Makerspace Projects - swindonmakers/wiki GitHub Wiki

Collection of ongoing projects and their notes. If a project isn't listed here, it may have its own repository at github.com/swindonmakers.

Projects (most recent first)

  • Thing Controller RFID access control of machines and usage logging

  • Ball Contraption An evolving group project to build out a Rube Goldberg / GBC style ball-bearing churning machine

  • Cyclone PCB Milling Machine

    A reprap based machine for milling PCB circuit boards

  • Cyclops Y6

    Large, printable and foldable Y6 copter

  • LogoBot

    A simple, extensible, Arduino-based mobile robot inspired by Mirobot and others.

  • AFRo Robot Arm

    An open-source Assisted Feeding Robot that can be built for less than £300

  • Pen Plotter

    An event visitor recently donated a pen plotter, with which we would like to try plotting etch resist for making circuit boards.

  • Prusa Mendel 3D Printer

    The Prusa Mendel 3D Printer that is being rebuilt and upgraded by the Hackspace.

  • Heathkit Hero

    The museum has an old Heathkit Hero, which the Hackspace is repairing by rewiring, and printing new parts.

  • RobotArm

    3D printed miniature servo robot arm and code to drive it via a space mouse.

  • Teaching Binary

    Tony's switch and display board to teach how to enter and read binary as hex, decimal, and ASCII.

  • Launchpad Display Driver

    Replacement driver board for LED message display boards, used in commercial shop window displays.

  • Big Curvy LED Screen

    A much larger LED matrix display, has been split up into separate boards and could be used in various configurations.

  • Twitter to Teletype

    Grab tweets that match a certain criteria (using a Raspberry Pi), then output them to a Teletype ASR-33.