Happiness Is…
…receiving a shipment of PCBs from Shenzhen.
Category: Etherkit
A New Arduino Library Appears!
Since I’m waiting for circuit boards for OpenBeacon Mini to arrive, I want to keep the waiting time as productive as possible, so I’ve been working on the firmware. Specifically, one of my recent goals was to factor all of the modulation code out of the spaghetti mess that is the current state of the… Read More A New Arduino Library Appears!
OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCBs On The Way
If you watched my previous Twitch stream, you may have seen that I completed the layout of the first PCB spin of OpenBeacon Mini. Today I ordered the PCBs from DirtyPCBs, along with boards for my low-pass filter module, and more Empyrean boards in anticipation of wider beta testing soon. I wanted to get these… Read More OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCBs On The Way
OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCB Layout Complete
I managed to finish the layout of the OpenBeacon Mini prototype PCB in KiCad this evening while livestreaming on Twitch. A 3D rendering from KiCad is above. It looks about how I sketched it out and wasn’t too nasty to route, so I got that going for me. So I’ll get on order off to… Read More OpenBeacon Mini Proto PCB Layout Complete
Twitch Success
I’m happy to report that I managed to pull off my first Twitch stream today, and even got a handful of viewers. There were some initial problems, as I was trying to stream at 1080p, but my wifi connection from my office just couldn’t give enough bandwidth for that to work. After restarting with the… Read More Twitch Success
The Road Forward
Per my last blog post, I’ve completely deleted my Patreon account. Those days are over and are not coming back. I’m still not sure what will replace it, or if anything will. It is already difficult for me to ask for money in return for mostly intangible benefits. Losing the Patreon monthly income will hurt… Read More The Road Forward
Wideband Transmission #10
OpenTechLab If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you’ve probably observed that I’m a big fan of all things open source, especially on the hardware side of things. One area where OSHW seems to be lagging a bit is in the test & measurement department, so it was a very pleasant… Read More Wideband Transmission #10
Market Research
It has been awfully quiet on the public front here for sure, but I have been working on quite a bit of things behind the scenes here at Etherkit Galactic HQ. It’s been a challenging year since I last wrote about the personal things going on here, but things have been going reasonable well after… Read More Market Research
Break My New Library
I know that the updates here have been extremely sparse. For that I do apologize. Things are slowly starting to settle into a new normal around here, and I’ve been able to regain the ability to put time back into work. There’s a large to do list on my whiteboard, and many of the things… Read More Break My New Library
Wideband Transmission #8
Another 10 mW WSPR Beacon I enjoy writing up my projects, but it’s much better to get feedback to see that someone was actually able to take my writing and successfully duplicate my project. Via the Etherkit Twitter account, I received this from Tom Hall, AK2B regarding my last posted project: @etherkit 10mw WSPR station… Read More Wideband Transmission #8