{"id":2675,"date":"2009-12-31T06:44:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2675"},"modified":"2022-12-28T14:23:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T22:23:48","slug":"2009-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/2009-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow, 2010 came a lot quicker than I expected!\u00a0 With one day to spare, here’s a brief look back at some of the highlights of 2009 here at mightyohm.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

DIY PID-Controlled Soldering Hotplate:<\/h3>\n

\"PID<\/p>\n

I needed a hotplate for surface mount soldering, so I built one from scratch<\/a> using a milled block of aluminum, a 500W cartridge heater, and a surplus PID controller.\u00a0 Some of my favorite DIY projects have been building my own tools, and this one is a great example.<\/p>\n

The AVR HV Rescue Shield:<\/h3>\n

\"AVR<\/a><\/p>\n

This year saw the release of my first electronics kit, the AVR HV Rescue Shield<\/a>.\u00a0 Designed in response to my own experience accidentally setting the RSTDISBL fuse<\/a> on an AVR microcontroller, the AVR HV Rescue Shield <\/a>has helped many microcontroller enthusiasts around the world rescue their otherwise crippled, stuck, or deaf AVR’s.<\/p>\n

My Wifi Radio Project:<\/h3>\n

\"Wifi<\/p>\n

After planning out the project and completing a good chunk of the software in 2008, most of the construction of my Wifi Radio project<\/a> occurred in the early part of 2009.\u00a0 I put the finishing touches on the radio for the 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire<\/a>.\u00a0 Around the same time the project also made it onto Engadget<\/a> (and a bunch of other blogs as well).\u00a0 This project continues to be one of the most popular projects on the site and has inspired several other projects<\/a> based on the Asus WL-520gU wireless router<\/a>, including an extension to the Adafruit Industries Tweet-a-Watt<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This brings me to:<\/p>\n

Notacon 6:<\/h3>\n

<\/object><\/p>\n

In April I flew out to Cleveland and gave a talk about Hacking the Asus WL-520gU Wireless Router<\/a> at Notacon 6<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The con was a huge amount of fun but reminded me just how much work it is to give a talk.\u00a0 I met lots of cool people there, including George Sanger and Jeri Ellsworth, aka The Fatman and Circuit Girl<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By the way, the submission deadline for talks at Notacon 7 closes on January 31st<\/a>!<\/p>\n

DIY TiVo IR Blaster:<\/h3>\n

\"DIY<\/p>\n

My DIY TiVo IR Blaster<\/a> was a simple hack constructed in an hour entirely out of parts I already had in the lab.\u00a0 The best part is that eight months later, it’s still working flawlessly.\u00a0 Like any good hack, this one is cheap, simple, and just works.<\/p>\n

Harrison’s Box:<\/h3>\n

\"Harrison's<\/p>\n

This project, codenamed “Harrison’s Box<\/a>“, was a collaboration with my wife Kylie and my father-in-law Bill to build an “electronic box” to give to my nephew Harrison’s on his first birthday.\u00a0 We added as many switches, knobs, and lights as we could.\u00a0 Harrison loved it!<\/p>\n

Retro Wireless Handset \/ Make Magazine:<\/h3>\n

\"Charging\"<\/p>\n

I originally posted about my Bluetooth Handset Hack<\/a> back in November of 2008, but it took exactly one year for the article I wrote about it to finally be published in Make: magazine volume 20<\/a>.\u00a0 I just learned that my Retro Wireless Handset<\/a> will be featured in an upcoming episode of the Make: Weekend Projects podcast<\/a>.\u00a0 Cool!<\/p>\n

Those are some of the highlights of 2009.\u00a0 I hope to bring more cool projects, hacks, and kits to you in 2010!<\/p>\n

Lastly, Happy New Year and a sincere thanks to everyone who has been reading the blog, leaving comments, buying kits, or supporting the site in some way over the past year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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