“Everything’s Computer!” I’m sure you’ve read my last post about lighting automation… Since the Rolife-Kits only come with battery powered lights, i had to do some customizations. First i cut hole on the backside to fit a USB-C Port. Next in line is a small buck converter, stepping down the USB 5V to roughly 2.7V. To preserve the cordless functionalities, a 6pin 2way switch was wired in. With that in place i can switch the incoming power supply. ...
Turning on tiny lights by tiny computers O: With great model-builds and lighting comes great responsibilities. Or something like that, i’m not a spider myself… I didn’t want to plug in and turn on my model kits everyday to admire their cute lights, so i automated it. Using a Raspberry Pi Zero, 4xRelay-Board and USB-Ports, i can control four USB Power Connections with one single power-input. ...
First time with non-Lego bricks. I was really looking forward to the opening of the first Bluebrixx-Store in Austria! So of course i had to run and buy something from them… I landed on the Škoda Octavia RS and was not at all disappointed. The level of detail is exorbitant, the quality of the prints are just simply amazing. No Stickers to be applied! The only downside of the Cobi brand i have noticed, is the difficulty in distinguishing the very slight different parts. There are many more types of sloped pieces for example, that are hard to keep track of and i got wrong a couple of times. ...
Paper, MDF, LEDs and Cuteness~ A long time ago i used to build a lot of Revell Models. A couple of years ago i built some self-3d-printed Models - look here (Until there is no link just look into the sun in the meantime). Lego building was a big part of childhood, my brother gifted me LEGO cars for my birthdays - so that’s no longer just a childhood thing. A few weeks ago (as of time of writing) i visited the Model Making Expo (Link to modellbautage) with a friend of mine. Tiny miniatures besides model trains, RC Planes of every size imaginable, RC-Boats and Submarines, every machine you could imagine on a worksite in RC edition working on a mini-jobsite, and everything else imaginable. That event got me hooked again and i bought a Rolife Booknook set. ...