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I have been scouting for a suitable SBC for some client work and came across Olimex A20 OLinuXino MICRO. The board is a bit pricey (55€) but does pack some serious punch. Getting the board to boot was a bit more complicated compared to – say a Raspberry Pi, but was completed after carefully reading the manual (RTFM does work).… Read more →

Finally I got the stuff from ODRIOD / Hardkernel – can’t wait to get home! More to follow…   Read more →

I have followed this Raspberry Pi clone for a while now, the form factor is awesome and you can use LiPo cell to power it. Super! Already ordered a few samples for a mobile project and eagerly waiting for them to arrive.               From the product pages ODROID-W ODROID-W is a miniature computing module… Read more →

The parts sourcing for the 3D printer challenge is almost complete – the stepper motors arrived today! In fact I ordered A batch from China two weeks ago but they have not yet arrived – so I checked the prices from Watterott and they were really reasonable. Only downside is postage which is usually free when ordering from China. I… Read more →

The 3D printer challenge is coming together quite nicely – today the RAMPS 1.4 controller board and the display board arrived in the same package. RAMPS 1.4 board was nicely packaged in a cardboard box – only negative thing was the power transistor leads which were left uncut and would most probably have short-circuited the Arduino MEGA. Also the solder… Read more →

A short trip to local outdoor store – two fishing rods for kids and super cheap (5€ from the clearance aisle) braided fishing line for the 3D printer project. Read more →

Because of the design goals of the 3D printer project and money constraint I had to source the cheapest reasonably solid looking hotend and found this J-head hotend from China – just under $19 postage paid! Read more →

Just a short note, heated bed for the 3D printer challenge came with todays mail. Woohoo! Price: $12 Read more →

The Arduino Mega (clone) board arrived for the 199€ 3D printer project. The build quality is really nice for the price. Price: 9€ Read more →

I have been playing with my ultimaker for a while now and have been very happy with it. However it costs an arm and a leg and costruction is quite demanding (my kit with dual extruder and ulticontroller was 1299€). I decided to try to push a working 3D printer price as low as possible with the following design goals o as… Read more →