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South West Makers (Australia)

SW Makers June 2018 Eaton Meeting

10/6/2018

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It was great to catch up with everyone and see their current projects.

Rob is now into the software stage of his automated Cat feeder:
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A close-up of the main board - Arduino Nano at top, bottom LH: a DF Player Mini - MP3 Player, bottom RH: Tiny RTC
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Every Cat feeder needs an OLED display:
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Stacy has been experimenting with embossing thin aluminium sheet:
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and onto cardstock, filled in with hand painting:
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At the Sydney Linux Conference, Diane found someone with a sample of reflective ribbon, so she ordered her own roll of it.  She had a go at quickly knitting up a test patch:
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But hang on, I thought this was meant to be reflective?  For that you need a light source behind you.  Here it is with a flash turned on:
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I now have four PCB's back from Shenzhen:
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and have been experimenting with some new Laser cutting software:  Light Burn   This is under active development.  Here I have been playing around with some example packaging for a PCB:
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Some example RGB LED boards have been made up:
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and the Reflow Oven controller board has been assembled:
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