No photos, but we had a new member come along with some fancy acrylic bottle openers.  Two people working of software development.  Harry was learning KiCAD and designing a mini Macro Keyboard and I was writing some software for one of my recently assembled PCB's.

A smaller meeting this time around and with no photos.  Lots of chatting though and some of us got some work done.

Harry had a new laptop to show off, Phillip worked on a coding project, Steve brought some Robots along and I worked on getting the Sound Engineering board onto the local WiFi network, while displaying a Godot example on the projector screen.
 

.The first meeting of the year saw us meeting at the Bunbury City Library.  There where around 10 people who came along for a chat, or brought projects along to work on.

Caitlin was building a Unity front end for the Sound Engineering PCB that a few of use are working on.

Rick brought along his ECU controller and laid it all out with the various sensors and spark-plugs etc:

and by the end of the meeting there where lots of sparks flying:

Stephen was working on his Home Assistant software, integrating in some Bunnings Alec controllers:

Plus the usual desk full of electronics:

Our last meeting of the year was held at the INTR Studio in downtown Bunbury - just before they moved to a new location. 

No photos unfortunatly, but we all sat around tables in the center of the room and chatted while working on our projects.  Tim brought along a metal saw and had a go at building a frame.  Caitlin had all her Arduino gear out to play with and we helped.  Harry was working on his battery replacer power supply.  Other people worked on their software projects too.

 A big thanks to Caitlin for hosting us!

Well that was the last meeting at the Eaton Library.  We thank them for hosting us for the last three or four years!

We had one of the original meeting members pop by.  Lots of laughs and memories. 

I missed photographing Harry's stop motion camera power supply, however you can view some of his videos here. We also had noise and action around a electronic car engine controller.  Great to hear and see it in action!

A blown older version that needs a bit of love to be resurrected:

With a bit of help, a young member has designed up a LED xmas tree. Next to it are some new ESP32-C3 modules:

There where two AliExpress spot welder kits:

Some PCB's have just arrived to build a Solar 6V PV to LiFePO4 single battery charger:

There was an Adeept MARS rover around.  The software has been re-jigged so it will operate via a Python CLI:

A new PCB has been made to help connect power and data to the input of the ES2812 LED strip:

X27.168 stepper motor mounting PCB:

I was away for the last two meetings, so no blogging.  I do believe the August 3D printing workshop that Phillip with Rick 's help, was successful, and the mini-Expo was a lot of fun.

Back on track again.  It was great to see everyone again.  Loved Harry's new speakers that he built from recycled timber, and a re-purposed Bluetooth audio amplifier:

Caitlin brought along a Bare Conductive music player board - this is a very nifty board:

Diane brought along some colour to the meeting:

Some other electronics came along:

An e-Paper name badge is coming along - just waiting on some upgraded components for the new blue PCB:

Great to see some old faces back again!  Way too much talking going on, so I forgot to take any photos.

We had some artwork going on.  Diane finished sewing a plaid jacket for a granddaughter.  Stephen tried writing more of his electronic parts management software, but we all had lots to catch up on, so not much work going on at the table.  There where also some electronics projects on show as well.

Wow, what a meeting.  Some new faces and a Infrared presentation by Peter. So much going on, it was hard to catch-up with everyone.

It's hard to see in this far away photo, but the PSU wire was overheating due to the 4A flowing through it:

This thermal camera can track where you have been standing:

I wonder who this is:

thermal hand prints:

low temperature - 70 degree melting metal.  Great for casting at home:

and if thats not low enough, then there is always liquid room temperature metal:

Glow in the dark artwork taking shape:

a box of Laser cut fabric:

and sewn into place:

Lots of new PCB's have arrived and been put together.  The Boden - a breadboard able 3.3V to 5V data level translator:

The Bussel4, a Microbit 3V to 5V data level translator for driving RGB LEDs:

Testing solenoid placements on a Waveshare Alphabot2 robot:

A Testing solenoid testing ramp:

The SW Makers Acrylic Sign is finally all put together and pulsating with rainbow colours, all in a new MDF housing that just needs painting:

A great catch-up.  I missed photographing Harry's new Ender V3 3D printer.   It sparked a bit of interest around the table.

Tim was experimenting with temperature readings via a Raspberry Pi and DS18B20 sensor:

Diane was doing some practice drawings:

Stacy was making 3D flowers and leaves:

My new RGB LED PCB arrived and I quickly assembled it for the meeting:

and running our SW Makers sign:

The Raspberry Pi Z80 controller is also finished:

A bit quiet due to school holidays, but we had lots to chat about and a new member introduced himself. 

Phillip's Chip-8 is progressing:

Rick is building a 3D printed robot:  www.thingiverse.com/thing:2662828

As well as a lot of software development work being done on Alphabot2:

Colourful Bead work:

and some laser cut fabric patterns that have been sewed into place:

I tested some members USB-Micro cables so i could collect some data on a cable-tester-board I am building:

All cables where verified against a milli-ohm meter - this short cable measured very high

I spent a few days designing up a 18650 battery pack add-on for the Alphabot2:

The software for the basic ESP32 RGB Neopixel LED controller has been updated: