Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 010 (Sep 29–Oct 5): From Drone Telemetry to Linux Kernel Hacking Raspberry Pi 3 and 4 — my new test bench for kernel driver experiments ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 7: Season Finale: Lessons from the Drone Telemetry Project 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Brainstormed ideas for Season 2 and settled on a topic: Embedded Linux & Linux kernel driver development. I’ve long wanted to dig into kernel internals, and now it’s...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 009 (Sep 22–Sep 28): Keyboard Upgrades, New Ideas & Season Finale Prep My new mechanical keyboard, a pleasure to type ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it No new blog posts this week — just a few social updates about my new free posters. Sometimes the day job and the workbench win over the keyboard. 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Spent a good amount of time on idea validation and brainstorming for the next podcast season. I haven’t settled on the right...
15 days ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 008 (Sep 15–Sep 21): Inspired by My Grandfather’s Typewriter Placing the freshly printed maker poster in my garage ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 6: From Breadboard to First Data: Debugging, Enclosures & a Test Drive ✉️ New landing page to grab your free maker poster 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Explored an idea for Season 2 of the podcast: designing and building a modern typewriter. Inspired by my grandfather’s...
22 days ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 007 (Sep 8–Sep 14): From Loose Wires to Lessons in Soldering The drone telemetry logger in my 3d printed enclosure. ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it Work was intense, and the telemetry system kept me busy, leaving little time for other projects. But stay tuned — tomorrow’s podcast episode hits a big milestone. 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Continued wiring and debugging on the drone telemetry system. With the enclosure coming together, it finally...
29 days ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 006 (Sep 1–Sep 7): Enclosure Progress, Maker Posters & Garage Renovation A sneak peek of the upcoming maker poster designs ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 5: From Zero to Flight-Ready: Logging Data with CircuitPython on the Feather RP2040 🏍️ From Rust to Ride - 5 Motorcycle Restoration Hacks I Learned from My Puch 125 SR 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Made good progress with the enclosure and wiring of my components. I...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 005 (Aug 25–Aug 31): 3D-Printed Camera Mounts, Drone Telemetry Progress & LoRa Plans 3D-printed smartphone holder arm ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it No new blog posts or social updates this week — sometimes the job and the workbench win over the keyboard. 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Reworked a 3D-printed smartphone holder arm. Instead of the clamp from the original set, I wanted to use my standard iPhone clamp with a camera mounting screw. That...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 004 (Aug 18–Aug 24): Why I Wish I’d Started With CircuitPython My new CircuitPython board, Adafruit Feather ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 4: When the SD Card Won… and Why I’m Switching to CircuitPython for My Drone Telemetry 🚧 How to Get Unstuck and Finish Your DIY Projects 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Set up the new Adafruit Feather board and ran the first example programs. Seeing how easy it is to work with, I...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 3 (Aug 11–Aug 17): Switching to CircuitPython & Wiring the Workshop Everything in its place -The cabling worked out exactly ✍ Week’s content, if you missed it 📺 Getting Barometric Data with my STM32 A Maker’s Journey S1E2 🖨️ After 7 Years with My Anycubic i3 Mega, I Switched to the Bambu Lab P1S — Here’s Why 🛠 This Week at the Workbench To keep the drone telemetry system alive, I finally made the call to switch to CircuitPython. After finishing the...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Maker's Logbook by Stefan Herndlbauer Week 2 (Aug 4–Aug 10): Retro Games, Garage Upgrades & Drone Progress Freshly renovated empty garage with new sockets and wiring. 📝 Week’s content, if you missed it 🎙 A Maker’s Journey – Episode 3: Untethered Embedded & GPS Adventures 🛠 Achieve Wireless Embedded Programming Over Network with Raspberry Pi 📺 First Podcast Release on YouTube 🎉 🛠 This Week at the Workbench Bought threaded inserts for 3D prints — next project: a sturdy table camera/phone mount....
2 months ago • 1 min read