Here are my two short stop-motion animations with PCB. Recently I have used a lot of The Dave Brubeck Quartet music. Especially the Take Five. I think the live video from 1964 is especially cool. And I used some AI programs to upscale it. It took around 10 hours and turned my computer really hot.Continue reading “Stop-motion animations with PCB”
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A nine-cornered PCB
This is my new nine-cornered MCB. I plan to add nine gas sensors onto this board. It would be my artificial nose experiment. The flowers are hand drawn and vectorized. It is made by PCBWay. It’s the first time when I ordered matte black coloured boards. And I really like that it makes it feelContinue reading “A nine-cornered PCB”
A new character
This is a new character I have started to draw recently. He started first as a bear. Then began to wear a mask. And now I think that he is Yeti, Bigfoot, Snowman or ten more different names how he is called. He is wearing a mask because no one really knows who he is.Continue reading “A new character”
The Lion lamp
I had this, not working, ceiling lamp that collected dust. And I was wondering what to do with it and I found a way how to turn it into artwork. And it’s relatively easy to do if you have access to some technologies like laser cutting and printing. The picture is printed under plexiglass. IContinue reading “The Lion lamp”
The Watchman
The Watchman is an Electronic Sculpture. The Watchman is an electronic wall sculpture that combines art, night lighting and security. The working principle is very simple. It all is built around of Seeed Xiao RP2040 microcontroller board. Powered by a 3.7v Lithium-ion battery. RCWL-0516 doppler radar sensor detects the motion and sends the signal toContinue reading “The Watchman”
Chinese new year
This animation is inspired by the Chinese new year. Made with Blender grease pencil.
Golden Fase
My face-shape PCBs have arrived – kindly made by Seeed Studio Fusion service. On the backside, there are one XIAO RP2040 microcontroller and two synchronous buck converters to make 5 and 3.3 voltages. I found these Synchronous Buck Converter schematics, made by @wagiminator I incorporated them into my board design and it works pretty well.Continue reading “Golden Fase”
I run at your call
A short animation of a dog running. Made with Blender grease pencil. Music Daniel Johnston “Chord Organ Blues”.
Drawing on stop-motion animation
My experiment was to draw animation on top of stop-motion animation. I used Blender and Davinci Resolve.
I found this EEPROM
I found this tiny EEPROM from an old random board. Soldered it on copper board to use it as a through-hole component and to use on the breadboard The EEPROM is 24C02N. It uses i2C to communicate and is relatively easy to read/write. I used Arduino Nano for that. Some functions I wrote: EEPROM memoryContinue reading “I found this EEPROM”
A short animation of a yellow rabbit.
I animated one of my drawings. Music: True Love Will Find You in the End – Daniel Johnston My original image:
Face-shaped circuit board
This is my idea to make face shaped circuit board. It will use the Seeed Grove Vision AI Module. The plan is to make an electronic sculpture that uses machine vision. And the MCU board is a tiny but powerful Seeed XIAO RP2040 that uses the same microcontroller as Raspberry Pi Pico.
My conflicted feelings about Christmas
My conflicted feelings about Christmas are summarised in these images.
My oldest camera: Franka Pronto
The actual model’s name is Franka Rolfix. It was made before World War II. Probably around 1938. I have looked at these brands of cameras and they all look different in detail. It is a Folding Camera designed for “full” medium format 6 x 9 cm. The lens seems to have no coating and uncoatedContinue reading “My oldest camera: Franka Pronto”
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