Rob is now into the software stage of his automated Cat feeder:
A close-up of the main board – Arduino Nano at top, bottom LH: a DF Player Mini – MP3 Player, bottom RH: Tiny RTC
Every Cat feeder needs an OLED display:
Stacy has been experimenting with embossing thin aluminium sheet:
and onto cardstock, filled in with hand painting:
At the Sydney Linux Conference, Diane found someone with a sample of reflective ribbon, so she ordered her own roll of it. She had a go at quickly knitting up a test patch:
But hang on, I thought this was meant to be reflective? For that you need a light source behind you. Here it is with a flash turned on:
I now have four PCB’s back from Shenzhen:
and have been experimenting with some new Laser cutting software: Light Burn This is under active development. Here I have been playing around with some example packaging for a PCB:
Some example RGB LED boards have been made up:
and the Reflow Oven controller board has been assembled:
