Projects

Building a Simple Laser Engraver

January 26, 2012

Inspired by a post at Instructables, and by the need of a device capable of engraving at creations made out of wood, we decided to build a cheap laser engraver. Video Hardware It consists of parts from two old DVD-players, two…

LaserKey v.0.1

November 14, 2011

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

Lasers

LaserKey is a custom controller designed to control a special laser software on a PC (Powered by Pangolin). Since I have done quite many laser shows now, the need for a custom controller has grown. So I decided to make…

Creating a mini-Impressor

September 16, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects

“An Impressor is something that impresses, mostly by flashing, making noise, smelling, or slamming. It has has strong roots in the Omega association and is required for Phaestum and other Omega festivities.” Each year, Omega Workshop holds a building course where a…

ElYatzy

September 5, 2011

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

As a school project in 2008 I made an electronic yatzy game. The drawing I made, with specifications: “The drawing” The black switch is the mode button, while the other red buttons are dice switches. The documentation I made (sorry,…

Making some Orthodynamic Headphones

May 7, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

Inspired by this post, I decided to give it a “quick and dirty” try myself:) From Deal Extreme I ordered a “Stylish On-Ear Headset”, and from eBay I ordered theribbon tweeters. Total cost around $50. These headphones use drivers that are Orthodynamic.…

Wood Block Clock

April 10, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects, Woodworking Projects

Inspired by a clock at IKEA with a 7-segment dispaly behind a solid wood front , I wanted to build something like that myself. And with a led matrix from ebay, a microcontroller and a few more components this sort…

A Game Show System

April 3, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Events, Misc. Other Projects

Part 1 Myself, Are Halvorsen and Marius Gundersen built a Game Show System! The system is mainly for a quiz show with Ingeniørspillet at Trondheims Student Society (http://www.samfundet.no/). The event is april 14, and if you are in town I really recommend going (information) =)…

Assembling the Keytar

January 30, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Woodworking Projects

Testing the electronics The circuit boards The keyboard Finished mounting =)

Inverted Propelled Pendulum

January 22, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Mechatronics, Misc. Other Projects

The plan is to make a “2-degrees of freedom inverted pendulum” realized with 3 or 4 RC plane motors and an 5-degrees IMU (Wikipedia). But first, I decided to make a “one-degree” pendulum to test the motor controllers and some…

The Floppy Blaster

January 22, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

In the course “TTK5155 – Industrial and Embedded Computer Systems” spring 2010, Thomas Tøkje and I built a couple of extra nodes to the Ping Pong game project. This is one of the extras who’s mission was to add sound…

Coloring the Keytar

January 20, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Woodworking Projects

The next step is coloring. I am using a leather color and Liberon Finishing Oil. Painted backplate Coloring The head without oil Applying finishing oil Headstock