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Sean Hodgins

@idlehandsdev

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My interdimensional timelines are blurry. 🇨🇦 #SeanHodgins

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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
2 years
Extremely Dangerous Holographic Christmas Tree of Death™ #MerryChristmas
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2 years
Can the Christmas Tree of Death™ run Doom?
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1 year
Classic UART.
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1 year
A Completely DIY Image Sensor and Camera.
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3 years
TENEX - A solid state volumetric OLED display. Video is now live on my YouTube channel. You’ll want to check it out.
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9 months
Amazing what you can do with two layers. 😅
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1 year
Have you ever bought a bag of micro stepper motors but can’t remember what they were for? Me too.
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3 years
😳 it works. #teaser
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2 years
Why stop at just 2?
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2 years
This is what happens when the engineering team doesn’t have a product manager
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9 months
If only there was a way to protect packages from getting rained on. Anyway thanks for the package @fedex
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@idlehandsdev
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2 years
So I built an extremely dangerous spinning holographic Christmas tree, but I only want to play Nyan cat on it all day.
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1 year
My brain frequently reminds me that these massive Soviet era walking dragline excavators exist. I don’t know what to do with this knowledge yet.
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
3 years
Want to build your own volumetric display? Check this out:
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Sean Hodgins
9 months
I ordered 75 of these on a Digi-reel. The first reel arrived with 74, the second reel arrived with…
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
5 years
Be your favorite maker. Special guests - @donttrythis @SimoneGiertz @JimmyDiResta
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9 months
Spent way too long looking for this.
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1 year
More tiny motors you don't need, but definitely want to get. These are super cool.
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5 years
@CrabsAndScience Paint it bright pink. That should class it up.
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
Electronics Twitter, does anyone know of a solenoid actuated switch? Like a bistable mechanism that can be passively switched on/off by a human but also switched electrically from an internal solenoid.
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
“What is my purpose?” “You stir coffee.”
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Sean Hodgins
2 years
Here is my oldest Raspberry Pi. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years! Happy 10th anniversary @Raspberry_Pi
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Sean Hodgins
8 months
Probes the MISO line - “huh, weird that looks like data…” Checks schematic - “damnit.”
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
This makes me feel physically unwell. The future is here. #cryptocurrency
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
Transparent OLED! I have so many ideas for them already. Picked these up from @Crystalfontz
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
Two dimensions is so 2020.
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Sean Hodgins
5 years
My bag of micro steppers motors arrived. That’s a normal thing to say right?
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
3 years
I made a snow globe that makes its own snow!
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1 year
Tiny dual SCARA robot I'm working on.
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3 years
@CrabsAndScience @ChemicalKevy @NileRed2 @MrBeast If it’s your first project like this, Welcome to the world of small batch assembly!
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2 years
Well that certainly simplifies things. @kicad_pcb
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1 year
@WilliamOsman So far, has the baby been easier or harder to care for than the raccoon?
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8 months
Damn things were going so well…
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7 months
I’m thinking
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3 years
Just left a deposit on this.
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
2 years
FYI I prefer chisel tip to conical when soldering most of the time.
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
4 years
Super cool!- new Personal Computer Kit from @Raspberry_Pi
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
Why would YOU have an emergency stop button connected to a @Raspberry_Pi ? Right answers only.
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Sean Hodgins
8 months
Post your earliest PCB you can find, and your most recent. Ill go first: 2013 -> 2023
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Sean Hodgins
10 months
When its critical UART works on the first board rev.
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1 year
These are some hot clocks ☢️
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2 years
I made a giant, ridiculously dangerous, spinning holographic Christmas tree so you don’t have to. Video is now live on YouTube!
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1 year
7000lb Paperweight? You tell me.
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
Serious question, how did the fire start? Like what literally could have ignited the escaping gas?
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Sean Hodgins
2 years
Do your hands get cold while you’re working on your computer? 😂
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
5 years
It’s live! Face Changing Projection Mask.
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
Found a really awesome place with a ton of cool hardware. Picked these up, hoping I can get at least one of them working.
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
@jilles_com One with less personality would be ideal
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3 years
👊
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
Was looking for the @adafruit tiny thermal printer CAD but it didn’t exist, but it does now. 😁
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
🎵 I bless the rains...
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
5 years
Build a real @arduino based digital camera and image sensor from scratch! Check out the video:
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
Back when machines were simpler.
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Sean Hodgins
6 years
New PCB business cards! Sporting the HCC Module footprint.
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Sean Hodgins
2 years
Who wants to help me get to 6K followers by the end of 2022? Does this ever work? Anyway, I though you might like this giant, dangerous, holographic, on fire, Christmas tree that I built.
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4 years
Who tf is this? I want a name.
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
@Me_Tequilas @allykerans @MarTG993 @MayorOfLA @GavinNewsom @KTLAnewsdesk You haven’t seen any exciting videos of people standing around peacefully and protesting? That’s weird. It’s almost as if the violent and horrific events are more newsworthy or something. 🤷‍♂️ I’m sure you’re constantly searching for “peaceful protest videos” and finding nothing.
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2 years
I think I want one of these on my wall just as an art piece.
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5 years
Friend: Which Joker are you being for Halloween? Me: Yes.
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Sean Hodgins
11 months
Look at this cool LED package. Soldering probably not so fun though.
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
These programming clips are pretty cool. Flashing a @MicrochipMakes Attiny85.
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Sean Hodgins
2 years
Insert credits for colour. #ChristmasTreePayWall
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
Want to see the first CNC machine I ever made? Circa 2008. I had to steal my moms computer because it had a parallel port.
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1 year
I remember doing the Wii remote trick so many years ago! We taped it the brim of a hat. It blew my mind looking through the screen.
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Russ Maschmeyer
1 year
Johnny Lee famously hacked a Wii Remote to turn a 2D screen into a 3D window. We revived this trick in Chrome using a standard webcam. Here’s how we did it. 🧵👇
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@idlehandsdev
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6 years
I’ve decided to include an accelerometer module and add a direct connect header for it in the board if all 100 #PIXOPixel sell in the @Kickstarter . Particle physics! Another mod of the code found on @adafruit - @ESP32net #arduino
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10 months
This $50 pen camera is impressive. I like the dual battery and the frameless SD card reader. Fits inside a 12mm cylinder.
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Sean Hodgins
7 months
I prefer “cooked diode” myself.
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My favourite
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11 months
Advertise your account with one PCB. 📸
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Advertise your account with one PCB. I'll start
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1 year
Seriously, who forgets a GND? 🤦‍♂️
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1 year
My DIY digital camera ran all weekend at @OpenSauceLive and it didn’t crash! (though I think the printer didn’t work 100%) - if you still have your receipt, or just want to check out the photos go to - they’re only 32x32 so don’t expect much 😂
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1 year
4 x RTX4090 Build I'm working on.
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
I feel like this is something you would see on The Expanse. Maybe @donttrythis needs one on display in his cave!
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
Every so often you will stumble across someone who is an enigma and you have to learn more about them. Today that person is Parker Edmonson, or dr.parkinstine on TikTok. Anyone know them personally? Just watch this, you will see what I mean.
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1 year
Had a awesome panel at @OpenSauceLive today and couldn’t have gotten a better group of people(audience and fellow presenters!) @bekathwia @zackfreedman @stephen_hawes_
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1 year
Anyone have a name for these pin connectors? The injection molded one is ~4mm pitch.
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
Incredible prints arrived from friends @TheNerdforge - Need to get them framed ASAP.
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3 years
I didn’t think it would be this easy to access the display. Now it’s definitely not coming out.
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2 years
Happy New Year! 🎊🎆 🎇
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Sean Hodgins
7 years
3d print this small Christmas ornament that plays 90s Christmas commercials! Get all the parts from @adafruit - follow this @instructables
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
Backyard progression. From a broken glass covered asphalt driveway to a private place where the dog can run and not cut his feet. It was all done for him.
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7 years
Modified the sand physics code found on @Adafruit to run on an OLED and use a MPU9250. Also added a little more randomness for fluid motion. Super cool!
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3 years
👀
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1 year
Look how small these servos are!
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
@CrabsAndScience Ours normally hang up on us when they realize we’re not a vulnerable individual. Usually just by the tone of saying “hello?” to them.
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Sean Hodgins
8 months
Can someone count these pins and confirm I’m not going crazy? This is a 94 pin connector that came in a 90pin pack😑. I needed 90. Mind the bridges.
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@idlehandsdev
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3 years
This sort of blew up. Sub to my YouTube channel if you want to catch the video on it coming out soon! Here’s another teaser 😉
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Sean Hodgins
4 years
So.. I’m trying out TikTok and this turned out better than expected.
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Sean Hodgins
5 years
Whaaaat! Just won grand prize for the @instructables Halloween contest! All thanks to #themask of course.
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Sean Hodgins
2 years
What can’t a milling machine do?
@OPLA_TECH
おぷら技研
2 years
普通の家にリフロー炉なんてありませんよw 一般人はフライス盤でリフローするんです!!
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
Ordered 20 more transparent OLEDs. Stay tuned.
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2 years
Finally did something with those pieces of polycarbonate I had laying around. Gotta get some markers.
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Sean Hodgins
1 year
@CDisillusion Missed that in House. I do like my lightboard in my shop for the aesthetic and that it doesn’t add a big dividing wall that closes up the space. Plus it may double as a blast shield for certain experiments… with that said, clear screens will never be a thing.
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
I keep seeing tiny real hammers posted on Reddit. I haven’t seen one smaller than this yet.
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1 year
Think 3200W is enough?
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
3 years
This is sort of insane. See you in the morning. 😬
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
I’m planning on giving away a complete TENEX in a couple of weeks. Details will be here on my twitter.
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Sean Hodgins
5 years
Finally got these USB-C footprints dialed in. Still a pain to solder! Just a giant solder bridge usually.
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@idlehandsdev
Sean Hodgins
2 years
Giveaway time! @WORXTools Sent an extra MakerX kit so I figured I would give one to a fellow maker! Retweet and Follow ( @idlehandsdev ) to enter! See following tweet for details.
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Sean Hodgins
8 months
How well do they stack? 🤔 😆
@Crystalfontz
Crystalfontz
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New Transparent LCD coming soon!
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Sean Hodgins
3 years
New chips, who dis? @Raspberry_Pi #rp2040
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