Electronics

Projects using electronic components and circuits

Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen Hot Water Installation Photo
Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen Hot Water Installation
Replacing our old dumb central heating controller with a Nest Learning Thermostat 3rd Gen and Hot Water Installation

Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger Version 2 Photo
Raspberry Pi Solar Data Logger Version 2
Time to replace our Raspberry Pi solar data logger with a new version 2 revision with more features and sensors

Mastervolt Soladin 600 Optical Interface Noise Fail Photo
Mastervolt Soladin 600 Optical Interface Noise Fail
Trying to add an optical interface to our Mastervolt Soladin 600 solar mains inverter but had problems with unwanted RF noise from the inverter

USB MultiComms Part Four Case Photo
USB MultiComms Part Four Case
Putting everything together in an enclosure and making custom front panels.

USB MultiComms Part Three UART Board Photo
USB MultiComms Part Three UART Board
Designing an isolated USB to UART interface.

USB MultiComms Part Two RS232 Board Photo
USB MultiComms Part Two RS232 Board
Designing an isolated USB to RS232 interface.

USB MultiComms Part One USB Board Photo
USB MultiComms Part One USB Board
Designing a modular serial interface for RS232, RS485, I2C, SPI and JTAG.

Sinclair ZX81 Kit Build Photo
Sinclair ZX81 Kit Build
We purchased a boxed and unopened Sinclair ZX81 Kit from eBay and decided to build it and see if it still worked after being in a box for over 30 years

USB Smart Charger with Bluetooth LE Photo
USB Smart Charger with Bluetooth LE
Designing a USB smart charger with wireless power monitoring.

Designing a PIC24 Development Board Photo
Designing a PIC24 Development Board
Designing a PIC24 Development Board to use with different microcontrollers

DIY Pick and Place Speed Updates Photo
DIY Pick and Place Speed Updates
Software tuning to make our DIY Pick and Place place components faster

DIY Soldering Robot Project Completed Photo
DIY Soldering Robot Project Completed
We made a soldering robot to solder dual-row headers for Raspberry Pi development boards

Soldering Robot Designing the Motor Driver Board Photo
Soldering Robot Designing the Motor Driver Board
Designing the Motor Driver Board for our soldering robot project

Soldering Robot Temperature Controller Photo
Soldering Robot Temperature Controller
With the mechanical side of the soldering robot well underway the next stage was to begin work on the electronics that will control it.

Etching your own PCBs Photo
Etching your own PCBs
Creating Your Own PCBs Using UV Exposure and Etching Fluid: A Step-by-Step Guide

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