DIY Wood RFID Business Cards

I have been running out of business cards, so I have created custom wood cards with RFID chip integrated:

DIY Wood RFID Cards
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CNC + Laser = Personalized Cutting Board

This blog usually features Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), but my other passion are Personalized Cutting Boards :-).

It has been a while since my last CNC or laser cutter post, so I thought I showcase just quickly one of the recent designs.

Personalized Cutting Board
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Advent Calendar 2022

It is already December 1st, and time for a new Advent Calendar. This year the design includes birch plywood with PMMA, SK6812 RGBW LEDs running with a Raspberry Pi Pico board, building a small village.

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Eyeglasses Case created with CNC and Laser Cutter

In many cases I prefer wood as material: it has a warm feeling and with its texture it makes things unique and special. For some time I was thinking about creating a wooden case for eyeglasses as a gift. And here is a first version of it:

Oak Wood case for Eyeglasses
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Advent Calendar for 2021

Switzerland got a snow cover, with more snow coming the next days. December started, and so did the Advent season. Similar to last year, we wanted to create a special advent calendar, which is then is given to families in the neighborhood who deserve it, because they did so much for our community this year.

Last year it was a special house created mostly with a laser cutter. This year I took advantage of having a desktop CNC down in the basement. The result is a ‘tree’ filled with small boxes made of oak wood:

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Adding RGBW Wings and Enclosure to a Debug Probe

I’m using debug probes on a daily base. They have to be functional, and I value functionality over aesthetics. For cost reasons many debug probe vendors either only provide a bare PCB without enclosure, or the enclosure is made of simple plastic enclosure.

That’s OK. But when I received my NXP MCU-Link Pro debug probe, I wanted to add an enclosure for it: Not only to add protection,but to have it look cool too :-).

MCU-Link Pro Enclosure
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