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ZackW
Feb 18, 20235 min read
(Re)Building a Vertical Mouse - Part 1
I bought this mouse as sort of a hopeful experiment - my current vertical mouse is starting to do interesting things like not sending...
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ZackW
Dec 29, 20225 min read
FreeCAD Devlog 4 - EstimateWB Pull Request
One thing I like to dip my toes into every now and then is speed modelling, specifically speed CAD modelling... The basic idea is that...
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ZackW
Dec 26, 202212 min read
Building a Royer Oscillator
This was a hardcore learning project, and turned out to be essentially a study in magnetics, SPICE, and research methods. Parts of this...
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ZackW
Dec 11, 20227 min read
Automatically Scored Cornhole - Scorecorn - Part 3
This is part 3 of my capstone saga. You can see part 2 here, and part 1 here. I'm in my final term of capstone now, and have lost one of...
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ZackW
Oct 25, 20227 min read
3D Printing log - In Pursuit of Perfection
I do a lot of 3D printing, and often I spend a lot of time trying to improve print quality. It seems like a game of whack-o-mole, you...
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ZackW
Sep 20, 20223 min read
3D Contour Milling with FreeCAD
Recently I set up a CNC mill for some small manufacturing work and prototyping. It's not mine (not yet anyway) but I do have access to it...
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ZackW
Sep 2, 20225 min read
FreeCAD Devlog 3 - Points as a Basis for Holes
There is a "Hole" tool in the Part Design that can create a hole in a solid based on a sketch. It's is a neat tool, that can create...
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ZackW
Aug 30, 202210 min read
Automatically Scored Cornhole - Scorecorn - Part 2
This is part 2 of my capstone saga, where me and my 2 classmates build a system to automatically score the game "Cornhole". I was focused...
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ZackW
Aug 26, 20229 min read
Uploading STM32Duino Bootloader to Blue Pill Board
I've had to look this up a couple times, I always forget the specifics. This post will serve as a quick reference for the basic process I...
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ZackW
Aug 20, 20223 min read
Getting MathJax to work with Wix
This was annoying enough to write down. Someone else has already started on the topic, luckily, but I wasn't super happy with having to...
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ZackW
Aug 20, 20227 min read
FreeCAD Devlog 2 - Copy/Paste Into - Module Development and Commands
WIP post! Module Development So, while I wait for some feedback from the other freecad developers in the community, I decided to try and...
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ZackW
Aug 15, 20227 min read
FreeCAD Devlog 1 - Copy/Paste Into
WIP post! Like most others right now :) So, I find myself doing a lot of programming and I find myself doing a lot of CAD work. My...
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ZackW
Aug 12, 20226 min read
DIY UPS - Poor Man's Fast Automatic Transfer Switch
Yet another WIP post! If you hadn't noticed, most of my posts are going to be edited over time, since I'm using it as a way of...
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ZackW
Aug 10, 202211 min read
Automatically Scored Cornhole - Scorecorn - Part 1
This is another Work-In-Progress post. I'm essentially documenting as I go, partly for myself, partly for this blog, and partly for...
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ZackW
Aug 4, 20225 min read
Designing and Building CMCD Amps - Part 1 - Theory and Overview
I would count this as a work-in-progress post. I want to write down what I've learned primarily, and I will probably update the...
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