I have always enjoyed learning new skills and making things. In the pursuit of being able to make things, I earned my B.S. ME from Olin College.
I maintain this blog to try to provide information and inspiration to others. I have benefited from thousands of blogs and posts that others have made on obscure topics throughout the years. Without exception, every post here has drawn on information from another blog or forum post. Making this information available has helped me learn things that would have otherwise been extremely expensive or time consuming (or both) to learn in other ways. Hopefully this blog helps some other folks out in the same way.
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AyLo 
Hi, Avery, is Bosslab defunct?
Nope! There is actually a meeting this weekend. Check the mailing list or bosslab.org for details.
Hi Avery,
Is it possible for you to provide a hex file for the five dollar arduino (for atmega328)? I have issues compiling it.
Thanks
I doubt it, but you could check kevin mehalls git repo. What error are you getting?
http://pastebin.ca/2430683
Issues with const and all that.
Ok nevermind, solved it.
It needs an update for newer versions of avr-gcc which complain about non-const variables in the flash.
On a side note, i suggest you update your git repo with new V-USB code.
I am glad you got it working!
Feel free to fork it and revise it, or if you want, I can add you as a contributor. IIRC am hosting the code on my git since I have a few files that are not on Kevin (the original authors) git, but it was a while ago and I don’t totally remember.
Hey Avery, I saw your 3D printed chorded keyboard project and am very interested in that. I am building myself a chording keyboard at the moment (7 buttons, using the spiff chorder schematics). This will be my first electronics project ever and I am very excited, I will continue to read your blog. Keep up the good work and make the world a better place through engineering.
Thanks! Good luck with the build. I will have to post a followup of where that project went.
Check it out, I have come a long way from when I first posted here.
I have a prtty solid prototype that I threw together out of miscellaneous materials, I unfortuantely don’t have a printer so wearability will be a Little harder for me to engineer. Aside from that I wanted to thank you again for your inspiring work!
feel free to cut this link out I just wanted to show you what I have done and ask for your permission to include you in the collaborators/inspiration sections
https://hackaday.io/project/4935-spiffchorder
I am glad you were inspired!
–A
We saw your Instructable regarding an integrated electrophoresis system. Have you used it or are you using an updated version of it? We are building a DIYbio lab and wanted to include this design in our growing collection of open source lab equipment.
You can see our other designs here: http://www.thingiverse.com/MakerZoo/collections/flab-equipment
Thanks in advance! Great blog!
I have used it and I am considering redesigning it, although I may save that for a few months down the line.
This is awesome! Always try to increase collaboration and cross pollination in these fields! Best of luck, and remember that open source is true freedom!