Tag - OSHW

PY18 Sprint 4 Stand Up 3

Stand Ups

TL;DR Lots of great progress on the controller housing this week, including assembling our first true alpha Holoseat!  Also getting ready to fully engage with our testers now that we are in the home stretch of building the…

First v1 Alpha Holoseat!!!

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Behold, the first complete v1 Alpha Holoseat!!!  Now that the controller housing is done, I just had to put everything together and get it attached to my pedals.  If you will excuse me, I believe it is time…

v1 Holoseat Controller Housing!

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Completed the first complete revision of the Holoseat controller housing last night!  Finally covered up all the electronic bits.  What do you think?

PY18 Sprint 4 Stand Up 2

Stand Ups

TL;DR As we hoped, the burn down chart looks much better this week.  The trick will be to keep up this pace for the full sprint.  Check out our Pics feed for shots of the evolving v1 release…

Fusion 360 + PrintrBot + Holoseat = Good Times Friday Night

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One of the joys of owning a 3D printer is being able to test out parts you are modeling in CAD in almost real time.  As you can see, I just have a little more work left of…

Fasteners for 3D Printing – Using Heat-Set Threaded Inserts | MatterHackers

Development News

I think we have found the solution to our tone ring assembly problem!  Snap fit connections were good for single use.  Screws on the other hand are great for reuse but hard to use with plastic parts. Enter…

There and Back Again: An OSHW Project’s Tale – Part 1

Development News

This is the first in a series of posts recapping our 2017 Holoseat development and sharing our 2018 plan. In this post we look at the plan for 2017, aimed at taking a near production version of Holoseat…

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

Development News

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…