Stephen Hawes
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Today’s the day! Pick and Place kits are available for sale, and under a new name, LumenPnP!
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Some mega cool news: the Index can officially populate its own motherboard!
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do you use
@github
for your hardware designs? annoyed you can't view your source native on the site? i made a chrome extension that lets you view PCBs and mechanical CAD from the github UI. runs on
@theavalkyrie
's KiCanvas and Online3DViewer. link in replies!
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my headphones have broken for the last time. now im taking matters into my own hands.
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ok round two: this is a PCB. what does it do? wrong answers only.
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"I don't need to run DRC before ordering boards, I caught everything."
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Finally got around to finishing my Open Book! Made a little case for it too. Thank you
@josecastillo
for the awesome device and gorgeous documentation!
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We're in Munich, Germany for
@electronicaFair
! We're in
@Elektor
's both as part of
#effwd22
. Come say hi at booth B4.440!
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next gen LumenPnP controller in progress (thanks
@arturo182
for the idea on how to label pins!)
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The frustration from hand-populating PCBs for my 2019 Kickstarter (a wifi controlled light-up bowtie) made me start the LumenPnP project. Last week I used the LumenPnP to build more of them. Super cathartic experience!
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v4 is an absolute tank. Go check it out!
Accurate, Reliable, Fast. Introducing LumenPnP v4 Desktop Pick and Place. Save weeks of engineering time and de-risk production by rapidly and automatically building prototypes in-house. Link in bio!
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@WilliamOsman
called, so I answered. Hacked a Lumen to draw portraits and brought it to
@OpenSauceLive
, vid is up now:
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Spun up a bare-bones REV000 of the Index PnP motherboard today! It successfully boots Marlin, and only needed four bodge wires! Video about it goes up next Saturday!
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Scored this MASSIVE server rack the other day, started looking for a cheap machine to run a manufacturing database for Index production. A bit of googling led me down a very, very deep rabbit hole about home servers, I had no idea what I was getting myself into 😅
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I am now three repairs deep into these headphones. Broken rotation joint, snapped earpiece bracket, busted headphone jack. I love bringing them kicking and screaming back into usability, and making them look a little more cyberpunk each time.
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the prototype PCB for my Bluetooth headphone project boots up and charges! now it's firmware time 🧑💻
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new lumenpnp mobo fresh out of the oven. video is up now! link in reply
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So proud to have the LumenPnP included the FreeCAD v1.0 splashscreens!
Merged: New upcoming
#FreeCAD
v1.0 SplashScreen(s) - there will be a random SplashScreen image displayed each time you start-up FreeCAD. We want to thank the 3rd party projects that gave us 👍 to use their insanely cool
#CAD
images 🙏
@ChipMaple
@OpuloInc
@_AngelLM
@HR_Compacta
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Finally back from
@OpenSauceLive
. It was truly spectacular; so many great opportunities to talk with other creators and makers, a perfect blend of Vidcon and Maker Faire.
@WilliamOsman
and team thanks for making it happen.
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Incredibly grateful to be going full time on YouTube. Thank you so much to all the folks that have helped me get here.
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Quick poll: when looking at this IC, which dimple would you guess is the designator for pin 1? If you guessed the bottom right, you'd be wrong, like I was an hour ago before desoldering it and rotating it 180 degrees. That's a mistake I won't make again!
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got lost in the sauce. thank you
@OpenSauceLive
for the actual best event for makers and creatives. if you missed it get your tickets for next year rn 😤 they're already on sale!
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Today marks four years since the beginning of the LumenPnP project!
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A massive boost indeed! We've been able to get some office space, properly validate our suppliers, and so many other things that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. Incredibly grateful, beyond stoked.
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Finishing a video going up on Saturday; starting work on something brand new.
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.
@electronicaFair
was incredible! Met a ton of wonderful folks and learned a tremendous amount. Thank you so much to
@Elektor
for having
@OpuloInc
as part of your booth, and the generous
#effwd22
prize!
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Tons of effort from the entire Index community brought us here. A tremendous thank you to everyone who's participated in the project! Full video about the process is here:
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Beyond stoked to have this chunk of the project finished!
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To help folks setup and test their
@OpuloInc
LumenPnP, I made a tool that actually connects to your machine from the browser tab! No need to install anything; just go to . The tool runs tests and can download a test report! Here it is finding feeders:
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A tremendous thank you to everyone in the community that contributed to these. We're super proud of them, and can't wait to get them out to y'all!
The LumenPnP just got a whole lot more automated. 8mm Feeders are available now!
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Head on over to if you want to pick one up! We’re immensely proud and can’t wait to get these out to y’all!
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i got tired of copying GCode to all the SD cards in my print farm, so i made a tool that sends EVERY file in a folder to EVERY printer in the farm.
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@theavalkyrie
At Formlabs I played around with printing shapes in clear resin, then injecting the voids of those parts with colored resin! Had to print Luer Lock connectors on the clear prints so I could inject the colored stuff properly.
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Awesome updates! Thank you for the kickass release
@FreeCADNews
!
After a very long release cycle with deep joy we're (finally!) happy to announce the latest stable release of FreeCAD v0.21!!
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And now it renders feeders! You can input what unique part counts you have of each tape width, and it'll decide the optimal layout and render in the model. Adding in strip feeders next!
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just drove 16 hours to attend a 3 hour show by some folks that i look up to greatly. 1000% worth it. I think i often underestimate the power of being inspired by others and the impact it can have; it's worth the time and effort to put yourself in those situations if you're able.
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Just got my Open Book in the mail from
@josecastillo
, and holy smokes this thing is gorgeous. Documentation is rad, and the silkscreen is incredible. Super excited to spin it up!
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get your hiney to Open Sauce! it is, hands down, the coolest damn event. plus if you bring something cool you get in for free! show off your absurd abominations of engineering!
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Spent most of the weekend using
@FreeCADNews
, and holy moly, I love it. It's got its quirks, sure, but weirdly most of those quirks kind of force me into better CAD practices (or at the very least make me think much harder about my decision making).
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B.O.D.G.E:
Before Ordering, Didn't Guarantee Everything
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plus the blog post for details:
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hey gamers, starting a new weekend project where I build a bunch of open hardware projects and document the process, use the learnings to make the LumenPnP better. already did a few, but would love some good project suggestions!
(1/2)
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Off to
#supercon
! Very stoked to be giving a talk this year, plus I'm bringing a wacky new "badge"! Cannot frickin' wait to see everyone!!
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LumenPnP SAO spun up just in time for the
@ohsummit
! find me at the event if you want one! I have a million of em
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Thanks to all the folks that gave us feedback and helped us make the machine better and easier to use! Can’t wait to get these in the mail! 🤖
We’re proud to announce we have an assembled version of the LumenPnP available for sale! V3 has a ton of upgrades and improvements, plus now it takes less than an hour from opening the box to running your first job.
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it was, in fact, L9. works with a touch-up, all the other sus things were just my messy attempts at root-causing. C52 and R24 actually arent shorted, it's just a really misleading flux reflection
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Oh shucks, new Makercast coming in hot! Really stoked to be hosting this time! Tune in Sun Sept 6th and see some awesome projects from some radical makers!:
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I CANNOT WAIT for this. I had such insane fomo last year. it looks like the coolest damn event
We're excited to invite you to the Open Hardware Summit in Montreal, May 3 & 4. There will be 2 days of hands-on workshops, talks, demos & more. If you're an experienced Open Hardware maker, or just curious about what open source means, join us:
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Hey
@glowascii
@ClarissaRedwine
thought you'd like to see my project, the Glowtie! It's a light-up bowtie you control over wifi! Just launched a Kickstarter: Plus it's all open source!
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built the first pass of this tool live on stream with a bunch of rad community members, thanks to everyone that helped out! totally open if you want to fork/modify. give it a try!
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@theavalkyrie
Another vote for FreeCAD! It does take a bit to get used to, but I've really grown to love it.
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@pestalella
ok this is a sick idea. nfc tags in a tarot deck, plays led animations based on the card?? so rad
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Finished the
@formlabs
Form 2 SAO! Works with a coin cell, or through the SAO v1.69 pinout. Thanks
@mrtwinkletwink
for the wonderful walkthroughs of making SAOs with KiCAD.
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.
@Lucianchapar
and myself will be on stream tonight at 7:20pm EDT!
We're coming up on our evening programming! Join us for talks from
@SafeForRobots
,
@socialbodylab
,
@Dinaconference
, Deshipu,
@AlexLynd
, Portland State Aerospace Society,
@adafruit
, Don Undeen,
@OpuloInc
and
@timonsku
!
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@theavalkyrie
A classic.
If you're designing with any sort of reliability in mind, don't use usb micro. Use the big chonky one- that's why it exists! You ever see a 2d printer with a broken USB port? fuck no!
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Woah. Insane build, incredible video.
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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It was a total blast chatting with Chris about the pick and place, and how to "design for paranoia." Video version of the episode is here!:
Today is an exciting day for me. I have officially launched The
@ContextualElec
Podcast!
The first 3 shows are available on the Contextual Electronics site, and you can subscribe in a podcast feed as well (iTunes store). There is a video version too!
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Thanks friend!! Felt so good to get back to making vids after a little break! :D
A new video in the Index PnP saga, great work as always by
@stephentherobot
, both with the electronics as well as video editing 🎉
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This is going to mean a world of difference for folks trying to turn a prototype into a product. Completely automated plastic part fabrication at a reasonable price is a huge missing link.
Moar 3D belt printer goodness, control box is now integrated, 32bit firmware is being tweaked.
Sooooooooon😁
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Tossed the case up on Thingiverse:
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ok well now it's a sword that kinda works?
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