Welcome to our lab’s news and updates section.
Here, you’ll find the latest information on lab facilities, activities, and equipment. Be sure to check back regularly for important announcements and updates.
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Arduino Drivers
Some students have reported problems connecting to Arduino devices, particularly those who are using Arduino for the first time on Windows. If you have your Arduino hooked up via USB, but no new USB ports are showing in your IDE, it may be that your installation of Windows is missing the appropriate drivers. This link…
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Pop-Up Lab is no more
THE LAB IS NOW REOPENED The lab is running normally, except for the booking system, which has not run normally in a long time. You can use the lab, and book equipment, but please respect our busy times. You can check the lab timetable here
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Box Maker in OpenSCAD
This is an OpenSCAD module for creating boxes to be laser-cut out of flat panels (e.g. plywood or acrylic). The boxes dimensions are customizable, supports opening the top, insetting the bottom, and adding handles.
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X-Y Plotter
We have an X-Y plotter.
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Unbranded PIR Sensors
Some of our PIR sensors are somewhat cheaper, unbranded units, with no identification markings. This makes it a bit difficult to find a datasheet for them. This labelled picture may be of use to those attempting to make use of them.
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Free Online STL Repair tool
With this tool you get your STL file checked for errors. It also automatically proides a fixed downloadable version.