Reflow oven

I started a new project recently, a reflow oven. This time, I've started with the physical build, and the software side of it will lag behind. I've laser cut the case I designed in OpenSCAD, and I couldn't be more pleased with the results.

The case with the "human interface" components - a touch screen LCD a 1 watt speaker.

I have some projects in R&D for Anibit, and I'm going to need to whip up some PCB's. I need a reflow oven, and I'm going to recycle an old toaster-over. I was inspired by this project, which was in turn based on osPID. The touch-screen was something I've had lying around, waiting for a project. 

Energy Micro EFM32 "Tiny Gecko" Developer Board

I recently attended a seminar featuring the EFM32 Gecko processor from Energy Micro, an ARM Cotex M3 architecture based chip, with a focus on ultra low energy applications. I enjoyed the seminar a lot, though I'm not sure if that was due in part to the change of pace from my day job. The seminar was 20 minutes from my house, and attendees recieved a EFM32 starter kit.

Energy Micro is a relatively new chip manufacture based in Norway.

Build System Status Monitor

This is a project I did a while back.

"Indictron" (You might guess that I like to come up with goofy code names for my projects) is a device I use to monitor the status of the continuous integration servers for some projects I've worked on. It's a USB powered grid of LEDs run by an Atmel ATmega88 processor. The device is controlled by a Windows application that queries the build servers for the status of various projects and then sends commands over USB to the AVR chip.

I should take a moment here to say that I am not at liberty to say for what "build projects" I actually used this, so some details or pictures may be altered/redacted.

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