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| Circuit Corner 11 |
September 5, 2009 |
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I posted a new Circuit Corner, featuring a warning sign for CNC machines that I drew up. I just set up a woodshop, so I will probably be adding a new section for woodworking projects soon. And I have a few circuits on the books to do for Circuit Corner 12. Hopefully I'll get the chance to write it soon. |
| New test equipment. |
June 22, 2009 |
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Things have been progressing well here. I finished another bit of test equipment, my Power Box, which is a hybrid variable AC/DC supply for testing power supplies.
I'm also part of the way through building a solid-state load bank. Yes, that's also for testing power supplies. I am, in fact, designing power supplies recently.
And in other news, I did my first aluminum melt recently. It didn't work very well, but it was inspiring enough that I'm going to build a proper blast furnace and try again. |
| Light bulbs, Power Supplies, and Stuff |
March 28, 2009 |
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It's been a busy couple of weeks. I've spent a good portion of it upgrading my electronics lab, and the rest doing a few projects.
The first of those projects is my new Old-World Light Bulb Load, which I have posted on Instructables. It's meant to be used for testing power supplies, either as a ballast resistor, or a load resistor.
The second of those is a little power supply. Specifically, a switch-mode supply, based on a flyback topology, which provides two 12V outputs and a 5V output, which all float relative to each other, from 120VAC. The prototype is now fully functional, and it really deserves its own page, which I may post shortly.
It seems that my plan to build a RepRap will be delayed for a while, but it's still on the table eventually. |
| Coming along, but not quite |
March 10, 2009 |
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My new software is starting to look like a blog platform now, but it still has a ways to go. With any luck, I'll have that ready to go soon.
JTex 2 is progressing nicely, and I'll probably post a demo version soon. I'm actually debating releasing the whole project under the GPL when it matures a bit. Still undecided on the matter, but it doesn't use any proprietary libraries, so at least it's a possibility this time around.
Oh, and I may be starting to build a RepRap soon! |
| Update |
February 4, 2009 |
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It has been a very long time since my last update, and my posting frequency has been terrible. This will now be changing. My server is back to a reasonable speed, and I have more project time these days. Since my last posting, I moved, bought a house, got married, built a new computer. With any luck, I will be able to post a little bit about some of that. I have been working on a new content management system, which among other things, will allow comments and OpenID authentication, but it is not yet ready to be deployed. Also, I have been tinkering on a new project: JTex 2. This is a modern take on my old procedural texturing system, and while it is not yet ready to be used, I am working on it frequently. |
| A long time coming. |
December 5, 2007 |
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My webserver's connection is currently very slow. I'm looking at fixing this as soon as I possibly can, but until then, updates have been sporadic. To fill the void, today I created an Instructables account. So, here's some new content: The Desk Squid |
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