Working on some hardware designs today. My next project is a dream come true for me, and for anyone who taught themselves to build circuits.
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Announcement: I'm working with Forrest M. Mims to bring his designs out of his amazing hand-drawn books to real life, as PCBs. Stay tuned!
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Progress update here! Week 1—I scoured Forrest Mims' books for which projects I'll work up. Going to start out with seven initial projects.
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Week 2—deciding on ideas for design aesthetic. Gratitude due to those who've commented on my poorly sketched mockups so far.
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Week 3 is now—finishing up some functional prototypes and planning to ship out by end of week(!)
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Week 4 that board took longer to complete than I thought it would, but done. Prototypes shipped!
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Week 5 can't wait to get protos back from
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Week 6 received protos, redesigned & shipped Rev 2
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Week 7: designed 2 more boards and will be shipping a total of these 3 projects
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Feeling kind of pleased with progress so far & happy to have settled on an aesthetic which seems from here like the hardest part.
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