Author Archives: Brett

Holy Crap I Made Cheese

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Brett

That’s right. Cheese. I was surprised by how easy it was.  It was just a simple farmer’s cheese, but still.  Making cheese is one of those things you just assume is impossible; for professionals only.  Turns out people have been … Continue reading →

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A Robot that makes things!

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Brett

There was an immense amount of work that went into getting to this point, and I can only stake claim to a tiny portion of it. It was really cool to see our Makerbot throwing down the plastic… on the … Continue reading →

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Arduino Reflow Toaster

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Brett

Pic 1: Arduino Controlled Toaster-Oven. No, I have not tried making toast with it The Mark 1 reflow toaster is complete! (“Mark 1” is another way of saying there’s a lot of work to be done.) It can hold +/- … Continue reading →

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Graphical Front-End for the Arduino PID Library

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Brett

The first (extreme beta) version of the PID Front-End is up on the pid library page. It makes adjusting an Arduino PID much, much easier. The download includes the processing sketch (of course.) It also has an Arduino sketch showing … Continue reading →

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Baby’s first blog

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Brett

So I’ve been dragged kicking and screaming into… well, 2003.  I’m still not too fond of the blog idea, but it was either this or manually do RSS.  laziness wins! What this blog is:  A simple way to make project … Continue reading →

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