Design files and source code are available:
Home automation light switch which responds to the Jedi wave or touch. It aims to bring the humble wall switch into the modern WiFi lighting era.
More details on the project:
Replace your boring old wall light switch with this Photon based switch to control Lifx lighting with touch or the wave of a Jedi.
Star Simpson joined Ladyada on Adafruit’s “Ask An Engineer” last night to demo her PCB versions of classic Forrest Mims circuits:
Thanks very much to Star for the wondeful shout out! [00:18:08]
And we loved when Ladyada proclaimed:
Guillermo Amaral shows how to make your own WiFi Canon DSLR Remote:
Having a tripod with you is not always all you need in order to take sharp, good looking pictures. Sometimes in low light conditions, your hand pressing down on the shutter trigger can make the image come out blurry.
So why not mix the power of the ESP8266 with a convenience of a shutter control? That way you could take photos while you’re chilling watching Netflix.
Guillermo shared his board on OSH Park:
2 layer board of 1.17×0.89 inches (29.67×22.56 mm).
Shared on January 14th, 2016 09:50.
ESP8266 interface board for Canon E3/N3 Cameras.
Fritzing is an open source free downloadable PCB design tool for hobbyists that only allows you to design and export gerbers for two-layer boards. It runs on Linux, Windows, and Mac:
Pete Prodoehl of Milwuakee Makerspace and Maker Faire Milwuakee posted yesterday about his experience designing a Teensy LC breakout board with Fritzing and having it made by OSH Park:
I recently created my first “real” printed circuit board. By “real” I mean one that I sent out to get fabricated, not one I did at home by etching it myself. The board is for a Teensy LC, and breaks out most of the pins to screw terminals.
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Once all the pieces are in place and connected up I switched to PCB view where you get to see what the actual printed circuit board will look like. […] It will output a whole bunch of files to the folder specified. Once I had this folder I made a ZIP file from it, and named it Teensy-BOB.zip and uploaded it to OSH Park.
abetusk designed an “8-bit” style LED heart with MeowCAD and has shared the board on OSH Park:
The LED matrix is controlled by an Atmel ATMega328 microcontroller and the code to scroll text available on GitHub:
The parts list for Digi-Key is also available in that repo: BOM.csv
Here’s a video of the 8-bit heart in action:
abetusk is the creator of MeowCAD:
An online free and open source electronic design tool that runs in your browser.
Are you ready to mod your ELEV-8 v3? This tutorial will show you how to build a set of fully programmable running lights composed of bright RGB LEDs.
Matt Matz recorded a video of the surface mount components being reflowed… it’s magical when all the components snap into place at the end!
We are pleased to sponsor /r/DIYElectronics contests on reddit:
Each winner will receive a $30 gift code to be used on OSH Park!
The current contest is:
The mission here is simple: give me a clock you won’t see in a store.
Perhaps a word clock. A lava lamp water clock. An alarm clock that slaps you in the face and eats your hair (warning: audio). I don’t care.
Constraints
There are no limits to parts, budget, or size. Your project can be as simple or as complex as you want.
You can use a breadboard, or you can design your own PCB. You decide for yourself whether you want to use a microcontroller. Up to you.
Winners
There will be 2 winners, one decided by a voting thread and another decided by a panel of judges.
Prizes
Deadline
March 14th
Star Simpson is designing PCBs with OSH Park for Forrest M. Mims III classic circuits! A crowd-funding campaign for Circuit Classics will be coming to Crowd Supply soon:
Each circuit depicts an original, traced and hand-drawn schematic created by Forrest Mims for his iconic books “Getting Started in Electronics”, and the “Engineers’ Notebook” series. Every board includes a description of how it works, in Mims’ handwriting, on the reverse side.
Alongside the schematic is the circuit itself. Paired with the components you need to build up timeless examples such as the Dual-LED Flasher, the Stepped Tone Generator, and the Bargraph Voltage Indicator, each board is carefully designed for easy assembly recreating the wonder of learning how electronics work— whether it’s your first soldering project or your fifty-thousandth.
The Bar Graph Voltage Indicator
People are asking me what font that is. It’s no font: that’s Mims’ handwriting. Exactly as in his books.
That’s right, Star. Circuits from the original “Engineer’s Notebook” were printed and illustrated using India ink on Mylar.
We leave you with this sage advice:
-Star Simpson
Sometimes it’s the simple things that make all the difference:
Ever built a quick demo on a breadboard that needed a pot to adjust some parameter? As soon as someone tries to turn it, things come loose. That is, if they even try… little trim pots aren’t very inviting to touch & turn.
This pot adaptor board lets you use real full size (6mm shaft) pots on breadboards. With 10 header pins, the pot mounts securely to the breadboard, even when people turn the knob!
Paul has more information in his Dorkbot PDX blog post including this video:
I assembled the board with the recommended Bourns 10K pot from Digikey (#PTV09A-4020U-B103-ND). For quick demo, I wired it up to a Teensy 3.2 Purple OSH Park Edition running an Arduino sketch that outputs to an Adafruit OLED:
We were excited when Oscar Pedroso told us that Thimble.io uses OSH Park to prototype their new monthly electronics kit service:
There are 3 days to go with their Kickstarter:
Create fun, electronic devices each month with guided tutorials and helpful community; first kit includes parts to build a wifi robot.
By making the Wi-Fi robot, you will:
Made for those curious about hardware and software: make things move!
For ages 13+ (soldering is involved)
OSH Park 
