Maker's Logbook

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

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

🛠 This Week at the Workbench

To keep the drone telemetry system alive, I finally made the call to switch to CircuitPython.
After finishing the wires last week in my garage, this week I finished the sub-distribution cabling (this week’s head photo).
Exploring the idea of mounting a laser engraver on my old Anycubic printer — still on the fence.

💡 Things I Learned or Noticed

Switching to CircuitPython — and hunting for a new dev board — made me realize that with a bit more research upfront, I could have avoided some headaches and chosen better tools earlier.
The SD card implementation for my telemetry system was really frustrating and ended with me ordering a new breakout board.
Writing isn’t just creative for me — it helps me think and plan more clearly. I started reading a few books to improve this skill.

📸 Snapshot of the Week

Photo from breadboard setup with my SD card shield mounted on my dev board — My final opponent, the stubborn SD card shield

🔗 Inspiration & Resources

STM32 Tutorial #33 - SD-card w. FatFS (using SDIO) - A great STM32 tutorial on SD card with FatFS (using SDIO)
Darius Foroux’s newsletter - I’ve followed it for years and always find useful ideas
Stromlaufplan.de - Circuit diagrams and automatically generated professional distribution plans - A big helper for my wiring work

🚀 What’s Next

Next week I’m planning to get started with a new dev-board and CirucutPython and hopefully get up to speed quickly.

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