Hello from Cleveland, Ohio

@aliencg

Hi Jasen welcome to the forum.

What projects are you working on?

Regards 

Ron B

@ronbentley1

The biggest thing I've done so far is a Router Lift for my boss' home workshop. He sent me the website with the plans, which I then built, but then I modified it to his specs, including removing two buttons and making a single, multi-function button. It taught me a lot about stepper motors, rotary encoders, and making buttons do different things depending on whether they're at the limit switch or not. That one is done to the point that I can call it Version 1. There will be minor tweaks as he uses it.

I'm also fixing an old Radio Shack RC car from the 90's. Currently, I have the L298N motor controller which is going to be replaced because it's a power hog. I am also replacing the cheap steering coil with a proper servo. I don't care if I have the fastest car, I just want to make it work.

The final project is a silly present for my girlfriend for Christmas (don't worry, I'll buy her other things). The project is an electronic clock with temperature and humidity for her home office, but it will also have other little goodies hidden in it. If she enters certain codes, messages will pop up or LEDs will blink (no noisy bits because I'm nice that way). I want to make it so that it will take a while to find everything.

Other than that, I'm just learning as much as I can about Arduino and RP2040 boards (I have a variety of boards).

@aliencg 

Thanks for the update, you are clearly multitasking your skills and ideas!

Your electronic router lift strikes a chord with me - I am also into woodworker but have a manual router lift fitted with a Dewalt 625 router and to my Jesom router table.

I think that your post is the first I've read with a romantic dimension! Who said romance is dead!

Good luck and have fun.

Regards

Ron B