hardware
4 posts
- D7000 robotic camera: the software ran before the hardware existed
A pan-tilt rig that scans a scene, scores frames and triggers a Nikon D7000. The control stack has run on a real Pi and camera; the parts are not yet ordered.
- InkWatch: generating a PCB from code, and what it caught
A square e-paper calendar watch with no radio. The board is generated, routed and checked by scripts; two electrical questions block ordering it.
- A cooling cradle for a fanless MacBook Air, powered by its own USB-C port
The constraint is that a Mac offers only 5 V downstream. Every design choice in the 3D-printed cradle follows from that. Whether it works is not yet measured.
- Smart Notebook: moving the sensor from the notebook to the pen
A redesign on 24 September, a decoder bake-off that picked ArUco tiles over De Bruijn dots, and a Reminders list that still describes the old design.