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Project Kiiboard – The Beginning
Step 1: Stumble upon mechanical keyboards. Fall in love with them. Find out that Raspberry Pi 2 is released. Get an idea. Build a computer inside a keyboard. Step 2: Google around the Internet, someone...
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Project Kiiboard – Quick update
I just ordered the WASD V2 88-Key Keyboard. The brown switches were out of stock, so I ordered the clicky blue ones. This is a mockup of what it will look like: I’m so excited that I don’t know what to...
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Project Kiiboard – Parts ordered
Yesterday I ordered the keyboard, and today I shopped for some other parts at Partco. It’s a great shop by the way. The things I got: HDMI connectors Some wires A power switch LEDs, bezels and...
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Project Kiiboard – Some parts arrived!
Today I had the parts waiting for me in the post. That was fast! Thanks Partco. Now I can finally get some real measurements. Still waiting for the keyboard, though. I was at the Hacklab yesterday,...
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Project Kiiboard – A huge update!
Phew! It has been a while, and lots have happened. First of all, I got the RasPi2, and slimmed it down. I decided that I will sacrifice the ethernet port – I am going to have WiFi and ethernet is not...
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Project Kiiboard – 3D printed backplate
Just a quick update to show you guys that the test print was a success! Only couple of slight modifications, and the part can be printed with better settings and in the real colour, black. This was my...
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Project Kiiboard – Making progress
I got the final print of the backplate yesterday! It was a lot better than the last one, not that there was anything wrong with the test print. I am impressed! The part fit perfectly, as the last one....
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Raspberry Pi – light detection, temperature sensor & IRC bot
While waiting for my parts to arrive, I have fiddled with some sensors for another Pi project. I wanted to be able to know, if there is somebody at the Hacklab. I thought about some different ways to...
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//hackdash sneek preview
Note: This is dummy data for now. Timers, api calls and functions are now waiting for an api :)
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//hackdash
The dashboard is alive and running! Whoo :) So, what is it? We discussed about having a real time IRC log at the lab, and I figured out I could make one, so I did. It was rather easy, since we already...
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Project Kiiboard – It’s done!
I finally got both the USB switch IC and MSOP10 breakout boards, so I went to our Hacklab to finalise the build. The switch IC is tiny, so I needed a microscope to solder it. Everything went well, even...
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//hackdash bus timetables
I use buses when traveling between home and the hacklab. Since our local bus company’s, Föli’s, routeplanner kind of sucks, I decided to show the timetable on the hackdash. So, I made a small api which...
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3d printer
When a project ends, a new one must begin. – b10nik I got hot ends in the mail today, whoo! I ordered them from AliExpress. Hence I declare my 3d printer project started!
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CandyPi
Some time ago we got a Jelly Belly machine at work. Since we are tinkerers in nature, we decided to mod it a bit. Since feeding coins into the machine felt a bit boring, we installed a RaspberryPi...
View ArticleBuilding a quadcopter part I
In recent years I have found myself wanting to build a quadcopter. After seeing a friend fly his quadcopter, I blacked out and when I woke up, I had ordered the parts. Not really. The first step in...
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