Marian Scientific Journal Entries

Active Projects

00001 (CNC Mill), 00002 (CoilWinder), 00003 (ShortVise), 02005 (ByteIO), 02006 (GPSReadout), 02007 (AtticFan), 03007 (AFSM), 03009 (MM1 Minute Hand), 03010 (xMM2), 03011 (GardenPump), 03012 (GravityCurtain), 03013 (CanFiller), 03014 (KitchenTimer), 05001 (XSD), 23001 (EM1), 42001 (SalvageLamp), 43001 (TL902_Mod), electronics (misc), infrastructure (misc), manufacturing (misc), pd (misc), repair (misc), web (misc)


Archived Projects

01001 (PencilHouse), 02004 (Firewire-PD), 03003 (Iron_Jar), 03008 (xMM1), 12001 (RP2040_AVR), 22001 (RP2040_AVR)


Contributors

Matt DiPalma (290 entries), Anthony Remark (41 entries)


Recent Journal Entries (full 331-post archive)

#0331 (2026-06-25): Matt DiPalma - 02007 (AtticFan)

Made slight adjustment to copper traces on PCB design and printed a UV mask. Also made a slight update to the software to hopefully improve TCP connections.



#0330 (2026-06-24): Matt DiPalma - 02007 (AtticFan)

Updated housing model to have flanges to screw into the wall. Printed in translucent orange (best color) PCTG and found 4 perfectly sized screws in my jar. Updated the Pico web server code to show the server start timestamp, hide the historical data by default, and update to the final 30-minute delay in datapoint recording.







#0329 (2026-06-23): Matt DiPalma - 02007 (AtticFan)

Designed 02007-002 and -003 housing components. There are holes in the box for the antenna (unnecessary), USB-C connector, motor wires, and sensor wires.







#0328 (2026-06-22): Matt DiPalma - 02007 (AtticFan)

Designed circuit schematic and laid out PCB design for the control unit.







#0327 (2026-06-22): Matt DiPalma - 02007 (AtticFan)

Spent a while getting the connection to the time server working. Attached UI image shows a datapoint every second for testing purposes, but will probably be every ~30 minutes in the live version.



#0326 (2026-06-21): Matt DiPalma - 00001 (CNC Mill)

Had to disassemble, repair, and reconstruct the x-axis since the terrible octagonal garbage nut was terrible. Successfully tested afterwards.





#0325 (2026-06-20): Matt DiPalma - 02007 (AtticFan)

Got the preliminary software mostly working. Ignore the broken UTC date, having some issues with the time server. It allows GPIO control of a Pi Pico 2W thru a webserver, and that will eventually toggle on some small vent fans. It also reports the temperature and humidity. I could eventually add logic that turns on the fan based on the relative temperatures inside versus outside.



#0324 (2026-06-17): Matt DiPalma - electronics (misc)

Vibe-coded GPIO control webserver on Pi Pico 2W using the SDK. Will adapt this to control the attic fans this weekend.



#0323 (2026-06-16): Matt DiPalma - 00003 (ShortVise)

Finished all CAM programming for the 00003-002. Will cut at a time when I am allowed to make some noise.



#0322 (2026-06-15): Matt DiPalma - 00003 (ShortVise)

Working CAM paths for the 00003-002. After an hour of trial and failure regarding the "External" slot (on the right side of the image), I discovered that you can do a normal pocket operation by clicking the bottom face of that feature, and then going to "Extensions" and ticking "Enable Extensions" and "Extend Corners". I think the problem stemmed from the fact that the ledge was narrower than the bit diameter, but this cheat code seems to work.