Category - Development News
From Fritzing to Circuit Maker – Changing EDA Software
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Holoseat continues to march forward, but we have started having issues with our electronic design (EDA) software, Fritzing. Fritzing is a great product, however as we increase complexity and add new components sourcing accurate libraries is becoming a…
2017 Sprint 2 Kick Off – Implementing HID on v0.4
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This post is part of a series covering Holoseat’s development. Look for one at the start of each sprint covering where we have been and where we are going. The Big Picture We just wrapped up Sprint 1…
2017 Sprint 1 Kick Off – Finalizing v0.4 Hardware
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This is the first in a series of blog posts covering Holoseat’s development. Look for one at the start of each sprint covering where we have been and where we are going. The Big Picture Sprint 1 of…
From Arduino to CHIP – Looking Back on 2016 and Kicking Off 2017
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Last year was all about migrating Holoseat from a hobby project to a commercial venture. We started the year by incorporating Model B, LLC and transferring the project to the Model B banner. We then began to formalize…
Exciting Start to 2017 – Holoseat is Certified as Open Source Hardware
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As we shared in our last post, one of the primary goals for the final sprint of 2016 was to submit the current version of Holoseat (v0.3) to the Open Source Hardware Association for certification as open source…
An Overview of Sprint 6 and What Happened to Sprint 5
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So we dropped off the face of the Earth for a bit didn’t we? Holoseat development isn’t completely frozen, but life has seriously gotten in the way since mid September. Sprint 4 got us to SyndCon, but Sprint…
Windows System Tray App
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Just wanted to go ahead and post that if all goes well I should have a preliminary version of the Windows System Tray application up in SVN this weekend. It allows you to specify the key to be…
A Victim of Our Own Success
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It turns out my last update was nine months ago. Oops! The reasons for this include the fact that the nearly complete V0.2 prototype worked so well that I completely forgot to keep working on the design (and…
Assembly has begun!
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Friday afternoon the last of the parts arrived ahead of schedule. You can see them in the image below. Check out the Assembly Instructions to follow along and build your own prototype. With parts in hand, I spent…
Bill of Materials drafted, let’s order some parts
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So, after completing the v0.2 Detailed Design I turned my attention to the BOM. Since this is still development prototype, I wanted to source components which can be bread boarded using a prototype shield and mini-breadboard. The previous…