfect” solution for my home lab “problems”.
I sincerely hope that I am not the only one that has some (or in my case a lot of) passive devices like small form factor PCs, fanless PC, single board computers and so on. Maybe you have some of them running as media server, streaming device, mini network router, game emulator or use it for a similar use-case where features like low-power and low-noise is preferred.
For a while now I have been using my custom ambient sensor board as well as my custom LED controller in combination with HomeAssistant (and ESPHome).
They are now available separately as OpenSENSE and OpenLED projects and are also available on the WebShop.
Leave a CommentLet’s see how we can build a simple WiFi enabled 3D printing filament diameter sensor. After finishing this project, I can say it was a lot of fun for me. But before you do the same, check out the video and ask yourself if you *really* need this sensor?
Leave a CommentFor some time now I was not entirely happy with how I am cooling my PC, my NAS and my server. It’s not that anything is terribly wrong, it’s just that I am aware that things can be better… So I said I have to fix this.
The easiest solution would be to find a decent fan controller, add it to each setup and I am good to go. But that’s easier said than done. For a while I couldn’t find a solution that has all the features that I need and that isn’t overpriced. So as you can guess, I decide to build my own.
And the best part is that the entire project is documented and released as open-source open-hardware project. So hopefully others that have same “problem” can use it or at least use it as starting point.
I have also added some cool features like expansion headers for attaching I2C and 1-Wire sensors. And the software provides a really nice GUI to control the fans, program custom profiles. Maybe the coolest part (if you are nerd like me) is that you can access it remotely and the software also has a built-in API that you can use to remotely and/or programmatically control all of your fans!
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