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SmallRun July Update - Group Buys, Wise Payouts & Better Search
Ok, it's been a busy month or so on SmallRun.. a bunch of new stuff went out, so figured it was time for a proper writeup. "Runs" (Group Buys) This one's been on the wishlist since basically…
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Designing an Enclosure for a Biometric Sensing Radar – A Maker's Guide
One of the more interesting projects I’ve been working on lately is a biometric sensing radar module. It’s a small, powerful board that can detect presence and movement through solid materials, which …
APIs rule - automating my SmallRun store ops
Have you checked out the SmallRun APIs ? I use a print provider, Printify, to fulfill my shirt and mug orders. My other store is on Etsy, which is integrated with Printify. When someone makes an …
Charlie
The making of the Intel 4004 design
I was at a company yesterday and they had made a calendar of chips and whatnots. Alas, the only page I got to see what the one for this month: the Intel 4004 - the world's first commercially available…
Charlie
PayPal Payouts Are Here - Plus a Month of New Features
We've been live for about a month now and it's been a great experience working with new sellers, garnering feedback and implementing fixes & new features. A few of these have been: Featured Produ…
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About my process
Most of my most popular designs are illustrations, hand-drawn by me, of a dev board or chip or component. I was influenced towards hand-dawn designs by some makers when I first started the store early…
Charlie
The on progress physical keyboard in a real simulation
System Overview This project establishes a high-fidelity connection between physical hardware and FlightGear or FSX and above using an ESP32 microcontroller. Designed to bridge the gap between simula…
Building IOL Core4
The IOL Core4 is a compact 4-port IO-Link Master module for OEM integration. The idea: give hardware engineers a ready-made IO-Link frontend they can drop into their own designs, without having to dea…
Demonstrating the WiRSa SLIP mode under DOS
The WiRSa v3 is a WiFi-to-RS232 adapter I designed to help get vintage computers online. The hardware and firmware are completely open source. Among its features are full SLIP and PPP gateway modes, w…
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More than a Marketplace - Welcome to SmallRun!
Hello! I figured the first Build Log should be about the platform itself and why we built it, so here goes... SmallRun aims to be a home for small makers - people running a shop out of a spare bed…
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