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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Many years ago, I bought a 12v / 3S soldering iron with an XT60 connector for $6 for on the for on the go use. It claims to be 30W, but it has a very laggy temperature sensor, and usually uses 10-15w. It has been extremely handy. Though it really can't handle heavier things. So I recently […]

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doll-on-doll crime @xconstants.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Finally finished my 1st roll of Lucky 200 film in my uncle's camera!!! The film went through the checked luggage x-ray scanner at the airport, so I was worried it was messed up, but actually, it looks pretty good! Makes me wish I'd put more effort into the photos oops

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

My favorite LED project out there this year was illumicone.com - a returning piece. They use magnetic sensors to reliably detect rotation on various wheels despite the dust. And the interactions drive the display. #BurningMan2026

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/09/2026

Back from #BurningMan where I had some recently completed #LED projects. My #rust code for LED graph patterns entirely on the #esp32 S3, outputting up to 16 stands in parallel, and syncs via #espnow (previously it was driven with DDP over wifi because I needed 4 […] [Original post on leds.social]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026

3 years ago, I replaced the bottom bracket bearing for the bike I use at Burning Man after it self-destructed from rust in 2022. I bought one that claims to be waterproof, but prepping this year, I noticed the pedals weren't moving nicely, so took it apart and […] [Original post on leds.social]

inside the bottom bracket of a blue bicycle. chunks of clumped alkaline dust are visible.

a bottom bracket bearing and inner race. the cage holding the bearings is heavily rusted. held near the outer bearing race labeled "patent water proof for opc"

a new sealed ball bearing, seated in an aluminum machined outer race, below a steel inner race

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026

what are your favourite settings to set in ~/.ssh/config?

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Today in moving slow and fixing things, I replaced a button that stopped working on a portable mouse I've had since college. This thing has lasted me over 20 years, most of the time in backpacks. I looked it up - Sony SMU-WM10 - nearly every article is people […] [Original post on leds.social]

The Sony SMU-WM10 mouse in maroon and black, with radio receiver next to it

inside the mouse, showing the new button with a red cap. the old button and mouse wheel are blurry in the background.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Thanks to seeing posts here after I woke up, I finally didn't forget and didn't oversleep too much and made it to the electronics flea market. This gauge was $1. I used to have a few analog meters when I was in elementary school (I think 3v & 15v), and recently […] [Original post on leds.social]

an analog galvanometer with a 200mA range and brass ring.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Getting closer to Rust replacement for my Arduino LED code on ESP32. In addition to parallel outputs, I now have wifi, a web server, and very basic audio in. (I2S Audio with async DMA only works with git `esp-hal`, depending on some very recent not yet released […] [Original post on leds.social]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

About two years ago, I was trying to get concurrent output for several LED strips working in #rust on #esp32 using the RMT peripheral. I got it working kind of ok for two outputs, but some switching overhead in embassy made that the limit. Last week I figured I'd try using the "LCD" output on […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/07/2026

I saw a lot of robots at Open Sauce a little over a a week ago. I remember being inspired as a child seeing pictures of robots from MIT. My 7yo dream was to "work" at MIT on robots. So I looked up some of them, and found […] [Original post on leds.social]

An early quadruped robot with pneumatic legs from the late 80s, held by a chain above

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

My favorite LEDs at #teardown2026 The huemanatee is by Solid Mirage - solidmirage.store Ring of matrix panels and Rx glasses by Garrett Mace - macetech.com

A cartoon manatee lit up blue/purple/red labeled "oh the huemanatee!!"

a ring with nine hub75 matrix LED panels, each rotated a bit. the pattern on the panels is aware of the rotation of each panel

a person holding a glasses frame made out of PCBs with LEDs with prescription lenses

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

On the way to PDX after my first @crowdsupply #teardown2026 - it was an inspiring and exhausting weekend. Good job whoever decided to have a section on the badge to list your special interests - it made talking to random strangers easier. It reminds me of part of what drew me into cosplay - I […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

#teardown2026 day 0: ran into @alexglow walking to the hotel from light rail, and then wandered off to say hello to some llamas and an alpaca and some goats and chickens.

a guy in glasses feeding a carrot to a llama.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

RE: mathstodon.xyz/@mjd/116941276059588… To me the most important quote there is: > In biology class, biology wasn’t presented as a quest for the secrets of life. The textbooks wrung out the questing. [...] We were just given their conclusions. My sister brought up this problem many […]

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760ceb3b9c0ba4872cadf3ce35a7a494 @760ceb3b9c0ba4872cadf3ce35a7a4.wetdry.world.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

ok this is so cool. this LED manufacturer designed maybe the coolest demo brochure possible for their COB LEDs, its a ringed binder where each of the pages is a PCB that you plug in and can control via touch to toggle which strips are on 🤯 #electronics

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

I had been doing some serverless home automation with esphome.io using `http_request` actions for one device to talk to another. But a new 3-way switch I bought is Tuya not ESP, and can't use `http_request`. So today I learned about `packet_transport` […]

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

Writers: here are ten free and easy ways to add a dash of visual interest to your blog posts without resorting to AI imagery (which signals to readers that your blog post is probably also AI and there’s no need to bother reading it): 1) A thoughtful photo […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

A pink, purple and soft blue collage created with paper and stickers I had lying around my room: a little robot mascot from Ace Attorney is advising “You don’t need to be ‘a good artist’ to create a unique and interesting image for your blog.”

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026

It's an incredible thing to have something in my head and then in my hands, or seeing myself wear it in a mirror. It was even more surreal to imagine a space and then be standing in that thing from my imagination. It still feels a bit hard to believe seeing […] [Original post on leds.social]

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Quixoticgeek @quixoticgeek.v.st.ap.brid.gy · 26/04/2026

Yesterday I was talking to a fellow maker about how we each build our projects. He was absolutely amazed when I told him that on a recent project I didn't use any CAD, or in fact any drawings or plans at all. I made the whole project, and it's 9 side projects, just from an idea in my head. He […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/03/2026

On Monday, I was at a ska show at 924 Gilman and saw this, which I really enjoyed and want to share. Digging around, it seems this is from dogbotic.com #skanowmorethanever

A poster board held in place with electrical conduit on the sticker-filled wall. The poster shows 4 electrical resistors in the style of police mug shots. Below, the poster is captioned "Resistors!"

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/02/2026

I was attended #HardwareHappyHour last night, which in SF is organized by @charlyn via luma.com/3HSF It's a good group - people building things just because. I'd definitely recommend visiting them - they're part of a broader hardwarehappyhour.com that may have an event near you […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

It can help me relax/recover by doing a thing that has an end and requires focus and not too much decision-making. I've been tempted by the newer MARUTOYS/Kotobukiya kits for awhile, so I gave in and bought the Ramune NOSERU, and the similarly colored 30MS […] [Original post on leds.social]

A purple haired anime-styled girl in a light teal & black outfit is riding atop a similarly colored robot scooter.

A light teal colored robot is holding a Pentax lens cap. A purple haired anime-styled girl is standing next to it, pointing towards the robot.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/01/2026

I'm not ok. The world seems not ok. But community is important and there is still value in doing things just because. Blinky lights are fun, so last weekend I helped wire some controller boxes for an upcoming Burning Man project (maybe unscruz too?) (and I've […] [Original post on leds.social]

A table covered in wires and tools. There a 3 sets of identically laid out LED Falcon F16v4 controller boards mounted on panels and flanked by buck converters. One of the panels is in a weatherproof case.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

RE: chaos.social/@jon_ellis/11594537728… This is a valid point. SQL is the only language that I have used at every full-time job of mine. I first learned it around 1998 and last wrote some two weeks ago. I've only used assembly longer, but much less and never for pay. But... I […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

Last week's #makershour had questions related to media we're watching. I just finished "My Dress Up Darling" (#kisekoi) - which relates directly to what used to be my primary forms of making. This season focused a lot an the groups/community that form around the hobby. And really that is the […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/01/2026

I was at a ska show tonight. The Toasters & Mustard Plug. With a fresh reminder to not let the bastards drag you down. It made me think about the current younger generation. What is their angry rebellious music? Maybe I'm not seeing it. But they don't seem angry enough, which is concerning. It […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/01/2026

[corporate america] I got an invite to a meeting at work for a project I don't work on. I was then told it wasn't a mistake - an engineer suggested I might have useful input. Which makes me realize there have been a various other times I've been invited to meetings that I don't know why I'm […]

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crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy @crafty.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026

If I was after a resin printer to print new figures for painting (nothing game scale, 1:24 at a minimum, more often 1:12 "upwards"), what's my best bet these days? Things to bear in mind: 1) I'm a newbie, so KISS* 2) I don't have a Windows device, so compatibility with Linux is required 3) I […]

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doll-on-doll crime @xconstants.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

set up a twitch channel for streaming piano practice, but twitch is really complicated and idk what I'm doing ;3; plz advise www.twitch.tv/constantspiano

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Learning to play piano again starting in 2025 after a 10 year hiatus.Covers of songs from anime, games, tv, etc

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

Home server root disk died a few days ago. (Important stuff is on #ZFS & mirrored, but ZFS on root for Linux has been a bad experience) I'm trying #NixOS this time, mostly so if it dies again, I can rebuild quickly. It reminds me of `rc.conf` on #FreeBSD, which I miss on Linux. I used to abuse […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

Yesterday @MakersHour had questions about Christmas Past. Reading replies reminded me: My first foray into wood work was when visiting a relative for Christmas. I was 7 or 8, and we were visiting my dad's uncle Friedel in Lingen. We made some wooden ornaments, with a coping saw and dull chisels […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/11/2025

I've been away from Python for a bit, and project setup seems to have advanced a lot from one obviously correct way to do things. Where there was setuptools + pip + pip-tools + venv, there is now `uv`, `pixi`, `poetry`, `pdm`, more? Maybe because it's not obvious because I'm not dutch? Any […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/11/2025

I decided to be properly cyberpunk, my bar for Neotropolis needs exhaust fans on the outside. To be cinematic, the fan should turn pointlessly slow. I bought a fan with a speed controller. It seem to use 5V PWM. Sending my own PWM, ~8% is the lowest speed. Below […] [Original post on leds.social]

Picture of an oscilloscope multimeter showing a very noisy PWM signal. behind is the cage of a fan, in front is the fan control panel

Brushless motor with a green PCB mounted on the front. 3 power driver ICs are visible in the foreground, clearly potted on some epoxy or similar coating.

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Solder Party @solder.party · 08/11/2025

The wait is finally over, we're happy to announce that the KeebDeck Keyboard and our first product using it, the KeebDeck Basic, are now available for sale from our @lectronz.com store! ⌨️ lectronz.com/stores/solde...

A photo of the KeebDeck Keyboard keypad and dome sheet. The dome sheet has many domes visible through the white plastic, and 8 black pieces of tape to cover where the backlight LEDs would be. The Keyboard has 69 keys with the usual PC layout, and a few extra ones color symbols and colors.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

I wore my Owl head and cyberpunk jacket for the Halloween party at #supercon and a bit Saturday night too. Though I had to keep taking it off to speak to people. At some point I need to add a speaker like those used for some storm trooper helmets.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

There were a number of cool badge cases at Supercon this year. @thzinc kinda vaporwave case was really cool in person. Also here's @geekmomprojects 's Souis Cuitton purse and ageppert's Speak&Spell

A Supercon badge cosplaying a designer bag

a Supercon badge cosplaying an 80s educational toy

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2025

Today at #supercon - while the multimeter and bendy and scope SAOs were the most impressive last year, this hedgehog that @mitten made was my favorite. And now I have one! (I've been thinking a bit about SAOs / badges. Something like a pocket operator would be a […] [Original post on leds.social]

a glowing felt hedgehog on top of a Hackaday Supercon 2025 badge

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

Best outfit at #supercon last night IMO - @securelyfitz - above the buttons are paper displays that change questions, and when you make a choice, it takes your picture and prints out the meme with you in it and the questions you were given.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025

Latest creation: KPop Demon Hunters light sticks. @xconstants.bsky.social suggested them so she could greet Huntrix / Saja Boys trick-or-treaters as their fan. Laser cut acrylic with edge lit LEDs.

light sticks with Huntrix and Saja Boys logos etched into clear acrylic

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Briar𓂃🖊 @briar.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025

I had a tiny square of wood, so I tried to carve a tiny ghost. 👻 #ghost #woodcarving #halloween #whittling #art

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025

See, not always DNS! Sometimes it's BGP.

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

I got an advertisement in the mail that offered a full print catalog on request. Which reminded me I miss catalogs. DigiKey was particularly inspiring - flipping through pages of ICs and switches and cases and their diagrams and imagining projects. Unfortunately I don't think I have any […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 07/10/2025

the biggest problem we *already have* in open source right now, which we have oversimplified into the term "supply chain security", is the lack of understanding that putting a dependency in your project's dependency set (package.json, pyproject.toml, requirements.txt, cargo.toml, etc) is not […]

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Ted @tschundler.leds.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2025

At #burningman this year, I brought a small 1200 lumen projector that I could mount on my bike. Would it be feasible to do some quick on the fly projection mapping? It seems that yes, for somewhat small (about 6m x 3m max for reasonable brightness) and not very […] [Original post on leds.social]

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