Hey All,
I write this with such relief that my family was able to get fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This week we both got our second shots.
Decided I had to model a COVID Buster pin to let the world know 😀
In other modeling news, I have started to work on a 3D printed Mac Classic shell that can fit on top of a Mac Mini (M1) and connect to a modern 8″ 4:3 LCD panel.
I’m hoping to have it done in a few weekends 😀
Have a good weekend all!
Hey All,
Last post I talked about completing projects…and I’ve got an update on my First Order Stormtrooper helmet!
99% done! I just need to do a little more touchups, paint the vent silver, and add the lenses!
Here’s what it looked like as I was touching it up:
Hopefully in another week or so I can finish it up!
Last week on Twitter I saw Eben Ubton and @jasoncoon_ talking about etching CPUs into slate coasters, so I had to try it myself.
I made a video of the creation and etching process. Hope you enjoy!
See y’all next week 🙂
Hey All,
Well this has been a week! Here’s to hoping President Biden can usher in some new progressive policies and finally have a government that takes the Coronavirus Pandemic seriously. All I want is my vaccination ASAP!
Tryign to take my mind off everythign I’ve been throwing myself into lots of projects that I KNOW I can complete. One of those was to upgrade one of my older GBA SP AGS-001 consoles with an awesome IPS LCD screen.
The difference between the original frontlit screen versus the new one is night and day!
This is a time-lapse of me refurbishing and upgrading a beat up original Japanese imported GameBoy Advance that used a front-lit screen.
I take it apart, clean it all out, then replace the screen with a back-lit IPS LCD and new casing for the screen.
The actual hardware swap took less than an hour including soldering the LCD brightness control wire and then me messing up and forgetting to put in the hinge locking screw the first time around.
The screen (and new cases) are easily found on eBay – https://www.ebay.com/itm/V2-IPS-GBA-SP-Backlight-Backlit-LCD-For-Game-Boy-Advance-SP-Pre-cut-Shell-Case/184107831403 – That’s the one I used!
I also found some awesome shiny “silk” green PLA filament and printed this giant Bulbasaur!
It came out so great!
Finally, the Raspberry Pi Foundation released a new board! The Rasberry Pi Pico! Their first microcontroller!
I haven’t had much need for advanced microcontrollers like these, a regular Arduino is plenty for the little hobby projects I work on, but for $5, I’m definitely going to see if I can swap these in at some point.
Have a great week all!
Hey all.
Happy New Year!
This year I resolve to blog once a week again. Every Friday I will post what I’m working on. I’ve become creative again (I think…) and I want to put out to the world what I’m working on.
Right now I’m working on a CNC’d StepMania dance pad for the Raspberry Pi. I can’t wait to get it complete but so far we have the FSR’s working with the Arduino connected to the Pi.
I’ve been building a few LEGO sets with my toddler these past few months. Mainly I build them and he does QA I should say 🙂 It’s so much fun watching him get better and better at putting stuff together. I love it!
Last print of 2020 was of course a Bulbasaur. My favorite starter Pokémon!
I backed Naomi Wu’s 3D PrintMill “infinite Z” printer on Kickstarter which should hopefully arrive in a few months. I know how many 3D printers have failed on Kickstarter before, but this is a collaboration between Naomi and Creality, and they already have the printer built, this is more of a way to how many they need to make for their factory. And I get that. It’s a great use of Kickstarter. I’m excited to buy vast amounts of filament for this thing!
That’s it from me for this week. Here’s to an amazing 2021!
Hey All,
This has been an exciting week. Â The PiPlay Portable is fully funded, and we have less than 12 hours to go on the Kickstarter!
Sam has been growing so fast! Â I love being a Dad. Â It’s an experience I am so happy I get to have, and of course I have 3D scanned him and got him 3D printed…
I also won the Community Leadership award from IMS Global at the LILI conference. Â I had no idea I was even nominated!! Â I am really humbled by this. Â Thank you IMS!
Hey All,
I’ve been busy printing out some Star Wars The Force Awakens Stormtrooper helmet pieces. Â I’ve now printed enough that I can start to put it together.
These are only the first 9 pieces of a 22 piece build.
You can get the helmet files here
-Shea
Hey All,
To my fellow Americans, Happy Independence Day. Â To everyone else, Happy 4th of July, because Friday’s are awesome!
PiPlay 0.8 Beta 4 is 99.9% done. Â I am doing some final testing, and it will be uploaded this weekend!! Â I’m excited and can’t wait for everyone to try it out.
Laser cutters are cool!
These are photos of the aftermath of creating 15 PiPlay cases. Â I love laser cutters!
Raspiado
A fellow redditor has started a kickstarter for a USB hub that attaches directly to the Pi.
It looks neat, and I’m going to back this.
Adafruit 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Gameboy
Adafruit is awesome, and this is even awesomer.
Have a great weekend everyone! Â I’ll update / make a new post when the new PiPlay image is uploaded.
-Shea