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Looks amazing! Reminds me of a funny reddit thread about a man who built a fiber optic star ceiling for his daughter. The top comment was "First child?". :) https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/8g8pce/fiberoptic_star...
Don't assume: Could be an only child, or the spouse is stay-at-home, or the author has family wealth and doesn't need a full time job.
If I have zero experience designing PCBs but wanted to do a similarly (non)-complex one, how much of a tall order would that be? In my completely made-up mental model, I'm guessing I just take the parts I've already breadboarded, look them up in some sidebar, and drag and drop them around, snapping to nice clean spacing, and then connect all the various pins together and have it automatically organize things? We're n…
As a hobbyist, I have had a good experience using EasyEDA [0]. It's free to use, with the caveat that you are pretty locked in to their PCB ordering service from China. However, pricing is crazy good, like Regarding your mental model, it's more like a 2-step process. First, you draw the netlist, which is the electrical circuit diagram. It's this stage you ensure there are no short-circuits, etc. Then in the second st…
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I have two of those. They are great additions to my drawers. One has a silicon case and is nicer to use though.
You say "they are great additions to my drawers". Is that because they suck, or is it that you don't have the time to enjoy them? (which I totally understand) I have seen these before and didn't know if they were worth the money. What is your opinion on them?
I am only speaking for myself, but I have a drawer of small musical electronics that I use occasionally. I bought them because I was curious.. I keep them because they are musical and not worth selling.
If I have zero experience designing PCBs but wanted to do a similarly (non)-complex one, how much of a tall order would that be? In my completely made-up mental model, I'm guessing I just take the parts I've already breadboarded, look them up in some sidebar, and drag and drop them around, snapping to nice clean spacing, and then connect all the various pins together and have it automatically organize things? We're n…
For another data point: last week I ordered my first PCBs from JLCBCB. 2 fully assembled (parts already soldered) and 3 bare. $40 for the boards themselves, $40 for shipping, and $20 for US Tariffs, for total $100. Should take a week to arrive, shipping's cheaper if your willing to wait a month. Re help: I asked for some help on libera ##electronics. I think there are larger communities on reddit that would also take…
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I have two of those. They are great additions to my drawers. One has a silicon case and is nicer to use though.
You say "they are great additions to my drawers". Is that because they suck, or is it that you don't have the time to enjoy them? (which I totally understand) I have seen these before and didn't know if they were worth the money. What is your opinion on them?
I don’t use them often because I’m not a great musician. I think they were worth the money, for sure.
Thanks again - this was a bit of a surprise!
This is an inspiring project! I would love to see more stuff like this and updates if you decide to evolve the project further.
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How are these, are they worth the money? I have seen these before, but thought they might be crappy "jokes". However, if they are decent, I would love to play around with them.
[context: I have eBay’d a couple of Pocket Operators because I was curious and the price was low enough I knew I could at least break even reselling on Reverb even after fees and shipping…This is how I rationalize my gas.] Maybe buy one and if it is not for you be ok reselling it at a loss…framing it as renting an instrument helps me. The Pocket Operators are musical and inexpensive for musical instruments. Like any…
I especially like the bardcore one: https://teenage.engineering/products/ep-1320
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This sounds like a lesson I’m going to be learning the hard way
Good parenting is doing things the hard way. So why not go all in with a full set of acoustic drums?
Kids music toys are often just purely toys tap a button, make a sound... But the skill ceiling could be so much higher, offering the ability to learn and express themselves more. Awesome work.