Deck 4
Workshop
My electronics lab: robots, circuits and small measuring devices, first in simulation, then on the workbench. Some projects I build with my son Jakob, and he picks the best names.
2 Nov 2026Bitty, Botty, Flint and Flynn: building robots with JakobMy son Jakob is five, already understands how a switch works and hands out the names in our robot workshop. His favourite is called Bitty, after Bit from TRON.2 Nov 2026Calibrating with blue lights: how Jakob signed off my joystickA drone from a kit, a joystick that needs calibrating, and a four-year-old who wants to know what that is. The answer was a fire engine.2 Nov 2026A power meter on the home network: better than the vendor’s appA cheap open-source power meter, a ping every 30 seconds and a tool of my own that shows the readings better than the original. For free.