Projects

Fluke DMM 8600A repair photos

Old school still looks good ! Set of High Resolution photos of Fluke 8600A, this was taken during tear down and repair. Fluke was successfully repaired, main problem was detached input, broken tab and contacts clean-up on ganged switches.   This is how I repaired broken case
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Particle Photon

Photon – a particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radiation. A photon carries energy proportional to the radiation frequency but has zero rest mass. Particle Photon is new dev kit from Particle, I just got it recently and want to compare it with
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Water cooling 3W Blue Laser

Lets make sure out blue laser doesn’t burn itself This is build log for the water cooling module for 3W 445 nm Blue Laser ( NDB 7875  ), to allow laser run at 2.4A for extended amount of time. Practically you can use any kind of laser diode in the standard AIXIS styl
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Temperature Logger with Particle Photon

Lets make something useful with Particle Photon I think temperature logger is a project that can find many application around house. For exaple I want to have temperature logger which will provide temperature measurements in my garage 🙂 Also I will be using it to control
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Bluetooth controlled Bescor MP-101 Pan Tilt Head modification

Bescor MP-101 Pan and Tilt head was very useful addition to my photography equipment which allow me to photograph things remotely, but it had one big limitation, well 20ft limitation – extension cord, yes exactly it was remotely controlled with 20ft or upgradable to
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3D Printable enclosure for SensorTag2 WatchDev pack.

Want to build smart watch? I will show you how. Created 3D Printable enclosure for SensorTag2 WatchDev pack, original silicone pocket was kinda looking lame 🙂 3D Files available here – http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:951915 You tube video with details about enclosure /
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3 New DevPacks for CC2650 SensorTag 2 from TI

There are more exiting things you can do now with CC2650 SensorTag 2 Recently TI have introduced 3 new DevPacks you can purchase to make more interesting projects with SensorTag 2 SensorTag 2 is CC2650 based DevPack boasting 10 sensors, low power MCU and 3 Different connectivity
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TI SensorTag 2 Power consumption analysys

How long you think SensorTag 2 will last on single 3V coin battery? During my first SensorTag2 review  video I had issue with that no all sensors were working properly, I was wondering if I got defective unit, turned out that battery which SensorTag 2 was shipped with was pretty
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New SensorTag 2 from TI, description and close up photos.

New SensorTag 2 from TI is really great Bluetooth 4LE Devkit boasting  10 Sensors and low power MCU Today I got new toy from TI, it is CC2650STK SensorTag2 DevKit from Texas Instrument. I was looking long for a device whcih is BLE4 powered and has sensors on it, I was playing
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DIY cheap PTFE hotend tube for 3D printer

This DIY PTFE hotend tube will be most of all useful for RigidBot / RigidBotBig extruders, but also will be useful for J-head hotend, Delta Rostock extruder and may be some others but this all I know. The idea is to use 2 PTFE tubes one inside another, first is ID 2mm and OD 4mm,
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