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Hah! I am in the market for a standing desk and am 95% sold on the IKEA Bekant. Just waiting to move to commit to the purchase. I wasn't keen on the crank but I figured I could live with it. This is a nice and fun addition :)
I just realized that I have a problem, where I think "why would I pay $50 for a PCB that I can design and make myself?" and then conclude "therefore nobody would pay". Maybe I should start selling some of the PCBs I made.
I envy you. When it comes to this, I am severely challenged. There is a market for people who want to play, but have no affinity for building hardware. I don't know how big it is, but if you have something interesting, I would share it.
I would really recommend grabbing an Arduino and just making stuff, I think you'll love it and it's really not hard. They've done a great job making it beginner-friendly.
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FWIW, I would say that knowing how to design boards makes me MORE willing to buy other people's boards. Coming from a more mechanical background, I don't look forward to the tedium of reviewing and modifying all the footprints of "standard" sized SMD parts. I like making music effects for friends, and branching out to things related to motor control, LEDs, sensors, etc. I prefer to have them pick and placed for me. S…
Your comment made me realize that I only enjoy building things when they have a component of learning, or when it's something I haven't done before. I have a similar problem where my vision goes blurry at the center if I focus near for long, but I've found that magnifying glasses help with that because they change the focal length. > I would be interested in seeing some of the designs, you've always been an interesti…
I ended up with "cervicogenic dizziness." I was forced onto team standing desk a couple years back. And I'm only 40. SMH...
Anyways, I think my 6 year old would love to play with paper airplanes that also could be flown remotely.
Hah! I am in the market for a standing desk and am 95% sold on the IKEA Bekant. Just waiting to move to commit to the purchase. I wasn't keen on the crank but I figured I could live with it. This is a nice and fun addition :)
The autonomous desk is sturdier, cheaper, bigger and actually has built in position memory settings etc. It’s served me amazingly over the past few months WFH. Definitely worth a look.
I just realized that I have a problem, where I think "why would I pay $50 for a PCB that I can design and make myself?" and then conclude "therefore nobody would pay". Maybe I should start selling some of the PCBs I made.
The seller provides all the Gerber files, BOM, etc. https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk But it's pretty clear many are buying the pre-assembled kit. Hand soldering SMD components is pretty tedious.
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Your comment made me realize that I only enjoy building things when they have a component of learning, or when it's something I haven't done before. I have a similar problem where my vision goes blurry at the center if I focus near for long, but I've found that magnifying glasses help with that because they change the focal length. > I would be interested in seeing some of the designs, you've always been an interesti…
It is also the learning aspect for me. And doing projects for friends helps to force good design decisions, and to mind BOM cost. I ended up with "cervicogenic dizziness." I was forced onto team standing desk a couple years back. And I'm only 40. SMH... Anyways, I think my 6 year old would love to play with paper airplanes that also could be flown remotely.
The controller works fine, but I still need to do some work on the aerodynamics of the body to make it fly well. I'll post the controller so you can try your own aircraft designs, though.
EDIT: I've also recently started live-streaming my design sessions (of whatever I happen to be designing at the time) here: https://www.youtube.com/c/StavrosKorokithakis
FYI, these motorized desks can be dangerous, so be careful. My friend had a desk in a high position, and lowered it, not knowing a chair was off to the side slightly under the desk. It hit the chair and kept going, and tilted the desk and his monitor and desktop tower fell off the table. I've also had the arm rests of my desk get caught under them. There's lots of things that can happen, like catching an open door's…
Most motorized desks I've interacted with (including the one I own) do indeed have a resistance sensor and will not only stop, but back up a bit if they encounter something.
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The seller provides all the Gerber files, BOM, etc. https://github.com/gcormier/megadesk But it's pretty clear many are buying the pre-assembled kit. Hand soldering SMD components is pretty tedious.
I bought one of the kits and assembled it myself (although it looks like kits aren't currently for sale.) The only hiccup I had during assembly is the random board profile I found in the Arduino IDE had the chip layout reversed which took me a few minutes to figure out based on the source.
Hah! I am in the market for a standing desk and am 95% sold on the IKEA Bekant. Just waiting to move to commit to the purchase. I wasn't keen on the crank but I figured I could live with it. This is a nice and fun addition :)