Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Ragnar makes sure everyone in Norwegian Creations run in the same direction. Besides that, he works with Embedded System Design here at NC, and have also lectured in this discipline at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. So, when it comes to PCBs and overall system design, he is a valuable asset. Ragnar also enjoys woodworking and fine literature.

Posts by Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

The Game Show System 2012

April 22, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Events, Misc. Other Projects

You can read more about the system and how it was developed here. Just as last year, Gunnar was controlling the light =) NTNUs Rector Torbjørn Digernes Default lighting correct answer Wrong answer Focus on the answering team Thinking… Logo in…

The Drawing Machine at the Technoport Conference

April 17, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

The Drawing Machine is now creating images at the Technoport Conference. This is happening at Rica Nidelven Hotel in Trondheim. Check it out! It will stand there until Thursday 19 April. Magnus Strand Helberg from the Youth City Council, handing over the wishes from the…

Drawing Machine – part 2

April 14, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Drawing Machines

Skift Design is making an installation for the Technoport conference in Trondheim, and as a part of that they wanted a drawbot. They contacted Omega Workshop at NTNU, and got in contact with me and Gunnar who was actually making one already! What needs to…

Drawing Machine Timelapse

April 14, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Drawing Machines

Enjoy =) USB power supply to the GoPro Finished drawing

Drawing Machine – part 1

April 11, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Drawing Machines

All the people studying at ELbygget NTNU Gløshaugen knows that it lack some real interactive art. So the last couple of years we have been thinking about filling that gap. And after dumping over Hector, and the video under, we had…

Building a Simple Laser Engraver

January 26, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Lasers, Mechatronics

Inspired by a post at Instructables, and by the need of a device capable of engraving at creations made out of wood, we decided to build a cheap laser engraver. Video Hardware It consists of parts from two old DVD-players, two…

Creating a mini-Impressor

September 16, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

“An Impressor is something that impresses, mostly by flashing, making noise, smelling, or slamming. It has has strong roots in the Omega association and is required for Phaestum and other Omega festivities.” Each year, Omega Workshop holds a building course where a…

Making some Orthodynamic Headphones

May 7, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

Inspired by this post, I decided to give it a “quick and dirty” try myself:) From Deal Extreme I ordered a “Stylish On-Ear Headset”, and from eBay I ordered theribbon tweeters. Total cost around $50. These headphones use drivers that are Orthodynamic.…

Wood Block Clock

April 10, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects, Woodworking Projects

Inspired by a clock at IKEA with a 7-segment dispaly behind a solid wood front , I wanted to build something like that myself. And with a led matrix from ebay, a microcontroller and a few more components this sort…

A Game Show System

April 3, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Events, Misc. Other Projects

Part 1 Myself, Are Halvorsen and Marius Gundersen built a Game Show System! The system is mainly for a quiz show with Ingeniørspillet at Trondheims Student Society (http://www.samfundet.no/). The event is april 14, and if you are in town I really recommend going (information) =)…

Assembling the Keytar

January 30, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Woodworking Projects

Testing the electronics The circuit boards The keyboard Finished mounting =)

Inverted Propelled Pendulum

January 22, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Mechatronics, Misc. Other Projects

The plan is to make a “2-degrees of freedom inverted pendulum” realized with 3 or 4 RC plane motors and an 5-degrees IMU (Wikipedia). But first, I decided to make a “one-degree” pendulum to test the motor controllers and some…

The Floppy Blaster

January 22, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

In the course “TTK5155 – Industrial and Embedded Computer Systems” spring 2010, Thomas Tøkje and I built a couple of extra nodes to the Ping Pong game project. This is one of the extras who’s mission was to add sound…

Coloring the Keytar

January 20, 2011

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Woodworking Projects

The next step is coloring. I am using a leather color and Liberon Finishing Oil. Painted backplate Coloring The head without oil Applying finishing oil Headstock

Making a Longboard

September 23, 2010

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Woodworking Projects