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Capacitive touch modules
Capacitive touch modules are built into a lot of devices and are now really easy to integrate into projects. These little modules are digita [...]
Transparent 3d Printing
Using some specific settings and materials, we can print transparent objects with our FDM printers in the Fab Lab. These settings result in [...]
Axidraw V3/A3 Processing Integration
The Axidraw can be manipulated and controlled through Processing. This is a brief look at how this can be implemented, download and unzip th [...]
Draw Vector Images with Axidraw V3/A3 and Inkscape
AxiDraw translates vector lines and SVG files into physical movements, allowing you draw, paint, or write onto materials that you might not [...]
JQ6500 MP3 Player Module
These little modules can be programmed to play mp3 sound bytes stored in their internal memory (8mb max). [...]
Digi Spark / CJMCU Microcontroller
How to program a CJMCU with the Arduino IDE. [...]
Thermal Camera for Arduino Boards
We have a couple of Thermal Cameras that can add heat imaging capabilities to Arduino projects. They have a low resolution 32×24 pixels [...]
ESP32-CAM QR Code Scanner
This project combines two separate projects to get a system that acts as a WiFi Access point and web server to display QR codes scanned with [...]
Indesign Helpful Hints
Here are some useful hints we have used with our own projects: [...]
Hand drawing to laser cutting with Inkscape
A quick overview of the workflow to get a hand-drawn part laser cut using Inkscape. [...]
Spatial computing lab – Conference use
In the 2020 Christmas break, the design lab was set up into its film studio configuration to help the universities events team to host the A [...]
Creating custom monochrome graphics for micro-controller screens
Arduino code Converting images into byte arrays for mono-colour screens with microcontrollers. Best suited for static splash screens or basi [...]
3d Models to prototypes with the Pepakura App
The old art of paper folding comes to the computerised rapid prototyping paradigm with Pepakura Designer. Also if you are creating geometr [...]
Kinetic Light Art
I got to extend my skills by building some flyByWire artworks for an Art Festival in Queenstown. To create my first Kinetic Art work I had t [...]
Estimating battery life of electronic designs
How to estimate the life of a battery-powered circuit design. [...]
IoT in the Design Space
The Design spaces have a special WiFi network set up just for IoT (Internet of things) devices. [...]
Raspberry Pi & Touchscreens
Testing Raspberry Pi with touchscreens. [...]
Circuit Mockups: TinkerCAD, Fritzing and Circuito
Overview Designers need to communicate their designs to others. They need to be able to document their work so they can refer to it later or [...]