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transistor-man.com

Dane Kouttron's project portfolio - electronics, robotics, electric vehicles, hardware reverse engineering and engineering experiments.

Electronics

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66 from 12 Feb 2011 to 7 Jul 2026
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2026 1

  1. Building a stabilized cinema camera rover

2024 5

  1. Updating a large format 3D Printer
  2. Reviving a monstrous 4k monitor
  3. Repairing an ancient Tap Stand
  4. A tripod that doesn't fall over
  5. Generate signal backup from desktop files

2023 1

  1. E-Bike to Lenovo Power Supply

2022 4

  1. Google Drive on Debian Linux CNC
  2. Excellent People
  3. [11.22.22] Led Power Suppy moonlighting as a battery charger
  4. [10.10.22] Samsung S10e Spring cleaning: Removing the junk in the trunk

2018 1

  1. [2.20.18] Brushless Electric Obstacle Avoiding Snowblower

2017 2

  1. [9.02.17] Mountainslider: Collapsible Electric Mountainboard
  2. Projects

2016 1

  1. Roche 454 Sequencer: Camera Awakening Waking up the Roche 454 genome sequencer, firing up the internal camera, and taking some test photos [05.14.17]

2015 1

  1. [3.27.15] Dell 3007 Repair

2014 6

  1. [12.15.14] The Flying Nimbus Updates: Range and Hub Bearings
  2. [10.29.14] The Flying Nimbus: Balancing Skateboard
  3. [8.5.14] Chibi Atomic Jeep: Powerwheels Racing
  4. [5.22.14] 3 Phase Submersible Thruster
  5. [3.22.14] Electric Scooter MK1: TUNDRA UPGRADE
  6. [2.16.14] 30 Lb Battlebot: Atomic Bumble Prime

2013 4

  1. [12.20.13] Electric Scooter MK01: (WITH SNOW-MODE)
  2. [10.4.13] 3D-PRINT-ARM: SCARA 3D Printer UPGRADE
  3. [9.28.13] Motorola S305 Bluetooth headphone revival Jig
  4. [4.21.13] Inverse Panorama Camera Jig

2012 4

  1. [12.10.12] Macbook Pro GPU Reflow
  2. [9.28.12] Quick Guide to electroplating tin on copper bus bars
  3. [8.20.12] Quick Guide to getting USB wifi card up in Ubuntu 10.04
  4. [6.14.12] 3D-PRINT-ARM: SCARA Robot Arm 3D Printer

2011 4

  1. [6.22.11] ECHO-6: Adding Coms and Interface To Low Cost Battery Charger
  2. [8.20.11] Shark Kite: Low Cost Aerial Photography
  3. [7.10.10] KillerCycle- Exercise Bike game Controller
  4. [3.20.10] Speed-Dyeing Printed Circuit Boards

Undated 32

  1. In-Progress
  2. Video
  3. Social
  4. TRTR 2023 Conference: Trains Bikes and Neutrons Photogrammetry, meshing software and hardware with nuclear applications
  5. Pandemic 2020, A running re-cap of everything What did you do during the plague? I tried to stay sane and productive, it's a somewhat meandering read, but always interesting.
  6. A written history of hosting this website What runs transistor-man? What do you use for hosting, what did you use?
  7. Stabilized Chase Camera Rover Trying to get that dramatic drone shot, but from the ground at 50 MPH? This build details the fabrication of a huge cinema camera drone, but in a rover form factor. Get action shots while racing down a frozen lake, a hot playa or some fresh asphalt, this build details e
  8. Gimbal Cooked Gyro Sandwiches In an era of multi axis mems-gyros, why do we not have multi axis food-gyros? Join in on a silly writeup of an elaborate slow cooker born to see if multi axis cooking is the future. [09.07.24]
  9. Quick upgrade to a photography light Tired of having so many different battery formats, between cameras and accessories? With <20$ of parts and a quick 3D print, you can convert this common photography lamp to use a power tool battery you probably already have! [08.17.24]
  10. Re-using 10" server fans for keeping cool What if Mike Wazowski was a 10" desk fan? A curious commodity: 10" diameter mildly used industrial server-fans. These things sometimes live on top of server chassis, but they also find themselves in industrial cabinets. The goal here is to convert into a 'us
  11. Led Power Suppy moonlighting as a battery charger Want ~500W of water resistant battery charging on a budget? This quick write up details re purposing a CC-CV led supply for battery charging and adds in a small watt-hour meter for checking on charge status [11.20.22]
  12. 3D Print Library: Useful prints Quick list of favorite 3d prints, links to local and thingiverse copies and some associated print time-lapses [08.01.17]
  13. Led Ring Light Adapter Bausch Stereo View 7 Download, print and SEE WITH LIGHT [05.10.17]
  14. Reviving An Ancient Robot for ART SCARA Robot arm rebuild and re-purposing for acrylic art painting. Entry into 2017, 2018 Robot Art Competition [04.26.17]
  15. Aluminum Boat Upgrades Epoxy, Paint, mechanicals and actual buoyancy [09.14.16]
  16. 1KW Electric Outboard Conversion Quickly converting a 1.2 HP outboard to electric-drive [06.30.16]
  17. Adventures of Strawberrybot Build-log of a small remote controlled cooler for a strawberry picking event, hopefully soon to be upgraded to 'follow me' beacon control [06.26.16]
  18. Reverse Engineering ARMOR X7 Tablet Battery, DOUBLE CAPACITY Adding cells is only half the battle, modifying the locked down BMS controller to accept new capacity is a wild ride [06.20.16]
  19. GH1 Camera Shutter Quick Fix A quick repair technique to exercise the electro-mechanical shutter on the Panasonic GH1 [06.20.16]
  20. Chibi-Atomic-Thing Upgrades: Detroit 2015 Build log of the 2015 MITERS entry into the Power Wheels Racing series for the Detroit Makerfaire race [08.22.15]
  21. 30 lb Combat Robot: Fission Product Hydraulics on 30lb combat robots? Dig in for more of the write-up [05.27.15]
  22. Testing The Submersible Thruster Quick outdoor test of submersible thruster with strain gauge [05.22.14]
  23. Self Re-starting Access Point Simple solution for power cycling an access point thats in a hard to access location [02.12.10]
  24. UV PCB Exposure Box Super simple UV PCB exposure box [02.12.10]
  25. IBM 7575 Robotic Arm Upgrades Extremely early modifications to an IBM 7575 robot arm [01.02.09]
  26. Super Quick Tap-light Timed Fade Modifying a tap light to stay on for a short duration. This was born to illuminate a spooky staricase during gradschool, tap the light the stairwell stays illuminated for enough time to run up the stairs [10.05.09]
  27. Power Supply Connector For Tight Situations Power Supply Connector For Tight Situations [09.03.09]
  28. Power Supply Upgrades Quick Digital Voltmeter for Legacy Power Supply [08.03.09]
  29. Vari-Focal Dobsonian Telescope Attempting to make a large dobsonian telescope mirror with a DIY mirror [07.25.09]
  30. Imaging Balloon of Science The RPI Electronics Club sends up its first imaging balloon, and recovers it! [06.17.09]
  31. Quick Repair Dell LCD PSU Repairing an internal power supply on a Dell monitor [06.10.09]
  32. ATOMO: The Electric Bike Project My first electric bike project [06.08.09]