Month: June 2024

Challenge your soldering skills at Teardown 2024

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Ready to test your soldering skills?

Teardown 2024 begins today in Portland and Darcy has designed and kitted an exciting SMD soldering challenge!

Teardown SMD Soldering Challenge! (Round One)

June 21, 2024 12:00-12:50 PM

Put your surface mount soldering skills to the ultimate test! Begin with the manageable 1206 package and take on increasingly tiny components, each step pushing your abilities further. This SMD project is powered by a CR2032 coin cell and an Attiny85 SOIC, offering a perfect blend of challenge and excitement. Brace yourself for the ultimate trial: hand soldering a 0201 package, a feat so intricate it will have you questioning your sanity. Are you ready to show off your skills and conquer this soldering adventure?


Teardown SMD Soldering Challenge! (Round Two)

June 23, 2024 2:00-2:50 PM

Put your surface mount soldering skills to the ultimate test with this gorgeous Teardown-themed SMD Challenge board! Begin with the manageable 1206 package and take on increasingly tiny components, each step pushing your abilities further. This SMD project is powered by a CR2032 coin cell and an Attiny85 SOIC, offering a perfect blend of challenge and excitement. Brace yourself for the ultimate trial: hand soldering a 0201 package, a feat so intricate it will have you questioning your sanity. Are you ready to show off your skills and conquer this soldering adventure?

This workshop is first come first serve, limited to 20.

Challenge your soldering skills at Teardown 2024

Teardown kicks off Friday in Portland

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Interested in hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware?

Teardown 2024 kicks off this Friday:

When?Friday 21st June to Sunday 23rd June 2024
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon at Lloyd Center Mall
What?Talks, workshops, installations, demos and space to hack – check out last year’s line up
Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, educators or enthusiasts

The Teardown 2024 schedule is packed with two tracks of talks and two tracks of workshops. There will will also be dozens of demos and art installations, too.

You can get hands on with a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) microscope and explore the nano world with Adam McCombs in the Microscopy Village on Friday afternoon. We are excited to hear the latest about KiCad from project leader Wayne Stambaugh on Saturday. Hardware hacking legend Joe Grand will kick off Sunday with an introduction introduction to fault injection.

OSH Park is proud to sponsor the Teardown SMD Soldering Challenge:

Put your surface mount soldering skills to the ultimate test! Begin with the manageable 1206 package and take on increasingly tiny components, each step pushing your abilities further. This SMD project is powered by a CR2032 coin cell and an Attiny85 SOIC, offering a perfect blend of challenge and excitement. Brace yourself for the ultimate trial: hand soldering a 0201 package, a feat so intricate it will have you questioning your sanity. Are you ready to show off your skills and conquer this soldering adventure

Ever wonder how to get a bare die running?

OSH Park has also sponsored an exciting Die Rebonding Workshop

  • Learn decapping, x-ray inspection, and how to rebond dies
  • Get your own custom hardware badge
  • Hands on experience
Teardown kicks off Friday in Portland

Teardown begins in Portland on June 21

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Interested in hacking, discovering, and sharing hardware? Teardown returns to Portland June 21 – 23:

When?Friday 21st June to Sunday 23rd June 2024
Where?Beautiful Portland, Oregon at Lloyd Center Mall
What?Talks, workshops, installations, demos and space to hack – check out last year’s line up
Who?Anyone interested in hardware: engineers, designers, artists, educators or enthusiasts

Helen Leigh joined Make yesterday to preview Teardown 2024:

Teardown begins in Portland on June 21

Luma-1: An Enhanced LM-1 Drum Machine

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From the PJRC Teensy blog, the Luma-1 is an enhanced version of the classic LM-1 Drum Machine:

The Human League, Yazoo, Gary Numan, Giorgio Moroder, Devo, Prince…Roger Linn’s LM-1 drum machine helped create the signature sound of a huge number of artists in the 80s. After receiving an original LM-1 as a gift, Joe Britt (of Danger Research/T-Mobile Sidekick fame) decided to create his own enhanced version, based on the original TTL and Zilog Z80 design, but with a Teensy 4.1 coprocessor.

The original hardware design is enhanced with RAM-based samples instead of ROM, allowing the selection of different sounds. The original front panel switches are replaced with potentiometers that enable panning or pitch control. After countless hours of reverse engineering, Joe discovered that Roger Linn lived just five minutes away, and the two became fast friends as they geeked out on the neo-retro project together. The Luma-1 is a work in progress, with new features like an LCD screen, MIDI, and a new metal chassis appearing over time. Read more about on Roger Linn’s web site, and check out a demo in the video below!

Luma-1: An Enhanced LM-1 Drum Machine