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Engineer trying to invent new things with electronics Founder of @microbots_io

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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
5 years
Meet my super simple Holographic FlexLED display!
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@BugejaCarl
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5 years
I made a circuit JUMP!!
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6 years
Its alive! I've integrated a motor on an ESC! #PCBMotor
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Carl Bugeja
2 years
Foldable Circuit Rover - Full Build 👉
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2 years
Started testing some new FlexLED samples! This is my favourite so far! I will be making some more upgrades to this PCB to further test it's durability
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@BugejaCarl
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1 month
Thinnest Electromagnet! Designed from a 14-layer PCB Coil ~ Learn more on
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1 month
14 layers of copper of coil sitting on my fingertips! This new CoilCell is an updated version of my old 12-layer PCB actuator - now smaller, with an onboard driver and a bit more efficient. Check out its specs on
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
Can't get any simpler than this!
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@BugejaCarl
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1 year
Experimenting with a new Actuator idea.. made from 1 flexible PCB! I will show how it works & its applications in a future video but 1st I have to make a 2nd prototype to make it more robust mechanically
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@BugejaCarl
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5 years
Are you ready for my next project? 🤪
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@BugejaCarl
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2 years
Yesterday was a special day! All credits goes to my supehero wife for delivering little Jack safe and sound
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
180 DEGREES FLEX! 🤓 (this is a slomo)
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
One of the coolest things I've ever built! Ping Pong RGB Ball 🏓
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Friday Night Flexar Testing
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
Self-Soldering Circuits is officially a thing!! New video 👉
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@BugejaCarl
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6 years
This is my new actuator! Its made from a 2-layer flex pcb!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
16 days
How many features can you pack into this tiny module? My New Build is now live on my YouTube channel!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
I made a thing with silicone wires and magnets 🙃 check out the full build video on my YouTube channel -
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Playing around with my new actuators
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
This turned out looking so cool! (it's an Aluminium core Purple PCB)
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
For the last few days I have been playing around with microstepping the Stepper PCB Motor design! This clip was one of the first initial test I made last week!! Since then I have busy tweaking and iterating the mechanical design to fix some design issue it had
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
6 years
This is what it looks like in free air #PCBRobot
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
This is going to be humongous! 😅 Can't wait for the PCB to arrive!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
5 years
I made a Paper Actuated Buterfly!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
1 year
Just received some new PCBs! These are different ESCs topologies to test with my PCB Motors
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
🤵🏻👰🏻
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
9 days
Tiny Robot-Brain🧠 #ESP32 #robot #engineering Full YouTube Video - CodeCell -
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Completed a new PCB design! This project idea has been on my design-shelf for almost 2-years! Let's hope it works 🤞
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
6 years
It's here! My super tiny 6-layer #PCBMotor 😍🤖🤓
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Publishing a new special project this week! 🏓
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
6 years
It's alive! I turned a PCB into a robot! #PCBRobot
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
New Project dropping later today on YouTube! 🤖 So excited to show you this one!
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@BugejaCarl
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2 years
Mechanically Upgrading 🤖
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
New shiny PCB Motors!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
My first attempt at building a two wheeled PCB-Motor Robot!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
6 years
A closer look at my PCB coils 🔬
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
V1.3 is here 😍
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
8 months
Try it here 👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
Can PCB Motors Microstep? I just released a new video on YouTube about my first Stepper prototype 🙂
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
5 years
4B's first test video! Full test can be seen on my YouTube channel 👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
Tiny Robot Big Battery! Full video 👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
The updated RGB-Ball PCB has arrived! This time I'll be using a smaller 1.5x1.5mm addressable RGB LED ~ SK6805-EC15
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
It's here 🙈
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@BugejaCarl
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4 years
This is my attempt at making a flexible PCB robot frog 🙃🐸 Check out the full video on my YouTube channel 👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
6 years
This tiny BLE module is going to be the brain of my four-legged #PCBRobot ! It has a 32-bit processor integrated with a Bluetooth transiver/receiver - all packaged in 10x10mm module
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
Somewhere in this PCB is a robot waiting to be assembled 😁
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Just received this 4-layer 1oz coil test board 😍
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@BugejaCarl
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6 years
More progress on project #FlexLED !The idea is quite simple - Flexing light off an led!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
New PCB-Motor samples have arrived 😍
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
12 LAYERS 😎
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
15 days
Super happy with all the R&D we're doing at @microbots_io – not only designing small robots but also making them maker-friendly! Next step: making them useful
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⚡️Introducing CodeCell ~ The Penny-Size Controller Packed with Sensors! Learn more:
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
Classic Matte Green Soldermask never disappoints 😍
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8 months
Magnetic Bendy Sticker! 🧲👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
This is my re-designed #PCBMotor ! Mechanical it is more robust, it goes to higher speeds and its even more torquey! Check out the full explanation video 👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
Just posted a new video showing my journey making #FlexBot - my attempt to make a simplified robot made from a flexible circuit!
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@BugejaCarl
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4 years
It's so small!!! 1.5x1.5mm h-bridge driver - PAM8016
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
My latest Flap Actuator project is released and for sale here 👉 (open source files are also available)
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Finishing my last tests for tomorrow's new YouTube video
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
6 years
Made this tiny #robot prototype from paper and my magnetic pcb actuator
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
2-Wheeled PCB Motor Robot Part 3 dropping tomorrow on my YouTube channel!
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@BugejaCarl
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4 years
Christmas FLEX? #NotAGreenTree 🌲
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Carl Bugeja
1 year
Integrated a Flexure Bearing into a PCB Actautor! Full test video is now up -
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
Youtube comments: "Your Flexible PCB tech is too expensive" Me: "Not any more!" 😎
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Received an early Christmas present! This thing is a pretty! #arduino
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
5 years
Final PCBA looks gorgeous 😀 I am so excited about this new project! It's still a concept and there's a chance the idea doesn't work out, but if it does.....
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
New custom ESCs Assembled #PCBMotor #v4
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2 years
180° PCB Flaps
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Carl Bugeja
6 years
This PCB is going to act as the brain and the muscle of my #PCBRobot 🤖🧠💪
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
I'm currently making a video about PIEZO materials.. This one is called PowerHap ⚡⚡
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
Something special just arrived 😍
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@BugejaCarl
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4 years
FlexBot has been a work-in-progress idea for so long!! This week I will finally share all the test results! 😊
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
All the testing I made for the Open Reflow PCB Hot Plate v2 are now published on my YouTube channel!
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6 years
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3 years
Merry Christmas 🎉 New Video Update on my Wheeled PCB Robot is now uploaded on my YouTube channel!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
My PCB Actuator Driver project is finally getting closer to the completion finish line 🙃
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@BugejaCarl
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4 years
30mm Diameter 2-layer 4-Pole Stepper PCB Motor! Let's hope this works 🤞 .
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Carl Bugeja
5 years
This year I went a little overboard with a super geeky Valentine's day gift! 🤓 Check out the full Flexible Holographic LED Heart video on my YouTube channel!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
3 years
My new HeatStick PCBs have arrived! 😍 Going to start testing them today!
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
My Subscriber Count just turned 6 digits 🙈 I've always wanted to be an electronics/robotics designer, but I never thought I'll also end up being a #YouTube creator! Cheers to everyone who supported my channel and encouraged me to carry on! Super excited to make more electronics
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
v2 🔥
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23 days
New YouTube project incoming in a few days! I've been busy testing a lot of fun stuff & turning them into examples/tutorials for my new tiny CodeCell module! 🧑‍💻 Be one of the first to try it out at
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@BugejaCarl
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3 years
Finished soldering the new Driver 😍
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3 years
Just published a new YouTube video about PCB Motor v4!
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
As small as it gets! #6layerflex
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@BugejaCarl
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5 years
The new #FlexLED PCBs have just arrived 🤩 These are actually my first ever Flexi-Rigid PCBs!!
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Carl Bugeja
4 years
FlexAR is an Open Source Magnetic Actuator made from a Flexible PCB! (ps. it only cost €2.00 😀)
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
2 years
I just released a new YouTube video explaining how I designed my driver 👉
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@BugejaCarl
Carl Bugeja
4 years
FlexAR 180° Test - Starting Sequence (120fps)
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Carl Bugeja
4 years
Is this too Geeky for electronics engineers? 🤓 New SMD Resistor chart Hoody from my Merch Store
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