When a EE makes Christmas presents

[globoy]

I was inspired earlier this month ... and I got to use of some of the copious amounts of kit I have laying around.  I think these presents turned out pretty well and I hope the various family members receiving them like them and don't just say "Oh, how nice...".

All of the PCBs were devices I already had but maybe hacked a little.  I wrote some firmware and did a lot of 3D enclosure designs and printing.  Other parts of the enclosures were repurposed items.

I used to do LED lighting control systems and re-purposed some of the various controllers and drivers into a set of color-wash ambient lighting systems.  The idea is to be able to "paint" a ceiling or corner or some part of a room with color or even slowly changing colors.





I have always loved the nixie tube aesthetic but don't currently have a stash of tubes so I repurposed some prototype devices into Faux Nixie Clocks that can permanently keep themselves correct using internet time services and sport a browser based interface (the idea is that these are set once and forget devices).





Finally I built up a bluetooth to POTS telephone adapter (a copy of a previous project)

[Benta]

Love the phone, especially the awful 70s colour. It's so kitschy that it's trendy!