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Software Tutorials

In this post are we going to talk a bit about MQTT and give you a quick example of how you can publish a simple message to a MQTT-Broker from a simple computer system (here: an Orange Pi Zero). MQTT…

Repairing a NAD C370 Amplifier – The Slow Start Protection Module Problem

July 5, 2017

Misc. Other Projects

A very common problem with NAD amplifiers (here: C370) is that it becomes very slow to start after some years (10+). The time between power-on and deactivation of the protection increases to several minutes! And why is this happening? In this…

Arduino Tutorial: LCD Displays pt. 1 – HD44780 Character Displays

June 28, 2017

Arduino Tutorials

We have written plenty of Arduino Tutorials, but none of them have been about displays. So we decided to do something about that. This is the first of a planned three-part tutorial series on how to use various displays with…

Building a Quick & Dirty Foam Cutter

June 21, 2017

Anders Strand

Woodworking Projects

Foam is a great and cheap material for various creations. This time we needed to cut some EVA foam into shapes for a prototype we are creating. We were not 100% sure that a hot-wire foam cutter would be the…

Building a Large Kossel Delta Printer – pt. 5: A Video from the Building

June 15, 2017

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics

We have through several posts now followed the making of a rather large Kossel Delta 3D-printer: Pt. 1: Parts and Planning Pt. 2: Building Update Pt. 3: Electronics and Wiring Pt. 4: Modifying the Effector Here is a a “Making of”-video…

Do It Yourself: SNMP Temperature Monitoring System

June 9, 2017

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

Maker Tutorials, Misc. Other Projects

Here at Norwegian Creations we occasionally need to monitor the temperature of a system. Sometimes we have done this with our DMM with data logging capabilities. But it’s a bad idea to impound our DMM’s for long periods. Therefore we need…

Breadboard – What, Why and How?

May 26, 2017

Breadboard is an essential tool for every electronics engineer and maker. In this blog post we’ll talk about why we use breadboards and how they work. Breadboards come in many shapes and sizes What? A breadboard is a simple tool…

Building a Large Kossel Delta Printer – pt. 4: Modifying the Effector

May 16, 2017

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics

Let’s take a closer look at the custom modification we’ve done to our Kossel build’s effector. But first, you might be interested in the previous editions in this blog series: Pt. 1: Parts and Planning Pt. 2: Building Update Pt.…

Datalogging with a Multimeter

May 12, 2017

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics

A Digital Multimeter (DMM) is a nice tool which we have talked about several times before (you can find an intro on how to use it here). The main usage is to measure something right now. But how can we…

Building a Large Kossel Delta Printer – pt. 3: Electronics and Wiring

May 5, 2017

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

It’s been a long wait, but finally all of the parts for our printer have arrived. As shown in this series’ last blog post, we’ve already kickstarted mounting the frame and most of the mechanical parts. The next assembly job…

Customizing a Retractable Power Strip

April 26, 2017

3D Printing Projects

For our new office we bought a couple of used tables with inset retractable power strips (an old version of the Evoline Port). One of these had a VGA socket in addition to all the power sockets. Instead of the…

Opamps – pt. 2: The Real World

April 11, 2017

Two weeks ago we started a blog series about operational amplifiers aka. opamps (or op amps). We showed you what an opamp is, some of the things it can do and the importance of feedback. To ensure that everything was…

Opamps – pt. 1: The Basics

March 30, 2017