Upgrading spotlights to LED

I’ve got a couple of 12V halogen spot lights on the hallway of my apartment. I rarely turn them on because other lights usually service the area.  This made me think that I could just make them dimmer and leave them on the whole night, so I’ve found a simple method to replace the bulb and [...]

XMEGA header board

During my work for the digital power supply I needed to start playing with some micros from the XMEGA family, that is why I build this little header board. There is a XMEGA32A4 micro on it, which is the one that I intend to use on my power supply.

Click here to download the Eagle and PDF [...]

Toner transfer to ABS

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Possible?

ABS melts at about 105°C and the toner in your printer melts at a higher temperature, maybe 150-200°C.

So, you shouldn’t be able to make super good looking front panels for your ABS enclosures with toner transfer, right?

But it works!

I decided to give it a try. With special precautions it works like a charm. So what is [...]