Projects

This page lists all of my projects that are documented on this website. Some bigger topics that are on-going are listed first. Other projects have a specific date and time where I worked on them, so they are listed by date below.

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• 3D Printing
  Reports of my different endeavours in 3D printing
• i3 CoreXZ AM8 (2022 - 2023)
• CTC i3 Pro B (2017 - 2022)
• Fabrikator Mini (2016 - 2022)
• Ikea Lack Table DIY (2019 - 2022)
• Reviving an old Sparkmaker SLA printer (2023)
• Sparkmaker FEP foil replacement (2023)
• OctoPrint Setup (2019 - 2022)
• OctoTray (2021 - 2022)
• Bed Leveling Utility (2016)
• Configuring Marlin Firmware for the Fabrikator Mini (2016 - 2019)
• Input Devices
  Mechanical Keyboards and other Human-Machine-Interfaces
• Trackball (2023)
• Flying RC Vehicles
  My self-made Quadcopters and other model stuff
• xyLX5 (2017 - 2024)
• xyBeast (2017 - 2024)
• xyAurora90 (2017)
• Flying Wing (2016)
• Brushed Micro (2016 - 2022)
• Tricopter (2016)
• xy666 (2015)
• RC Equipment (2015 - 2022)
• Smart Home
  Home automation without shady cloud companies
• ESP-Env (2020 - 2022)
• Smart Meter Bridge (2024)
• IoT Software Stack (2019 - 2022)
• Node-RED (2021 - 2022)
• MQTT Webinterface (2022)
• MQTT Telegram Bot (2022)
• DrinkRobotics
  Collection of various cocktail machine related things
• UbaBot
• Arduino-Cocktail (2017 - 2021)
• Steam Engine
  My Grandfathers self-built model steam engine
• Wilesco steam fire engine D305 (2023)
• Saving the steam engine: Part 3 (2023)
• Saving the steam engine: Part 2 (2023)
• Saving the steam engine: Part 1 (2023)
• File Archive
  Some files mirrored for archival purposes

2024

• LARS v2
  Upgrading the Looping Automated Rhythm Station
  
• AutoBrightness
  USB ambient light sensor for DDC/CI backlight control
  
• LARS - Looping Automated Rhythm Station
  Loopstation drumkit with hand-made solenoids and RP2040
  
• Oscilloscope Music Player
  Properly playing sound files for visualization on an oscilloscope

2023

• RGB LED Matrix visualizer (2023 - 2024)
  For HUB75 modules, running on Raspberry Pi and Pico W
  
• Cat Toy
  Laser pointer on two servos with Raspberry Pi Pico W
  

2022

• Laser Engraver (2022 - 2023)
  Marlin based CNC laser engraver / cutter with 3D printed parts
• OpenChrono
  Airsoft Chronograph and Tracer Unit made with Arduino and 3D Printing
  

2021

• BeyerDynamic DT770 Mini-XLR Mod
  For easier use with a Bluetooth Rx
• Reviving a broken bench top power supply
  Using a chinese RD DPH-5005 buck/boost module
• Gieß-o-mat (2021 - 2022)
  DIY fertilizer mixer and plant watering machine
  

2019

• Arduino RFID door lock
  Simple solenoid lock with serial RFID reader
• Ansible Server Setup (2019 - 2022)
  My changes to the 'Sovereign' project
  

2018

• Building my own NAS (2018 - 2023)
  FreeNAS / TrueNAS based x86 server

2017

• DisplayBacklight
  Mac OS X Arduino ambilight clone
  
• GTA: San Andreas Unity Drone Simulator
  Extremely rudimentary quadcopter sim based on SA:Unity
  

2016

• Arduino FrSky Telemetry
  Custom telemetry display for cheap RC remotes
  
• Arduino USB Host CPPM
  Controlling quadcopter with USB joystick
  
• Spacenav-Plus for Mac OS X
  Fork of Linux driver and added software support
  
• YASAVUM - Yet another simple Arduino VU meter
  Simple MSGEQ7 stereo audio visualizer
  

2015

• CaseLights (2015 - 2020)
  RGB LED / UV light controller with Arduino for Linux and Mac
  
• Flysky Mac OS X joystick driver
  Using cheap RC remotes with PC simulators
  
• OtaClock for Mac OS X
  Old Windows Metal Gear Solid 2 utility for modern Macs
  
• My first Hackintosh
  Building an Intel Desktop PC for Mac OS X

2013

• OpenRaider (2013 - 2015)
  Classic Tomb Raider game engine re-implementation
  
• BaconBar (2013 - 2015)
  Mac OS X status bar reddit client
  

2012

• Ultimate Notifier Script (2012 - 2013)
  Sending Push Notifications to an iPhone from a Bash Script
• xyControl (2012 - 2014)
  AVR base Quadrocopter Flight Controller
  
• AVR Serial Library (2012 - 2017)
  Hardware UART library for many AVR MCUs
  
• YASAB AVR Bootloader (2012 - 2016)
  Yet another simple AVR Bootloader with Upload Software for Unix and Android.
  
• avrNetStack (2012 - 2014)
  Modular AVR TCP/IP Stack with Ethernet and WiFi support
  
• Serial Helper
  Reading and Writing a Serial Port from the Command Line
  
• Serial Debug
  Displaying incoming UART characters on a 8x5 LED Matrix with an ATTiny2313

2011

• IB-NAS6210 Linux
  Booting your own Linux on an Icybox NAS6210 box
• 8x8x8 LED Cube (2011 - 2016)
  AVR LED Cube with Java Software and Music Visualization
  
• xyRobot (2011 - 2012)
  ATMega2560 robotics platform with Gameboy Camera
  
• Bluetooth UART (BTM-222)
• K6x4008 SRAM
• rRemote
• xyRobotRemote
• SSOP28 - DIL Adapter
  SSOP28 to DIL Adapter with EAGLE board file
• LED Matrix
  ATTiny2313 displaying simple animations on an 8x10 LED Matrix

2010

• Mio C220 / C250 Unlock
  Unlocking Mio C250 or C220 GPS Satnavs

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