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Stephen Hawes
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making open hardware at Opulo
Custom PCBs with vias are easy, if the vias are already there!
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reposted by Stephen Hawes
As a way of keeping everyone more in the loop with what we're working on, we're going to be releasing monthly status updates! The first one for March 2025 is live on our blog, with the video version on your YouTube. Check out the post here: www.opulo.io/blogs/news/m...
March 2025 Opulo Update
Hey all! As a way of keeping everyone in the loop on what's happening at Opulo, I decided to start doing monthly status updates. I'll include everything from status of WIP products, improvements to so...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
finally finished the fiber laser vid! you can check out the full version on yt: youtu.be/wAiGCyZZq6w
January 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
silkscreen is now in play. etched the blue layer where text should go, squeegeed white into the voids, wiped clean, then etched the normal soldermask layer
December 19, 2024 at 11:14 PM
lots of tests today with drilling and cutting with the fiber laser, resulted in a fully operational board!
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
single sided PCB, fully fabricated on my bench in under an hour using a fiber laser. i’m STOKED.
December 12, 2024 at 6:02 PM
crazy results making pcbs on the fiber laser so far. playing with soldermask now!
December 11, 2024 at 1:26 AM
managed to make a working PCB on an SLA 3D printer! full vid on yt now:
youtu.be/lX7dRaOLtZk
December 7, 2024 at 4:01 PM
just got my hands on a fiber laser! with some tuning i think this thing could be an incredible tool for quickly prototyping pcbs.
December 3, 2024 at 11:23 PM
after spending the weekend working on a multi-container docker project, it’s clear that containers both 1) GREATLY simplify things, and 2) GREATLY complicate things, in very different ways.
November 12, 2024 at 3:33 AM
over the weekend i built a little @freecadnews.bsky.social plugin that renders a rotating build timelapse! going to be using this for a ton of videos now
October 21, 2024 at 4:55 PM
excited to add one more to the queue 😤
October 19, 2024 at 11:44 AM