Been driving myself bonkers - designing a miniature thing in my head.
Today had the epiphany that because it needs to be relatively sturdy but not a fully functioning replica of anything - I can just make it out of cardboard and it will still be great.
Huzzah !
Now I just need to master using an exacto/craft knife without slicing myself ...
Einblick in unsere Woche
Wir haben diese Woche ein Projekt aus unserer Reservatenkammer geholt und es endlich umgesetzt: unser Shadow Cap.
Erstmal haben wir uns an die Formgebung getastet und einen tragbaren Prototypen gefertigt.
Wofür der tolle Schatteneffekt da ist, werdet ihr bald erfahren – es bleibt spannend!
Just ordered some parts to prototype a piezoelectric an experimental tactile interface for "feeling" visual textures.
I ordered a piezoelectric actuator, some through hole op-amps to drive it, a breadboard, some prototyping wire, some 1/8" prototyping jacks, an assortment of through hole resistors, and a big box of small plastic drawers to organize my parts.
I'm gonna drive the piezoelectric actuator by driving the op-amp with the audio out from my sound card on my PC. I'm planning to prototype a tiny MCU and tiny camera separately.
I'm so excited for this project.
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@3dprinting @layers The barrel jack and the USB port fit. The seal around the cold side temperature probe is too loose, and one of the screw holes for the temp/humidity sensor is off by half a millimeter.
I didn't really choose a place for the WiFi antenna. I guess I'll just close the case over it and let it find its own location.
I'm still waiting on the real PCBs.
21/N
My latest blog post: Low Tech Prototyping
https://mikecoats.com/low-tech-prototyping/
My existing prototypes are too big to fit on the bike, so I turn to one of my favourite low tech prototyping methods; 1:1 scale models in card and fibreboard!
Ok. I'm sending this to the printer. Let's hope I've got it right! :)
#3dPrinting #Prototyping #ElectricVehicles #EVs
And now, I go and eat some lunch, and hope that in 1 hour, this will be awesome and finished.
(Yes, I'm printing this one out in a higher-quality, because I *think* I'm done).
A Guide to AI Prototyping for Product Designers, by @uxdesigncc:
@3dprinting Surprisingly, the whole assembly fit together on the first try. I need to adjust a handful of dimensions, but it's very close and good enough to start working on the electronics.
The small aluminum heatsink in front is the cold side, and the big stainless one in back is hot. The bottom piece slides to adjust the airflow ratio into the fan.
This is PLA, but parts of it will have to be a high temperature plastic.
7/N
Header Pins akkurat einlöten – ich „liebe“ es! 
Aber mit Hilfe eines Streifens Klebeband geht‘s einigermaßen … #löten #Elektronik #electronics #soldering #prototyping #Arduino
CNC Router and Fiber Laser Bring the Best of Both Worlds to PCB Prototyping - Jack of all trades, master of none, as the saying goes, and that’s especially true... - https://hackaday.com/2025/03/04/cnc-router-and-fiber-laser-bring-the-best-of-both-worlds-to-pcb-prototyping/ #prototyping #laserhacks #fiberlaser #cnchacks #stencil #cnc #pcb #smd
Over the weekend I started #prototyping an idea for #visualization and exploration of large a #codebase. This is an early idea built around visualizing a projects #git tree and associated code in a browser.
The initial prototype will focus on #python code. The image shows an exploration of the #Flask framework. (I needed an example of reasonable size to play with. The project is not specific to flask)
Neues UX-Tutorial:
"Mastering Figma Variables"
jetzt in der Mediathek!
In dieser Session zeigt Aleksej Wachs, wie du mit Primitives, Design Tokens & Component Tokens deine Workflows optimierst.
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