Tindie
Ferret Labs
About
Software engineer in the games industry, electronics enthusiast in my own home. I enjoy designing and building kits that make lights flash on and off and make silly noises. I hope I can sell some kits to other likeminded big kids. :)
Reviews
Richard | April 24, 2018
Fantastic bit of kit, ideal for geeks everwhere
For GPS-Controlled Binary Clock Kit
I first saw this clock demoed at a recent Tindie / Hackaday Beer and Hacks meetup in Nottingham, and it caught my attention straight away.
The LEDs used on the demo were a bit bright for my liking, so I ordered a kit using Red, Orange and Yellow LEDs (Blue is a bit bright for my liking).
The instructions supplied are very good, and accurately show how to build and use the clock.
I had no problems building it and getting it running, and only took me around 1.5 hours from start to finish. I am quite expedience at building circuits, so would expect it to take a bit longer for less experienced solderers / beginners.
The kit only uses through-hole components, so is very suitable for beginners, and even included a couple of spare parts (just in case they get lost while assembling?)
My main concern about the GPS based clock was if it would be able to receive GPS signals indoors. The instructions and notes do help explain this, and say that a full GPS lock is not required to obtain the time. So even if just 1 satellite is receivable, the time is available.
It did take around 15 minutes to establish the correct time the first time I powered it on, this may just be due to satellite locations, etc.
Overall, I'm very pleased with it, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend others to buy this. It's a great talking point, and tells the time to boot.
The LEDs used on the demo were a bit bright for my liking, so I ordered a kit using Red, Orange and Yellow LEDs (Blue is a bit bright for my liking).
The instructions supplied are very good, and accurately show how to build and use the clock.
I had no problems building it and getting it running, and only took me around 1.5 hours from start to finish. I am quite expedience at building circuits, so would expect it to take a bit longer for less experienced solderers / beginners.
The kit only uses through-hole components, so is very suitable for beginners, and even included a couple of spare parts (just in case they get lost while assembling?)
My main concern about the GPS based clock was if it would be able to receive GPS signals indoors. The instructions and notes do help explain this, and say that a full GPS lock is not required to obtain the time. So even if just 1 satellite is receivable, the time is available.
It did take around 15 minutes to establish the correct time the first time I powered it on, this may just be due to satellite locations, etc.
Overall, I'm very pleased with it, and wouldn't hesitate to recommend others to buy this. It's a great talking point, and tells the time to boot.
Thomas | Jan. 26, 2018
It was a well designed kit.
For Simple EEPROM Programmer shield for Arduino Mega
I got distracted and didn't get it built for almost two weeks. It was well designed. I would have liked to see a schematic just because I always like to see one. Good job, keep then coming.
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Dave | Dec. 8, 2017
A nicely present kit with great support
For Simple EEPROM Programmer shield for Arduino Mega
Very nicely present kit, good instructions and easy to assemble. Great support from the creator who helped me deal with an issue that was down to the chips I was using having been locked by another EPROM programmer, now resolved with a code update. Full review on my blog: http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2017/12/arduino-eeprom-programmer.html