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IKEA Sunnan – revisited

I’ve had my IKEA Sunnan since summer 2010. I put it into bright sunlight all the time. The only way I can make it light up full-blast is to dismantle it, charge the batteries externally and reassemble it again. What … Continue reading

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Creating schematics and PCB layouts with open source tools

On my quest to build the electronics for my LED RGB matrix gadget, I’ll be dealing with gEDA and KICAD for the next few weeks. For windoze users, there’s also FreePCB. The prototype will still be finished using perfboard and … Continue reading

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