Minifi: Even Lower Profile Keyboard

I have a “Choc” based, low profile keyboard called Chocofi and really like it. At some point I saw they make even lower profile “Choc Mini” switches, decided to try and stuff those into a Chocofi, and ended up with this project. The Choc Mini The normal Chocs are already low profile (for mechanical switch proportions), but the Minis do a few things to save even more height: ...

April 26, 2025

200Wh, 100W USB-C PD Power Bank

I built a ~200Wh, 100W USB-C PD power bank from 18650 cells I had lying around, and a cheap PCB from AliExpress. BOM: USB-C PD board: 15€ 20x 18650 cells: 50€-ish1 Nickel strip: ~1€ Also needed: 3D printer and some filament (PLA is fine) soldering iron hot glue gun fire extinguisher good insurance The PCB ...

February 2, 2025

Projector Lens on Camera

We had a supposedly dead Sony VPL-FH36 at $dayjob. After performing an autopsy and being sure that it was now indeed dead, I was left with a big old lens, that looked like it would also fit on a camera. Modeling an adapter wasn’t super hard. It’s mostly a tapered cylinder with an MFT mount bit on one end, a few holes cut out for sticky outy bits of the lens, and … lugs. ...

July 1, 2024