Category: Projects
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Write a Slot Machine App
I’ve always wanted to make my own slot machine game. I’m a decent enough programmer, but the slot machines are more than just a spinning reel with a set number of symbols that randomly stop at different positions. A random number generator is used to determine the outcome of each spin. Thus, each spin is…
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Boba Fett Range Finder
A while back I found a Boba Fett helmet at Salvation army with a missing range finder. Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems.…
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Naza M Quad 450 Test Flight
Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems. He is currently a Senior Web Developer at NDIC.
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Arduino Neopixel RTC Clock
Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems. He is currently a Senior Web Developer at NDIC.
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3D Printing and Painting
First of all, I am not a world-class painter. My eyesight isn’t what it use to be and hand-painting these things was a pain. At the behest of my youngest, it started out with Pokémon. While I have 3D printed for years, I had never airbrushed or hand painted a day in my life. Below…
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Sawppy: How I Built a Rover
So a while back I was browsing the internet and came upon a project by Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build your own model of the Mars Curiousity rover. It sparked my interest because I had been looking for something to do. I was a little bored. It didn’t take long to realize how much this…
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Water Level Detector
Lots of rain in Iowa lately. Lots of flooding also. In Council Bluffs, it’s not rare to see people emptying crap out of their basements after a good rain. Here is a shot from my backyard security camera from just last week. So while I avoid a flooded basement for the most part, I have…
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Stuff Happens
A nice gentleman brought in a Samsung Galaxy Tab S TM-807V with a severly cracked screen. It was also very attached to the 3rd party plastic case/cover it was in. It was clear the Tab had not been removed from its case in a very long time. The first warning signs should have been how…
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Analog Meter Battery Cover
So I bought this analog multimeter at a pawn shop for $5 and it was missing the battery cover. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to 3D print something practical instead of Star Trek ships. I took CAD in college and I was pretty good at it. So I fired up AutoCAD 2019 and started…
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GPS Tracker
Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems. He is currently a Senior Web Developer at NDIC.