element14 Presents

My wife works at home as a shipping manager and has to print several hundred shipping labels each day. The label printer she has just spilled them out onto the floor and then she has to roll them up by hand. I decided to jump in and overengineer a solution so she can get that 30-40 minutes back every day. Come have a look at my approach and see if you would do it the same way!

When Iron Man came out, it certainly had an influence on the maker scene - definitely on Dave. He has decided to finally 3D print the files for a Mark 2/3 helmet found on the internet and upgrade the print with not one but two self-made head-up displays! He talks us through the problems he encountered setting up the displays to work and finally install the lenses and displays into the faceplate. Anyone can do lights and servos, but can your helmet tell you what direction you’re flying to and what your altitude is, based on a humidity sensor?

Tiny resin based 3d printers is all the rage now. Size does matter sometimes and these printers' way of operation does not scale up well. Clem has an Idea to circumvent the technical limitations and breaks proving ground by building a giant 4k Resin 3d printer! Utilizing 2 Raspberry Pis (4 & 3B+) he sets out to probe that FEP foil can be replaced with a specialized liquid to make the LCD-masking technique viable for large format 3d printers!

To celebrate the launch of Borderlands 3, DJ has embarked on an epic, case-modding journey. Not only is he building a nearly full-scale Claptrap, but he’ll be shoving, er uh, gently placing a full-size gaming PC inside. Is bringing an animatronic Claptrap into a world a terrible idea sure to bring about chaos and despair? Maybe, but there’s no time to think about consequences... let’s get building!

As makers and engineers, we frequently incorporate microcontrollers, single board computers, and external sensors into our projects. This often requires that we interface our digital circuitry to the analog world. But do you really know what’s going on under the hood of that ADC you’re using? In this video, I cover the basics of using an ADC and focus on the successive approximation register ADC. With that knowledge, we put together a DIY temperature probe using an analog temperature sensor, custom enclosure and a novel method of turning the unit on and off.

Here at Element 14 Presents, we don’t want to set the world on fire, we just want to start a flame in your heart, so today, DJ’s going to be making one of his favorite pieces of video game technology: a Pip-Boy from the fallout series. A pip-boy is a personal information processor, that is a wearable computer worn by the player that keeps track of stats, inventory, mapping, biometrics and lots of other things. It’s a smartwatch on steroids and it oozes that clunky retro-futuristic aesthetic found throughout the game world

To celebrate the launch of Borderlands 3, DJ has embarked on an epic, case-modding journey. Not only is he building a nearly full-scale Claptrap, but he’ll be shoving, er uh, gently placing afull-size gaming PC inside. Is bringing an animatronic Claptrap into a world a terrible idea sure to bring about chaos and despair? Maybe, but there’s no time to think about the consequences...let’s get building!

Who let the smoke out? Clem had a custom PCB manufactured but tripped into a PCB design Pittfall that released the magic smoke on the first test run. Today he shares his # Tips and Tricks to avoid common PCB design Pitfalls, to get your Project on track as fast as possible! He uses KiCad to design his PCB but these tips also apply to Autodesk Eagle or any electronics design software. The beautiful PCBs were made by Aisler.net in Germany, but even the best manufacturer can‘t fix errors you made ,while designing the boards.

Dave is a big fan of freeform soldering styles and made a tiny skeleton handheld. As the wise Ben Heckendorn said years before, Dave too tells everyone to collect spare LED legs. "Don't throw them away, as they might come in handy one day!" - or they get stuck in your maglock sockets. Here we need them to connect an Attiny85 with some buttons and an I2C display.

When the original Game Boy came out there were no smartphones and WiFi didn't exist, so wired multiplayer gaming was perfectly acceptable. But what if it were possible to add wireless capability to this classic handheld? Join us as we build what may be the world's first Game Boy wireless adapter. We'll also see how console games were programmed 30 years ago... in assembly language!