Weekly #21
Rocketry India's launch video, Kali's Vayutra is alive and kicking, China's lead in manufacturing and a lot more this week on Makerville
Links and Discussions
- Rocketry India posted their launch video! Makerville made a small donation to them a few months ago to help cover some of the costs of building this! Spot our logo in the video below!
- Milind posted a link to Hackster's PCB competition
- Kali hand soldered his Vayutra PCBs, and they are looking great
- Check out some DIY sensor modules he made for this here
- Discussions on how to go about soldering a USB C connector here
- Anool has thoughts on how to mod a household steam iron as a hotplate - maybe I should get the parts for the next Conf? (which is happening on the last weekend of Feb btw)
- Anool found a web archive link of Rocket Manual for Amateurs, a book he thought he would never see again :P
- Kali got a cheap WiFi bulb working with ESPHome and has instructions, so you don't have to figure things out yourself
- Vishnu wrote a new post documenting how he interfaced a Winsen ZH06 Laser Dust Sensor with Arduino
- Vishnu is also making a AQI monitor
- RP2350 hacking challenge has been cracked!
- Dhawal posted a link to Stephen Hawes latest video where he makes a single layer PCB using a laser cutter
- A great read about China's lead and share in manufacturing - discussion here
- What temps do you use for your printer bed in winter? Discussion here
- BTS of the Prusa Factory
- Advance Machining class is happening at MIT and you can register for free here
- Prawin Ganesan is posting quite a lot of interesting things about doing business between India and China. He's tackling things like setting up companies, shipping, what websites to use, and a lot more! You should follow him
- What would non-Euclidean Doom look like? It looks like fun to me!
- Our very own Akshar and his company Vicharak was published on YourStory recently
- Discussion on R values for needlessly bright LEDs here
- Brushless motors and control libraries discussion here
- Anool's bartending bot at the Asylum in Goa
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