@yaasshh

I’ve been working on a personal project called PartSourcer. Essentially, it’s a database, a bit beautified, but a database nevertheless, that scours the internet for major electronic component distributors in bulk, such as Mouser, DigiKey, JLCPCB, and LCSC. It goes through all of these major component databases, fetching real-time data from API keys I generated myself, and outputs the components and their prices.

So far, I have the frontend and most of the backend done. The next step is to actually implement the Mouser and DigiKey API keys. I have the Mouser one ready; DigiKey is a bit more confusing to get, but I will get it. I already have the LCSC and JLCPCB integration working for each component, showing real-time stock and unit prices per item.

I’m going to keep a very early version of the project open source under the MIT license. Later on, I plan to remove the MIT license and host it on the internet for free, but it won’t remain open source. Only that very early version will stay under the MIT license.

Moving forward, my roadmap for the project includes:

1. Completing the actual API implementations.
2. Implementing a side-by-side comparison tool.
3. Adding a large-scale, bulk BOM (bill of materials) upload feature.
4. Creating a price history chart.
5. Implementing a “browse by category” feature.
6. Adding a “biggest savings this week” section to show people where the best deals are and what they can save money on.

It’s a wonderful day. I feel like I am completely finished with this project—or at least finished to some extent—because I still need to get the PCB, solder everything, and test it properly. However, I’ve done as much as I can to the best of my abilities for now.

I am definitely proud of the work that led me here. It has been close to 50 hours of work over a month. It was a long month with a lot of school and personal things going on, but I powered through it. I made a lot of mistakes and had to redo the entire thing twice, which led me to a breaking point at one stage, but I pushed through and I’m proud of that.

I have checked everything and gone through all the materials. Regarding the next steps:

1. PCB Manufacturing
   After the discount, this will be around $20–$30. I am hoping to get funding for that.

2. Individual Parts
   The rest of the money will be for the components. I’ll get those from AliExpress or somewhere similar where I can buy in bulk for very cheap. I’m not opting for Digi-Key because I was having a lot of trouble going through their system. On AliExpress, I can get most of what I need for around 60–80 AED (approximately $25). Buying in bulk means I can keep extra parts for other projects, which will reduce the funding I need later on.

All the PCB files, schematics, and Gerber files have been pushed to GitHub. I’m hoping to get the funding as soon as possible so I can start working on this ASAP.

I am really looking forward to the next project, which should include the sensor itself. The faster this gets done, the sooner I can start working on that next project much more efficiently.

P.S. Basically, I have put close to or above 50 hours of work into this project over a month of work, averaging almost two hours every day.
I’m proud of this, and for those who don’t believe me, everything is documented on Macondo (the Hack Club challenge). You are free to view the journals over there. However, I will also be adding a journal.md to my GitHub in a bit.
Not right now, though, as I am severely burned out from this project. I need to start a new project and put my mind to something else for a while. I hope I get the funding for this because I really want to move on to the actual hardware aspect, start soldering, and actually test it out. I will be using this in multiple other projects as well.

So yeah, thank you for reading.

It’s a wonderful day. I feel like I am completely finished with this project—or at least finished to some extent—because I still need to get the PCB, solder everything, and test it properly. However, I’ve done as much as I can to the best of my abilities for now.

I am definitely proud of the work that led me here. It has been close to 50 hours of work over a month. It was a long month with a lot of school and personal things going on, but I powered through it. I made a lot of mistakes and had to redo the entire thing twice, which led me to a breaking point at one stage, but I pushed through and I’m proud of that.

I have checked everything and gone through all the materials. Regarding the next steps:

1. PCB Manufacturing
   After the discount, this will be around $20–$30. I am hoping to get funding for that.

2. Individual Parts
   The rest of the money will be for the components. I’ll get those from AliExpress or somewhere similar where I can buy in bulk for very cheap. I’m not opting for Digi-Key because I was having a lot of trouble going through their system. On AliExpress, I can get most of what I need for around 60–80 AED (approximately $25). Buying in bulk means I can keep extra parts for other projects, which will reduce the funding I need later on.

All the PCB files, schematics, and Gerber files have been pushed to GitHub. I’m hoping to get the funding as soon as possible so I can start working on this ASAP.

I am really looking forward to the next project, which should include the sensor itself. The faster this gets done, the sooner I can start working on that next project much more efficiently.

P.S. Basically, I have put close to or above 50 hours of work into this project over a month of work, averaging almost two hours every day.
I’m proud of this, and for those who don’t believe me, everything is documented on Macondo (the Hack Club challenge). You are free to view the journals over there. However, I will also be adding a journal.md to my GitHub in a bit.
Not right now, though, as I am severely burned out from this project. I need to start a new project and put my mind to something else for a while. I hope I get the funding for this because I really want to move on to the actual hardware aspect, start soldering, and actually test it out. I will be using this in multiple other projects as well.

So yeah, thank you for reading.

I have been working on a custom macro pad, which is based on the HackPad. I had an idea of making it usable with external apps through APIs and other integrations.

I completed the PCB quite a while ago. I have put about 14 hours of total work into this, although I have only logged close to 10 hours. The other four hours were unlogged because I was working on a different laptop, but that is fine since it is only a few hours.

The device itself is a macro pad with:

1. Six MK-style switches
2. One rotary encoder
3. An OLED screen

The PCB is quite impressive; I added some silkscreens to make it look aesthetically pleasing, which I hope will come across well in the finalized product. I designed the case in three parts:
(a) The base
(b) The plate
(c) The top part that encloses everything

The top part leaves space so that the screen can be viewed, making for a really nice, aesthetic-looking piece of hardware.

I have decided to call it Maestro because it fits the theme I have going for it. It is going to be something I use in my daily life to shorten my work time and streamline my workflows. I am pretty excited for the funding to go out so I can start working on this.

I have been working on a custom macro pad, which is based on the HackPad. I had an idea of making it usable with external apps through APIs and other integrations.

I completed the PCB quite a while ago. I have put about 14 hours of total work into this, although I have only logged close to 10 hours. The other four hours were unlogged because I was working on a different laptop, but that is fine since it is only a few hours.

The device itself is a macro pad with:

1. Six MK-style switches
2. One rotary encoder
3. An OLED screen

The PCB is quite impressive; I added some silkscreens to make it look aesthetically pleasing, which I hope will come across well in the finalized product. I designed the case in three parts:
(a) The base
(b) The plate
(c) The top part that encloses everything

The top part leaves space so that the screen can be viewed, making for a really nice, aesthetic-looking piece of hardware.

I have decided to call it Maestro because it fits the theme I have going for it. It is going to be something I use in my daily life to shorten my work time and streamline my workflows. I am pretty excited for the funding to go out so I can start working on this.

So first Dev-Post,

I am building a signal recorder for electromyography (EMG) signals, which are essentially the electrical impulses that muscles produce when you contract or relax. I am recording those signals through electrodes on an arm that will be connected to a circuit I am currently working on.

My plan is to:

1. Create and test the circuit
2. Convert it into a PCB that I can manufacture to be quite small
3. Integrate it into a bunch of my own projects
4. Make it open source so other people can use it in the future

So far, two stages have been completed:

1. Stage Zero: 2.5V bias circuit
2. Stage 1: INA (instrumentation amplifier) circuit and setup
3. Stage 2: 20Hz notch filter