Mads Aasvik

Mads is interested in mechatronics and different CAD-related activities. He also does a lot of 3D printing and prototype building.

Posts by Mads Aasvik

A Quick Look at Autodesk Tinkercad

October 8, 2015

Mads Aasvik

First Impressions - Software

A few weeks ago we wrote an intro to CAD for makers. We mentioned that Sketchup and Autodesk Fusion 360 are two good alternatives to the bigger and more expensive CAD beasts out there. However, if you find those programs…

An Intro to CAD for Makers

September 17, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Software Tutorials

Here in NC we do a lot of CAD’ing. CAD is an acronym for Computer Aided Design and is in our case more or less equivalent to 3D-modelling for practical purposes. Most of our projects are modelled this way prior…

Our Drawing Machine at Trondheim Maker Faire 2015

September 9, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Arduino Projects, Drawing Machines, Woodworking Projects

In addition to our Reaction Game, vi also had a drawing machine on display at this year’s Trondheim Maker Faire. The machine exhibited in our tent at Trondheim Maker Faire 2015 This drawing machine is designed to draw on paper…

Stats from Our Reaction Game at Trondheim Maker Faire 2015

September 2, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Events

As many of you already know, we had a Reaction Game at our stand at this year’s Trondheim Maker Faire. During the two days of the Maker Faire we had around a thousand people playing our Reaction Game. We logged…

Maker Faire 2015 Teaser

August 27, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Events

Norwegian Creations is going to Trondheim Maker Faire this year just as last year. This teaser shows some “behind the scenes” footage of one of the installations we are creating for our exhibition. Come and play our game where…

An Intro to G-code and How to Generate It Using Inkscape

August 12, 2015

Mads Aasvik

, Software Tutorials

In last week’s post we discussed how to create vector graphics from bitmaps in Inkscape. The third suggestion on why to do such a thing involved creating toolpaths for machines. As a natural continuation from last week, we’re now going…

How to Trace Bitmaps in Inkscape

August 5, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Software Tutorials

This post will show you how to trace bitmaps in the free vector graphics software Inkscape. Tracing bitmaps means that you convert a bitmap/raster image file (your usual .jpg, .png, .bmp etc) into vector graphics. What are Vector Graphics? Vector…

Tutorial: Calibrating Stepper Motor Machines with Belts and Pulleys

July 29, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Maker Tutorials

While making machines which is actuated by stepper motors without closed loop control, you more often than not want to calibrate the stepper motors in software to make the machine move exactly as you want it to. If you tell…

Basic Fadecandy C++ Framework Tutorial

July 9, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Software Tutorials

In this tutorial we will show you the basics of creating an LED program using the Fadecandy framework. On Fadecandy’s GitHub page you will find out how to set up the hardware as well as find several software examples in…

A Behind the Scenes Look at the Building Process of Our Interactive LED Lamp

June 24, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Click here for a short intro post about this project or here for a more detailed post about how we designed and built the lamp.

Designing and Building an Interactive LED Lamp – Technical Insights

June 10, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Be sure to also read the short intro post of this project here and you can watch a behind-the-scenes video here! Sometimes, when we need to learn how to do something, we create a project out of it. This was one of…

Showreel – Norwegian Creations

June 3, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Updates

As you probably know by now, we in Norwegian Creations make a lot of different things. Below is a short showreel we have made with some of the hightlights from the past year or so.

Making a Makerspace

May 27, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Updates

For a while now, a group of people in the maker community in Trondheim, including us from Norwegian Creations, have been building a makerspace in the basement here at DIGS in the center of Trondheim. It is now up…

Our Interactive LED Lamp – An Intro

May 20, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

We’ve had a lamp hanging from the ceiling over our heads the last few months. This is a lamp we have made ourselves containing 512 individually controllable LEDs, a bunch of 3D-printed pieces and lots of cotton. It is of…

Building a CNC Machine

April 29, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Mechatronics, Woodworking Projects

This is the first post in a series of four where we’ll be talking about CNC related stuff, mainly because CNC milling is awesome! For a long time we at NC have been dreaming of having easy access to a…