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Made these for my wife :) She drew the board shape and asked me to make it look like a circuit board. Everything on there is actually functional because I couldn’t bring myself to put down random components.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] charmed_electron 7 points 8 months ago

It’s kind of like a microprocessor development board—there are a few different circuits to play with that are connected to the processor. So ultimately it won’t do anything unless you stick some code inside

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What do you mean with „Everything on there is actually functional“?

[–] charmed_electron 7 points 8 months ago

I mean all the components have a purpose, none are just there for decoration

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

....you know too much.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How do you cleanly cut boards? I have some old RAM sticks that are pretty small by today's standards and I'd kinda like to make earrings with them one day

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is just a guess, but maybe use a jigsaw to generalize a shape & rotary tool to fine tune it?

[–] charmed_electron 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Boards are fiberglass at their core so most cutting tools work just fine—hacksaw, jigsaw, dremel, bandsaw. It’s abrasive though so a note of caution that it will wear out cutters quicker

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ooh does it light up? What is that unpopulated spot for?

[–] charmed_electron 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

There is an RGB led in the lower right, so yes if you program it to! I didn’t make provisions for battery power on this one though so it’s not meant to light up while worn. The unpopulated spot in the upper right is for the microcontroller. My wife preferred the look of the processor missing so I didn’t solder one down on hers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Does this allow you to control the microchips in everyone and raise an army?

Not bad and can I try?

[–] charmed_electron 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Good idea! Unfortunately this chip doesn’t have a 5G radio 😭

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I thought the beam came straight out of that flower shape.

Maybe a bit like the voice in Dune

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Congratulations on the wife!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago