Maker Lab

Seven bench projects spanning firmware, audio electronics and 3D printing — what it is, and what it took to build.

The lab

Guitar effects

Distortion and PT2399 delay/reverb chips, built for synths like the 303 and Model-D.

Modular synths

Some Eurorack, some still only on breadboards -- it all blends together when experimenting.

LED panels

Just for fun and experiments.

LED pixel tape

Cairns party entrance on ultrasonic sensors, audio-activated 2D array, and a WLED deck lamp.

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Klipper BMCU filament-feeder bridge

A Klipper integration layer for the BMCU 370C filament feeder, replacing its BambuBus 9-bit RS485 protocol with standard 8N1 UART over USB-C so non-Bambu printers can talk to it directly with no ESP32 bridge or RS485 adapter needed. Confirmed working on a Voron BLV Kit B mainboard, with four independent feeder channels, Hall-sensor filament-runout detection and buffer-mode support for a Tapchanger toolchanger.

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Voron enclosure build

Built so the printer could run ABS and the like.

2 photos

Hacking a smart TV

Getting a different OS to boot on it -- work involving eMMC-based boot of the SoC.

Klipper BMCU filament-feeder bridge

A Klipper integration layer for the BMCU 370C filament feeder, replacing its BambuBus 9-bit RS485 protocol with standard 8N1 UART over USB-C so non-Bambu printers can talk to it directly with no ESP32 bridge or RS485 adapter needed. Confirmed working on a Voron BLV Kit B mainboard, with four independent feeder channels, Hall-sensor filament-runout detection and buffer-mode support for a Tapchanger toolchanger.

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Voron enclosure build

Built so the printer could run ABS and the like.

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Hacking a smart TV

Getting a different OS to boot on it -- work involving eMMC-based boot of the SoC.

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