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CAD, KiCad
Gerber PCB File Merge Multiple File Items Together Using Text Editor – KiCad
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
First set the data you want to append to an unused layer in KiCad so it is easy to tell apart. Then export with the “Plot” function and open both gerber files. Copy the data area shown in the below image into the file you want as the master. The aperture will most likely conflict…
Computers
Samsung 960 Evo 1TB SSD Review and testing results on X99 MB with 6800K CPU
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
These new NVME PCIe SSDs have some amazing speeds (3,200MB/s!!!), the interface is x4 standard PCIe lanes. The Samsung 960 EVO 1TB seems to be the best price/performance point right now for NVME SSDs, with $0.48 per GB as of 12/2016 basically on release day… Keep in mind that if you want to use this…
CAD, Computers, Laser Cutter
Corel Draw Offset Line from Object for Laser Cutting
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
>Effects > Contour Tool Choose Outside or Inside depending on where you want the offset Choose Offset distance Choose one step Select the existing vector line you want the offset from Click Apply Right click on created contour object > Break Contour Group Apart Delete the interior filled object if desired Remove fill by selecting…
Computers
Official Amazon Fire ADB Driver Download – from amazon directly
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
This text explains the driver and contains the link I re-posted lower down: https://developer.amazon.com/public/resources/development-tools/ide-tools/tech-docs/05-setting-up-your-kindle-fire-tablet-for-testing Direct link to driver provided by Amazon: https://s3.amazonaws.com/android-sdk-manager/redist/kindle_fire_usb_driver.zip
Computers, Programming
Micropython IDE options
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
uPyIDE http://pythontutor.com/ – not an IDE but great tools to visualize how code is executed http://espcut.com/ – IDE for ESP8266 NodeMCU, Lua and MicropythonIDE for ESP8266 NodeMCU, Lua and Micropython Windows Only 🙁 but provides a file structure viewer of the MicroPython file system through the serial port.
Computers, Entertainment
The Art Of PrtScn
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
The Art Of PrtScn
Computers, Laser Cutter, Tools
LaserCAD does not bind to correct network interface
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
LaserCAD using the network interface is a great way to communicate with your laser cutter. Unfortunately the program seems to choose the wrong interface card on my desktop and there appears to be no way to change this besides disabling all other network adapters and running the program again. https://r1ch.net/projects/forcebindip Download the Zip file install…
Computers, Webdev
Really nice touch enabled image carousel with pinch to zoom
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
https://github.com/SunboX/ST2_ImageViewer Demo: http://sunbox.github.io/ST2_ImageViewer/demo/ImageCarousel/ Edit – May only work in Chrome – no extensive testing done – but does not start properly in IE or Firefox on windows. Desktop and Android mobile version of Chrome seem to work perfectly.
Computers, Web Hosting, Webdev
Apache server-status – Allow localhost only
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
To prevent wordpress from trying to serve the server-status page local .htaccess file : # BEGIN WordPress RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # rewrite rule for server-status to prevent 404 error RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !=/server-status RewriteRule . /index.php [L] # END WordPress To enable local access in…
3D Printing, CAD
STL to 2D SVG file
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
import STL in FreeCad From the dropdown middle menu select “part” Part – create shape from mesh Select the new shape in the file browser on left Part – Cross section – XY 1.5mm for mine Select the cross section in file browser on left Export – Flattened SVG If your cad file is in STEP…
3D Printing, CAD
Autodesk Inventor Subtracting parts
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
Use the “Combine” tool under the Modify section to subtract or add solid bodies together. If you want to re-orient “derived” parts you must do it by creating an assembly and orienting the part in there, then deriving the assembly, not the original part.
3D Printing, CAD
My Thingiverse Page Link – 3D CAD Designs
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
Computers
RUFUS windows USB bootable installer
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
Make sure to choose NTFS And UEFI + BIOS boot option for most computers.
CAD
Lasercad Laser Cutter power settings – 30W CO2
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
These are what I use on my retrofit 30W Chinese machine, they are probably not directly portable to any other machine because of so many variables in these things, tube life etc.. I have the analog current limit set to 15mA for 100% power but don’t know how accurate the little meter is. One other…