Hackerspace Adelaide PCB Logo
Daniel Thompson
Looking to add our Logo and URL on the back of my next PCB design along
with some other links and info. I was wondering if anyone has objections
and if not, does anyone know where I can get a hi-rez version of the logo?
Cheers, Dan
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sighmon
I designed the logo, here's an .eps version for you:
http://hackadl.org/img/hackerspace-adelaide-logo.eps
If you need it in any other format, let me know.
I think it'd be great to see the HS logo on any PCB designed by a HS
member.
Anyone else got an opinion either way?
Cheers, Si.
ps_ I know Joel was going to try and work on the logo circuit to make
it an actual working circuit diagram.. did anyone else want to have a
go at doing that before we start printing it on PCBs?
On Jun 14, 10:45 pm, Daniel Thompson <frankeneg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> Looking to add our Logo and URL on the back of my next PCB design along
> with some other links and info. I was wondering if anyone has objections
> and if not, does anyone know where I can get a hi-rez version of the logo?
>
> Cheers, Dan
>
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> Dan Thompson
Daniel Thompson
Happy to have a go at making it into a usable circuit. Would it be a
matter of making the logo we have, into an eagle package with solder
masks , drill wholes and a spot for a LED at the top of the A? Or would
you like to start with a function and design the logo around it?
Dan.
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sighmon
beautiful & fit within the HA letters would be awesome.
Functions: I think an LED (or an array) plus a push button to cycle
through simple light programs would be great.
Then we could build a working version for the front window of Format.
s.
Daniel Thompson
Well here's a few links. How far do we go with complexity? Not sure if
a 555 chip will detract from the logo? But I like the idea of a
breathing LED. Maybe we could make this all SMD components and have some
boards pre-assembled and manufactured for the sake of the exercise?
http://www.instructables.com/id/ThrobbingFading-LED-with-555-Timer/ (like)
http://www.instructables.com/id/No-CPU-MCU-led-pulse-fade/
http://www.qsl.net/yo5ofh/hobby%20circuits/led_circuits.htm
http://www.qrp.pops.net/LEDs.asp (bottom of page, like)
http://www.electronics-lab.com/projects/games/003/index.html
http://electroniccircuitsforbeginners.blogspot.com/2009/04/led-flasher-circuit.html
(like)
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Jamie Mackenzie
If we could find a suitably small solar panel, and get it working just right, we could stick them up around the place and they would flash forever.
http://www.beam-wiki.org/wiki/Pummers
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Ken.
Ken
Battery + LED + Picaxe + ceramic cap.
Program up whatever patterns you want, or else toggle through some patterns with a switch or some other input.
Add a piezo transducer and you can play tones.
Beat that for simplicity, guys.
(No I don't get a commission.)
Ken.
Daniel Thompson
I think we should be careful not to go too simple though. Then we may
lose the artistic aspect of how the PCB (live) Logo design :)
Personally, I'm a fan of the low tech (non-programmable) components at
least for this application.
Just my two cents though :)
Ken wrote:
> And to control a LED with a 3v supply, no other components
> (capacitors, resistors etc) would be needed -well maybe just a small
> ceramic bypass capacitor.
> Battery + LED + Picaxe + ceramic cap.
> Program up whatever patterns you want, or else toggle through some
> patterns with a switch or some other input.
> Add a piezo transducer and you can play tones.
> Beat that for simplicity, guys.
> (No I don't get a commission.)
>
> Ken.
>
>
> On 27 June 2011 16:33, Ken <k...@waggies.net <mailto:k...@waggies.net>>
> wrote:
>
> Picaxes come in 8pin DIP & surface-mount. :)
>
> Ken.
>
>
> On 27 June 2011 15:37, Daniel Thompson <franke...@gmail.com
> <frankeneg...@gmail.com <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com>>
> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> Hey Guys,
> Looking to add our Logo and URL on the
> back of my next PCB design along
> with some other links and info. I was
> wondering if anyone has objections
> and if not, does anyone know where I can get a
> hi-rez version of the logo?
> Cheers, Dan
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> frankeneg...@gmail.com
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Alternatively, use an RGB LED (which the 555 can't make much use of), or more LEDs.
It comes down to cost, rather than what components.
An 8pin Picaxe is around $4 up, depending on quantity, supplier etc.
A 555 is probably 1/10th of that.
I just thought the programmability of a Picaxe, and maybe the added complexity of LED patterns, behaviour etc available over a 555, would be appropriate for a hackerspace gizmo.
Caveat: A Picaxe has to be at 4.5v to 5v to program, though it will run fine at 3v (or lower).
They are easily programmed & reprogrammed.
The device I'm thinking of is summarised at http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/docs/axe001_pinout.pdf (the 8M).
</sales-pitch>
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But that adds quite a bit of programming complexity compared with a Picaxe, and end-users would then need a dedicated programming dongle.
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Daniel Thompson
After all we are designed the original logo and you have the skillz! A
competition could be fun but maybe unnecessary to get this done. All I
wanted was to fly the flag for Adelaide hackerspace on my PCBsilkscreen.
Maybe I'll just stick with a link for now until we come up with a super
awesome logo!
Dan.
Geordie Millar wrote:
> What about an ATTiny chip? It'd be a bit easier for general purpose
> programming than the Picaxe controllers. Should be a bit less than $4
> too especially in quantity.
>
> Something like the ATTiny13v - small, should be under $2 a piece.
>
> As for dedicated programming dongles - the USBTinyISP is about $20,
> the Bus Pirate can also be used, and there's Arduino firmware to use
> it as an ISP programmer.
>
> On 27/06/2011, at 5:31 PM, Ken wrote:
>
>> I should have included the possibility of saving on price by going
>> raw 8pin micro (of any brand).
>> But that adds quite a bit of programming complexity compared with a
>> Picaxe, and end-users would then need a dedicated programming dongle.
>>
>>
>> On 27 June 2011 17:28, Ken <k...@waggies.net <mailto:k...@waggies.net>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> If you want to add components for the aesthetics, then add a
>> piezo transducer instead of the electrolytic, and a
>> photo-resistor for some fun.
>> Alternatively, use an RGB LED (which the 555 can't make much use
>> of), or more LEDs.
>>
>> It comes down to cost, rather than what components.
>> An 8pin Picaxe is around $4 up, depending on quantity, supplier etc.
>> A 555 is probably 1/10th of that.
>>
>> I just thought the programmability of a Picaxe, and maybe the
>> added complexity of LED patterns, behaviour etc available over a
>> 555, would be appropriate for a hackerspace gizmo.
>>
>> Caveat: A Picaxe has to be at 4.5v to 5v to program, though it
>> will run fine at 3v (or lower).
>> They are easily programmed & reprogrammed.
>> The device I'm thinking of is summarised at
>> http://www.rev-ed.co.uk/docs/axe001_pinout.pdf (the 8M).
>>
>> </sales-pitch>
>>
>> Ken.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 27 June 2011 17:13, Daniel Thompson <franke...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:franke...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Nice idea Ken,
>>
>> I think we should be careful not to go too simple though.
>> Then we may lose the artistic aspect of how the PCB (live)
>> Logo design :) Personally, I'm a fan of the low tech
>> (non-programmable) components at least for this application.
>>
>> Just my two cents though :)
>>
>> Ken wrote:
>>
>> And to control a LED with a 3v supply, no other
>> components (capacitors, resistors etc) would be needed
>> -well maybe just a small ceramic bypass capacitor.
>> Battery + LED + Picaxe + ceramic cap.
>> Program up whatever patterns you want, or else toggle
>> through some patterns with a switch or some other input.
>> Add a piezo transducer and you can play tones.
>> Beat that for simplicity, guys.
>> (No I don't get a commission.)
>>
>> Ken.
>>
>>
>> On 27 June 2011 16:33, Ken <k...@waggies.net
>> <mailto:k...@waggies.net> <mailto:k...@waggies.net
>> <mailto:k...@waggies.net>>> wrote:
>>
>> Picaxes come in 8pin DIP & surface-mount. :)
>>
>> Ken.
>>
>>
>> On 27 June 2011 15:37, Daniel Thompson
>> <franke...@gmail.com <mailto:franke...@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:franke...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hey Guys,
>> Looking to add our Logo and
>> URL on the
>> back of my next PCB design along
>> with some other links and info. I was
>> wondering if anyone has objections
>> and if not, does anyone know where
>> I can get a
>> hi-rez version of the logo?
>> Cheers, Dan
>> --
>> Dan Thompson VFX Artist |
>> frankeneg...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com>
>> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com
>> <mailto:frankeneg...@gmail.com>>
>>
>> rising sun pictures
>> |www.rsp.com.au <http://www.rsp.com.au/>
>> <http://www.rsp.com.au
>> <http://www.rsp.com.au/>>
>>
>> my blog
>> |www.danthompsonsblog.blogspot.com
>> <http://www.danthompsonsblog.blogspot.com/>
>>
>> <http://www.danthompsonsblog.blogspot.com
>> <http://www.danthompsonsblog.blogspot.com/>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Damien P
enough detail to see more than the outlines anyway - the logo without
the lines in the middle might work the best for that.
As for a usable circuit, how about a BlinkM clone[1]? They fade their
colours through assorted patterns.
I think a surface mount circuit would look a bit better for a logo
because of the shapes you get, and you'll get a smooth side to make it
into a badge or something.
1: http://www.instructables.com/id/Ghetto-Pixels-Building-an-open-source-BlinkM/
sighmon
so that as people walk up to it, it starts breathing faster.
Could we do something fancy so that the LED lights the outline of the
logo too? Anyone want to mockup a PCB design?
Dan: if your logo on your PCB is going to be tiny, just use the
current design, it'll probably bleed into just the outline anyway
right?
si.
Daniel Thompson
two seperate PCBs that stack together with a gap in the middle (light a
lightbox). That way we can hide all the distracting components behind
the front facing PCB and then go to town on the drawing the logo with a
combination of manually routed tracks and a backlit stencil cut hA
outline and some vector artwork silk-screen. When I get some time I'll
mock something up.
sighmon: Also I've got a fair amount of space on the shield I'm
designing for the hA logo. So I don't think resolution and bleeding will
be a problem.
Damien P
> ... and a backlit stencil cut hA
the fun of fitting an inverter circuit on the PCB also (and finding
out how to cut the EL panel)