Wednesday, December 8, 2010

70 Year Old Meter


A meter out of a tube tester with a hand-typed paper manual dated 1940. D3 created a new CPU USAGE panel for the meter in Inkscape. An Arduino micro-controller is driving a current source transistor for testing and interface.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Latching Push Button Switch


D3 innovative modification of industrial push button switch with the addition of a solenoid to create a magnetic latch that opens when the button is pushed.