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You can see from looking at the block diagram above that the isolation is transformer based, it’s quite remarkable that they can fit 5 transformers in such a small package. If you can’t attend the workshop the pcb files can …
As part of the recent pi protoplate/connector group buy we included funds for Adafruit, the authors of the open hardware PCB design we chose. We ordered 25 boards and aimed to include $1 per board kickback for Adafruit. The final …
In one of the earlier SMD workshops I managed to temporarily kill my new macbook pro when I plugged in a prototype. I revived it by removing the battery all the time chanting to myself, must get a usb isolator, …
There’s a lot of work that goes into putting workshops on at vhs. In the photo below you can see some of the parts for the SMD March Internet of things board laid out ready for packing. Many SMD components …
SMD March – Arduino Internet of things kitbuilding Read more »
For SMD March we’ll be building an Internet of things board. This is the heart of an arduino uno coupled with an ethernet interface to let you control leds, relays etc, plus read switch positions, temperature etc. all over Ethernet. …
This is closed now. I’ve chosen the adafruit design as it is open hardware (https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit-Prototyping-Pi-Plate). The board manufacturer (iteadstudio.com) I use charges $US19.90 for 10 boards (will be green). Shipping is about $US0.50-1 each (varies a lot with the …
Raspberry Pi protoboard/connector group buy – $US7 each Read more »
Here is a demo video of the awesome vhs led badge designed by Richard Sim. These are mostly assembled, we’re holding workshops in January to finish the build and learn about how they work. This board has a Atmega 168/328 …
The VHS 5th Anniversary LED badge is a Atmel 168 based board with an Altera CPLD driving a two colour 8×16 LED matrix. Other features include a 5 way joystick, separate button, expansion header for i2c peripherals and a microphone. …
SMD November is all about building our own Bus Pirate v3. The bus pirate v3 is a like a leatherman for electronics protocols. “Talk to 1-wire, I2C, UART (async serial), SPI, JTAG, MIDI, LCDs, PC keyboards, and a ton of generic serial …
This workshop uses a readily available prototype board to construct a bare bones Arduino Leonardo compatible microcontroller using off the shelf components. The soldering will be more complex than the September workshop. The microcontroller has 32 pins but the pin …
SMD October – Build your own minimal Arduino Leonardo Compatible, October 24th Read more »