CNC Milling NPR Logo on Wood @NPROne @othermachine #MillingMonday

Pokeball iPhone Case @Othermachine #MillingMonday #CNC

Pokémon Art Piece @Othermachine #MillingMonday #CNC

Acrylic Bit Stand @Othermachine #MillingMonday #CNC

This week I thought I’d make a simple stand for holding my tool bits. I’ve been keeping them in their little containers in a box but I find it cumbersome. This simple design keeps my main bits at arms reach and it’s much easier to put them away and take them out now. For the material I used 2.2mm thick acrylic and used a 1/32″ flat end mill to cut the pieces out.  

Pi Lure Module @Othermachine #MillingMonday #CNC

In this project we’re milling a cover out of acrylic for a new 3D printed project. This looks like a Lure Module from the game Pokémon Go, but we’re using it to find Pokémon. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, and some python code, it connects to the unofficial Niantic API and requests when Pokémon spawn near by a given location.  

Cherry MX PCB @othermachine #adafruit #othermill

I’m working on a new project that uses Cherry MX Switches. What will eventually be a custom (BLE) gamepad, I designed a very simple PCB in Eagle CAD. The brains of this project will be an Adafruit Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE.  

Fidget Spinner on Othermill CNC

On this Milling Monday, we’re milling an Adafruit logo fidget spinner out of pine wood. Designed and processed using Autodesk Fusion 360 & Otherplan. Machined on the Othermill Pro by Othermachine.  

Acrylic Fidget Spinner @Othermachine #MillingMonday #CNC

On this Milling Monday, we’re milling a fidget spinner out of acrylic. Designed and processed using Autodesk Fusion 360 & Otherplan. Machined on the Othermill Pro by Othermachine.  

Capacitive Touch Pads @Othermachine #MillingMonday #CNC

On this Milling Monday, we’re milling capacitive touch pads out of 6061 aluminum. These little parts will be used to make a BLE MIDI controller. Sneak peek of the final build at the end.  

How to CNC – Joy Bonnet Case for Raspberry Pi Zero

The Adafruit Joy Bonnet is a tiny add-on for the Raspberry Pi Z that features a 2-axis joystick and 8 buttons. It’s great for making retropie projects. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to use the Othermill Pro to mill a case out of wood.  

Making PCBs with CNC Milling

In this video we’ll take a look at using the Othermill desktop CNC machine to make some PCBs for an upcoming project.  

John Park’s Remote Effect Trigger Box Wireless NeoPixel Control @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

The Remote Effect Trigger Box is a packet radio 900MHz Feather-powered, general purpose effects controller that can be used to remotely trigger motors, lights, illusions, sound, pyro, smoke, trap doors, and mind-controlled shark assassins. And blenders. Here’s a demonstration of the controller triggering effects from a block away, line of sight.  

John Park’s Remote Effect Trigger Box Illusion Demo @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

The Remote Effect Trigger Box is a packet radio 900MHz Feather-powered, general purpose effects controller that can be used to remotely trigger motors, lights, illusions, sound, pyro, smoke, trap doors, and mind-controlled shark assassins. And blenders. This demo shows the remote being used to trigger both an AC powered spot light, and a stepper-motor based card levitation.  

John Park’s Remote Effects Trigger Box UI Demo @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

The Remote Effect Trigger Box is a packet radio 900MHz Feather-powered, general purpose effects controller that can be used to remotely trigger motors, lights, illusions, sound, pyro, smoke, trap doors, and mind-controlled shark assassins. And blenders. This is a demo of the user interface — the rotary encoder knob switches between menu banks, the keypad allows for 16 different triggers per menu bank.  

CurieBot: Arduino 101 Robot Kit @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit #intel

Welcome to CurieBot, your own mobile, customizable, and adorable, 32-bit, Bluetooth-enabled driving robot!   Based upon our popular three-layer round robot platform, CurieBot brings some special sauce to the table — delicious Arduino 101 sauce, that is! This powerful board comes in a familiar Arduino form factor, so you can use many of your favorite shields, such as the included Adafruit MotorShield v2. It’s an excellent introduction to our wide world of robotics!  

John Park’s Mystery Box: Shutterglass Chamber @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

This mystery box reveals secrets hidden behind its transforming panels. Build this shadow box using LCD shutter glass panels, a Trinket microcontroller, and a healthy dose of mystery! Adjust the voltage on the Trinket to fade the panel from opaque to transparent — all triggered by a magnet sensor.  

John Park’s Ninja Timer: Giant Display Build @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

Build a huge timer for an obstacle course event or race. It’s a digital segment display made from RGB NeoPixels! Laser-cut acrylic is layered to create large, sharp, segments that are backlit by NeoPixel strips, and controlled with an Arduino. Huge buttons for start and stop are wired in over CAT5 network cable.  

John Park’s Ninja Timer Demo @adafruit #adafruit @johnedgarpark

Build a huge timer for an event or race. It’s a digital segment display made from RGB NeoPixels! Laser-cut acrylic is layered to create large, sharp, segments that are backlit by NeoPixel strips, and controlled with an Arduino. Huge buttons for start and stop are wired in over CAT5 network cable  

John Park’s NeoPixel Level Shifter @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

Solve microcontroller-to-NeoPixel mismatches with a level shifter. 3v3 micros can talk with 5V NeoPixels, they just need a translator. That translator is the ever handy logic level shifter. Often, a mismatch of logic levels can cause strange behavior, such as dim or wrong-colored pixels — especially on longer wire runs or in projects that use large numbers of NeoPixels. Also, a look at transferring your project from breadboard to permanent Perma Proto board.  

John Park’s Overwatch Lucio Blaster Pt. 2 @adafruit @johnedgarpark #adafruit

Build your own Overwatch Lucio Blaster! Use Arduino, NeoPixels, MP3 Music Maker, Audio FX board, and a 20 watt amplifier to drive the impressive blasting sound effects, lights, and music from this Overwatch prop gun! In part two, integrate the electronic into one system.