Projects

LED Matrix with Rolling Particles – Overview and Enclosure

December 6, 2018

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects, Teensy Projects

Making a device with an LED matrix is something we have wanted to do for a while now, and now we’ve finally gotten around doing it. The way we usually do it with these kinds of quick-builds is to use…

The 2018 Christmas Card

November 29, 2018

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects

Last year we made a Christmas card heavily influenced by our fields of expertise and what we deliver. This year was no exception! What’s new this year, among other things, is the different design, and that there exists several variants…

Building a Remotely Controlled / Autonomous Land Vehicle Platform – pt. 3: Electronics and Remote Control Firmware

September 19, 2018

Mads Aasvik

Mechatronics, Teensy Projects

Previous parts in this series: Parts and Design Chassis Building In this post we’ll look at the electronics and the code and libraries used to control the vehicle. Motherboard PCB To tie the motorcontrollers, Teensy and receiver together, we chose…

Making a Casing for an Embedded System Space Invaders Game

September 12, 2018

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects

A few months ago we wrote a blog post about a course in embedded systems for beginners where the goal was to make Space Invaders on an embedded system. We thought it would be fun to create a casing for…

The Making of a Smart Mailbox: Part 1 — An Overview

August 29, 2018

Torstein Grindvik

Misc. Other Projects

We’d like to be notified when (physical) mail arrives. Let’s do just that! Project Goals What do we want out of this? First of all, we want to be notified when getting mail. There are many ways to do this.…

Controlling a Camera Shutter Remotely with an Arduino

July 20, 2018

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Arduino Projects, Arduino Tutorials

To take a picture on the exact moment you want to can be a hassle. But most cameras have the possibility to use an external shutter remote. Connecting a regular button here does not help us, but by creating a…

The Automatic Pet Feeder

July 4, 2018

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Arduino Projects, Mechatronics

Many pet feeders already exist, but we wanted to make one ourselves. The author of this blog post has a dog with separation anxiety which makes it difficult for him to be left alone in the house. A small machine…

Building a Remotely Controlled/Autonomous Land Vehicle Platform – pt. 2: Chassis Building

June 14, 2018

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics, Teensy Projects

About three months ago we wrote a post about a vehicle platform we’re building. Since then we’ve mostly waited for parts, primarily the aluminium plates. Now that the parts have arrived, we’ve started building the vehicle chassis. Current State The…

Building a Remotely Controlled/Autonomous Land Vehicle Platform – pt. 1: Parts and Design

March 15, 2018

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Projects, Mechatronics

Here at NC we try to always have some fun internal projects going on to keep our creativity sharpened and to test out new ideas. This is one of those projects. We’re planning on building a remotely controlled vehicle which…

Remotely Controlled LED Helmets

February 22, 2018

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

LED Projects

A few months ago we were approached by NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) with a request to create some cool stunts for the annually televised radio show called P3aksjonen. We started brainstorming around several ideas together with NRK. With a short…

Logging Vibrations on Our 3D Printer Desk

February 8, 2018

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects

Thanks to The Future Group we currently have this sweet Xsens MTi 30 AHRS at our office. We wanted to use this to log vibrations on our home made 3D printer desk while printing. We also wanted to apply damping…

Building a Large Kossel Delta Printer – pt. 7: Design Files

January 5, 2018

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects

The previous parts of this series are: Pt. 1: Parts and Planning Pt. 2: Building Update Pt. 3: Electronics and Wiring Pt. 4: Modifying the Effector Pt. 5: Video from the Building Pt. 6: Corner Covers By popular demand we’ve published…

This Year’s NC Christmas Card

December 22, 2017

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, LED Projects

Christmas is approaching fast and every year we like to get creative with our Christmas cards to Norwegian Creations’ clients, partners, friends and family. This year we decided to do something fresh and physical with our Christmas card routine. A…

Building a Large Kossel Delta Printer – pt. 6: Corner Covers

November 8, 2017

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects

Our custom Kossel delta 3D printer is continually being upgraded. Let’s take a look at the latest addition to the printer. Here are the previous posts in this series: Pt. 1: Parts and Planning Pt. 2: Building Update Pt. 3:…

Making a Custom Webcam Mount

October 25, 2017

Anders Strand

3D Printing Projects

We bought a fancy new web camera for our meeting room, for use with video conferences and meetings. The camera works great, but lacks one critical feature: The ability to adjust the camera angle sideways. In addition, we wanted to…

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