Blenster @Blenster@qoto.org

Here's a quick demo of the most basic (but still magical) feature of Jumperless V5 by @ArchiteuthisFlux: making connections without jumper wires using the included probe. It can do so much more: adjustable power supply, multimeter, oscilloscope, function generator, logic analyzer, etc.
Pardon the shaky hands, I was extremely over-caffeinated. 😆

This Thursday - join me and @geekmomprojects at CrashSpace in Los Angeles! I'll have lots of circuit board show and tell and we're both bringing fun light-up projects!
https://blog.crashspace.org/2025/07/summer-glow-at-crash/

Pic with some of my fave people EVER! Jayson E. Street and Blenster ✨🩷

@Blenster

Another new pattern for the 8x8x8 LED Cube, creating using the built-in #Pixelblaze by @wizard.
Get your own cube: https://lectronz.com/products/led-cube-8x8x8
Get the pattern: https://gist.github.com/jasoncoon/545f11fc4431f5e3b772fbee8f702935

Experimenting with making an illuminated daisy chain by 3D printing snap-on circular covers for a pebble light string and cutting shiny vinyl flowers that fit around the glowy centers.

I'm belatedly getting around to showing off this **GORGEOUS** crochet hat the uber talented @alpenglow made for me. She integrated a pebble light string and #pixelblaze controller. It's all powered by a flat top 18650 with a clever charge/discharge circuit designed by @clomads that snaps just over the positive terminal and minimizes the power circuitry. I'll be seeking out cold places just to wear it!

In disc phyllotaxis, like Fibonacci256, lighting every N LEDs from the center produces a pattern. If N is from the Fibonacci sequence a spiral (or mesh of spirals) is produced because the divergence (angle of succession in a single spiral arrangement) approaches the golden ratio.
https://lectronz.com/products/fibonacci256-hdr-166mm

Introducing

🔄 CaptchaStash 🔄

When the machines rise, we'll need the ultimate digital security to protect our physical goods. This beautiful box uses everybody's favorite - reCAPTCHA - to keep the bots OUT.

Now seeking investors!!

I have a whole pile of neat PCB rulers but The Screwler from @alpenglow is one of my favorites. It has a permanent place on my assembly workbench. I use it constantly. It has metric and freedum (imperial) units, with screw diameters, thread gauges, etc. They're also having a sale on their soldering kits, which are great.
https://www.alpenglowindustries.com/products/the-screwler