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Usually I'm riding the disco bike, but last night Q took the helm for his German techno playlist, letting me get some video so you can see what it's like.
It's got one of our @MCQN_Ltd #MyBikesGotLED kits fitted to give some lights
#ibal234 #FolkRidingBikes #NightRider #BikeTooter #InTheSaddle
Back on the @MCQN_Ltd My Bike's Got LED packaging kick for this #FreeCADFriday
I'd done a bit more work on it on Monday too and tried cutting it out. That wasn't too bad, but the tabs to hold the panel with the PCB on didn't keep it in place.
So today I reworked that bit to have the side panels to hold the battery hook over the PCB panel. That holds things much better.
The only scary bit of this #FreeCADFriday is using the sheet metal workbench again (I had trouble getting it to unfold last time I tried, but that was *many* versions ago. Seems much nicer so far)
Working on some packaging options for the @MCQN_Ltd My Bike's Got LED kits
It was getting dark as I neared Crosby, so the @MCQN_Ltd My Bikes Got LED lights were on
#ibal234 #BikeTooter #LED #WLED #ESP32 #OSHW #weeknotes #Insta360
It's not 3D-printed, but @amcewen finally got his bike fitted out with a My Bike's Got LED kit.
Anyone would think we've got an event to go to later in the week.
#OHS2025 #ibal234 #weeknotes #BikeTooter #WLED #ESP32 #MyRibble
What's this? A new delivery of postcards for My Bike's Got LED? 😍 🚲 🚥 🚥
There's something of a @DoESLiverpool takeover of the @oshwassociation Show and Tell this month - I'm going to be on talking about @MCQN_Ltd's My Bike's Got LED boards and @huffeec and @Snoof will be repping their company STEAM Engineers too!
Tune in at 5pm GMT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwPf12toLq4
Today at @MCQN_Ltd HQ we are mostly channeling Jay-Z for marketing copy.
A nice end to the working year.
Today some 22 ohm 0402 resistors turned up and I replaced the incorrect ones on the USB data lines on our My Bike's Got LED prototype boards.
With those two components replaced, the ESP32C3 could see the laptop's attempts to talk to it, and replied.
I can now flash code onto it over USB! 🎉
Back on our hand-decoding USB from oscilloscope traces schtick.
@huffeec pointed out that they're Start-of-Frame packets rather than NAKs. (People who build protocols sending packets least-significant-bit first are even worse than those who use little-endian!)
At least now I (think) we're getting somewhere. Looks like the ESP32C3 is ignoring the computer for some reason.
JLCPCB seem to be copying the budget airline approach with random extra fees and the like; but I guess they now also send you some x-rays of your boards once they've come out of production.
Here's one of our new prototype My Bike's Got LED boards, now en route to us 😀
#weeknotes #ibal234 #PCB #ESP32 #manufacturing #Kicad #BikeTooter
Bike PCB bonanza today! Just placed the order for:
* New prototype My Bike's Got LED boards
* More of the Microbit LED boards for kids workshops
* The audio-level-shifter board for @amcewen's bike soundsystem
#weeknotes #ibal234 #WLED #microbit #ibal249 #ibal250 #Kicad #BikeTooter
New laptop and, more importantly, new circuit boards! The latest @MCQN_Ltd #weeknotes - Weeks 905 and 906 - Get on Board
Exciting times in the @MCQN_Ltd corner of @DoESLiverpool today.
All the bits for us to build the test V2 boards of My Bike's Got LED are here
New boards go to production, and Chris shares some @kicad tips. This week's #weeknotes: Week 904 - Always look on the bright side of life…
https://mcqn.com/posts/week-904-always-look-on-the-bright-side/
Figured we should do a #projects post, and share some of what we've built in the past.
All our projects get a catalogue number - ibalXXX. We use that as a hashtag here and if they're public, they'll also have a page on our website, again mcqn.com/ibalXXX and be listed in the catalogue https://mcqn.com/catalogue/
Everything gets a number, from internal things (like our logo #ibal3), to client work (e.g. #ibal171), talks (e.g. #ibal204), or products (such as #ibal234)
Friday was the Season Finale #PelotonLiv #JoyRide, a festive parade. Once again we started as 2 rides: @murphyliverpool0 & I led one, Danny from Peloton the other, converging on Sefton Park.
There we met special guests Dogshow and a raft of young riders with their parents.
Led by the disco trike, and with bikes and riders festooned with LEDs we toured the park and surrounding streets.
#InTheSaddle #MastoBikes #BikeTooter #BikesLitUp #cycling #ibal234 #MyBikesGotLED
I've been enjoying the increased activity over here of late 👋
I've been quiet here over the weekend because I was too busy with activities. There'll be more on that when I get the footage processed, but here's a quick behind-the-scenes shot from Saturday...
We've been making a bunch of #MyBikesGotLED kits in time for the Halloween parade we're on tomorrow night (and for those who buy them to keep after). Matt was first to get his fitted last night #ibal234
Experimenting with adding a button to control my #MyBikesGotLED lights. Starting with some reuse: harvesting a button PCB from a waste board (well done past me for test points next to the button to solder to now!) and an old bike inner-tube for waterproofing #weeknotes #ibal234
Unsolicited user research for #MyBikesGotLED 😆:
Lad playing footie in Everton: "Your bike's sick"
Other lad playing footie:"Your bike looks like your Nan's"
1st lad: "Shut up. Your bike's sick!"
Girl sat on a bench in Everton park: "Your bike is beautiful"
Just your average day of sifting through a selection of waterproof bags from Aliexpress and trying them with boards for size and mounting suitability #weeknotes #ibal234
#MyBikesGotLED, and Liverpool University's Engineering Department building also has LED 😀 #InTheSaddle #ibal234
Making winter #InTheSaddle rides more visible #weeknotes #ibal234
With the nights drawing in, I've been wondering about brightening up our Friday-night cycling... What do you think? #weeknotes #ibal234