Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 25/10/2025Custom PCBs with vias are easy, if the vias are already there! 1134
Reposted by Stephen HawesOpulo @opulo.io · 07/03/2025As a way of keeping everyone more in the loop with what we're working on, we're going to be releasing monthly status updates! The first one for March 2025 is live on our blog, with the video version on your YouTube. Check out the post here: www.opulo.io/blogs/news/m...opulo.ioMarch 2025 Opulo UpdateHey all! As a way of keeping everyone in the loop on what's happening at Opulo, I decided to start doing monthly status updates. I'll include everything from status of WIP products, improvements to so... 092
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 04/01/2025finally finished the fiber laser vid! you can check out the full version on yt: youtu.be/wAiGCyZZq6w 810016
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 19/12/2024silkscreen is now in play. etched the blue layer where text should go, squeegeed white into the voids, wiped clean, then etched the normal soldermask layer 5521
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 19/12/2024lots of tests today with drilling and cutting with the fiber laser, resulted in a fully operational board! 2482
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 12/12/2024single sided PCB, fully fabricated on my bench in under an hour using a fiber laser. i’m STOKED. 1318113
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 11/12/2024crazy results making pcbs on the fiber laser so far. playing with soldermask now! 7713
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 07/12/2024managed to make a working PCB on an SLA 3D printer! full vid on yt now: youtu.be/lX7dRaOLtZk 0555
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 03/12/2024just got my hands on a fiber laser! with some tuning i think this thing could be an incredible tool for quickly prototyping pcbs. 5320
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 12/11/2024after spending the weekend working on a multi-container docker project, it’s clear that containers both 1) GREATLY simplify things, and 2) GREATLY complicate things, in very different ways. 070
Stephen Hawes @stephenhawes.com · 21/10/2024over the weekend i built a little @freecadnews.bsky.social plugin that renders a rotating build timelapse! going to be using this for a ton of videos now 060
