Monthly Archives: January 2011

Lantern PCB etching

Posted on January 28, 2011 by sighmon

Ryan and Pix have been having a crash course in backyard chemistry while etching the PCBs for the Peel Street Lantern control boards. Other options would have been to mill or have the boards fabbed overseas, but because of the … Continue reading →

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Community event – LED spoke lights for TDU!

Posted on January 15, 2011 by sighmon

We’ve been invited to put together a bunch of SpokePOV (LED spoke lights that make animations in bike wheels) with kids for the Tour Down Under and are looking for volunteers. Continue reading →

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Guest talks – Drumbeat, P2PU & Time’s Up

Posted on January 15, 2011 by sighmon

Special guest talks #2 – Pippa Buchanan and Tim Boykett. Pippa will be speaking about her work on the Mozilla Drumbeat project and the P2PU (Peer to Peer University), and Tim will talk about Time’s Up. Continue reading →

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832 of 1024 pixels soldered

Posted on January 9, 2011 by sighmon

Thanks to some handiwork from Damien, Robert, Nick and myself, we’ve now moved our tally of soldered LEDs to 832 for the Peel Street Lantern. Continue reading →

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