DIY Reflow Oven

Recently I became fascinated by the idea of making my own PCB boards. Of course to make any sort of complex board you need capability to solder SMD components. I decided to make a reflow oven to make this process easier. I bought a cheap toaster oven on OLX for 40 PLN (about $10). With some cheap SSRs and a thermocouple I was able to make a simple reflow oven. Currently I am working on a controller for it. Final one will be based on ESP32-S3-MINI-1 and will have a simple OLED display with a button keyboard, but for now I am using a development board based on ESP32-C3 and oven is entirely controlled via serial. I have plans to add MQTT support to it so I can control it from Home Assistant.

Photos and more details will be added soon. (Website is still under construction)

NFC Filament System

Due to the fact that I have a lot of filaments and want to track their usage I decided to make a system that will allow me to do so. I bought a few NFC readers and a lot of NFC tag stickers. I put a sticker on each side of a filament spool and reader on the printer and inside a dedicated scale. System is constructed, but I am still working on the software side of it, as it is the most complex part of the project.

Photos and more details will be added soon. (Website is still under construction)

DIY Hall Effect Joystick

One day looking at commercialy available joysticks I thought to myself "I can make one of those". So I did. I bought a few hall effect sensors and a lot of magnets, and 2 years later (not entirely spent on the project) and a lot more money than I thought it would take later, I had a working prototype. It was fine, and worked in games, but I broke one part while dissasembling it and I couldn't be bothered to reprint it (I have already completed the project, haven't I?). Due to that small fact, I have no videos of it working and no photos of it assembled. I will make a new one soon (after projects above and one more are completed), so stay tuned. It may even have force feedback, who knows?

Photos of 3D models will be added soon. (Website is still under construction)