Micha

Micha

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I employed my graphic design prowess and made an HD version of the
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:heavysob: emoji! Meet
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, :hdheavysob:! (it makes no practical difference and is a little smaller lol, but the thought is there)
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I don't scrap a lot, but I thought I'd share this sick animated render of the E-Fidget (my pet project for the last 2 years) I made in Blender! It took 3-ish hours to render on my 3090. Fun fact: 360 3840x3840 uncompressed PNGs are about 20GB...
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I sucessfully breadboarded the E-Fidget to make sure that the next order will work!
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I put some posters up at my school!
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Oh no...
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#wonderland pics!
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Day 10 of #10-days-in-public - For the last day, I'm celebrating this terrible score on a MULTIPLE CHOICE ham radio test 🙃
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Day 9 of #10-days-in-public - oh noes, math in ham radio! what ever shall I do?
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Day 8 of #10-days-in-public - One more lesson done for my ham radio study!
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Day 7 of #10-days-in-public - Did some field operation!
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Day 6 of #10-days-in-public, started lesson 10 of my studying!
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Day 5 of #10-days-in-public - Retook the test I failed yesterday. That's more like it!
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Day 4 of #10-days-in-public - looks like I'll be retaking this ham radio practice test...
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#10-days-in-public day 3 - a random SSTV CQ I got on the radio!
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#10-days-in-public day 2! I made some contacts on the air last night with my ham radio - here's me operating SSTV!
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Day 1 for #10-days-in-public, progress to date + started Lesson 9 for my Ham Radio Extra exam studying!
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It's been a while since I've done a full update on the E-Fidget, so here it is: Version 4 was funded by #onboard, and it didn't quite work out (assorted issues with wiring and the relay-as-haptic-feedback idea) Version 5 was sponsored by PCBWay, and worked quite well with a linear resonant actuator for haptic feedback. Version 6 was a minor revision, with just a few tweaks. Version 7 added rechargeable battery support, but used an obscure, hard-to-source battery and was too expensive to sell easily. Version 8 was a complete redesign, following the same shape, size, and look of V7, but using a different microcontroller and a more common battery. It's still on the way! Now, everyone's favorite part: Pictures! Black is V4, Purple is V6, Blue with the big logo is V7, and other blue is V8!
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JLCPCB emailed me to say that the buttons on my E-Fidget PCBs have pins outside of the solder pads (red is good, yellow is bad), how's your day going? (I YOLO'ed it, it'll be fiiiine. Right?)
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Ordered E-Fidgets 🙂
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continuing work on my hackathon website, baby steps ✨
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finally making a custom website for my hakcathon! please excuse my ugly HTML, I'm a little rusty
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never before have i felt so represented
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E-FIDGETS ARRIVED!
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Passed my ham radio Technician exam last night 🥳
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HAM RADIO
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This happened yesterday, but I made a logo for my PCB design hackathon in northern Virginia!
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Submitted my second OnBoard PR 🥳
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Have you ever yearned for KiCad on Android? Yeah, me neither. Here it is anyways.
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Repainted my soldering iron today 'cause the paint was getting chipped 🙂
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A quick little video of the E-Fidget Lite in its half-functioning state :)
E-Fidget Lite V1 didn't work out, but V2 is already good to order (yes, I've double-triple checked!) Check #onboard if you want more details.
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I emulated and tested the E-Fidget Lite code, and it seems to work! Still waiting for them to arrive, though...
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Continuing work on the E-Fidget Lite firmware as I compulsively check USPS, how's your day going?
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My Onboard-supported PCB fidgets will arrive any day now, so I'm writing the firmware ✨
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Brainstorming a blackberry phone + calculator hybrid device, based on the RP2040, with a friend! It's in very early development, but I'm excited to see where it goes!
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Just wrapped up the PCB design for a haptic feedback fidget, the E-Fidget Lite! This'll be the 4th E-Fidget.
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