Posts by mike@mikecoats.social
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A big shout out to @stfn and their excellent post, https://stfn.pl/blog/52-published-my-first-python-package-to-pypi/, about their experience publishing their first PyPI package.That definitely tipped the scales and convinced me finish something "well enough" to get it published.
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My latest blog post: VanSpoof - Prototype 2 - Echo Firmwarehttps://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-prototype-2-firmware-1/In part 1 and part 2 of building my first VanSpoof prototype, I managed to flash the microcontroller on the PCB with a blinky demo. This time round, let's see about sending and receiving some serial data.#code #eBike #electronics #embedded #firmware #hardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #rust #rustLang #software #stm32 #vanMoof
(DIR) Post #AsW93lhRjUSwoOnNcu by mike@mikecoats.social
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Hi @3dprinting folks, I’m looking for some advice about 3D printing services and your group was recommended.https://mikecoats.social/@mike/114240681240040761Does anyone have any reviews, pointers or recommendations?
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I've been doing so much work on the project itself that I've not managed to do any of my PR yet, but I'm excited to announce that I'm presenting at @oshwassociation's Open Hardware Summit 2025. My talk's titled "VanSpoof and F**dG3ar: Reverse engineering proprietary bike components to prevent e-waste" and covers everything involved in designing replacement, open source, parts to repair VanMoof e-bikes.
(DIR) Post #AsW93nFVyJJNcLk6Mq by mike@mikecoats.social
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My latest blog post: Low Tech Prototypinghttps://mikecoats.com/low-tech-prototyping/My existing prototypes are too big to fit on the bike, so I turn to one of my favourite low tech prototyping methods; 1:1 scale models in card and fibreboard!#eBike #electronics #hardware #prototyping #vanMoof
(DIR) Post #AsW93nGZuMA7feEx1c by mike@mikecoats.social
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A lot of you will have got the gist of things from my blog posts over the past few months, but this talk will round off all the work I've put in and tie it all together as a single thread. I'm on at 5:30 PM on Friday 30th May, so if the intersection of geeky and bikes interests you, please come along!https://2025.oshwa.org/talks/210-mike-coats/
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There are so many great talks on during the day that I'm sure to see folks popping in and out, but I'll also be in Edinburgh the night before and I'll be around on the morning of day 2, so if anyone wants to meet up, give me a shout. Tickets are still available, and from the sounds of the Discord server there's folks meeting up on Wednesday in London then traveling north on Thursday.https://2025.oshwa.org/attend/
(DIR) Post #AsW93ovjiogApaVKoi by mike@mikecoats.social
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I'll have stickers with me, so track me down if you want to add to your collection. I'll also be bringing a limited quantity of "Spy! Break! Inject!" kits with me so if you want to swap dev boards, or if you have a cool project you think could use one, hit me up! Anything left over will be popped on my Tindie store once I get home, so don't worry if you miss me.
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My latest blog post: I'm presenting at the 2025 Open Hardware Summithttps://mikecoats.com/presenting-at-ohs-2025-cta/I'm excited to announce that in one month's time I'm presenting at @oshwassociation's Open Hardware Summit 2025. My talk's titled "VanSpoof and F**dG3ar: Reverse engineering proprietary bike components to prevent e-waste" and covers everything involved in designing replacement, open source, parts to repair VanMoof e-bikes.#electronics #eBike #hardware #openSource #reverseEngineering #vanMoof
(DIR) Post #Aucr2xbg96KkFULVya by mike@mikecoats.social
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My latest blog post: VanSpoof v1.0https://mikecoats.com/van-spoof-v1-0/I'm happy to announce the v1.0 release of VanSpoof. My VanMoof X3 now starts up, without an e-shifter connected, and does not show an Error 44 status! The bike thinks it's connected to a working, functional, e-shifter!#eBike #electronics #openSource #reverseEngineering #rustLang #stm32 #vanMoof
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@bleeptrack I’m not too proud to admit I have a repo of mine with five or six “fix ci” commits in a row!
(DIR) Post #AxzjfuhuwHsZaHZbLU by mike@mikecoats.social
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@bleeptrack Congratulations! And now I have an excuse to practice my, much-underused, German.
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@MakersHourA2: If I had the space, I'd love one of those giant sheet-pan/lunch-tray racks that folks are (re)using to organise their projects.As a prolifically flighty maker, I've always got half a dozen projects on the go. Being able to pull them out and put them away with ease would be wonderful.#makersHour
(DIR) Post #AzypZhy2wsNnFJTZx2 by mike@mikecoats.social
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@Indigoatcrafts @MakersHour Yes! I had to let an old set of "map drawers" pass me by a couple of years ago. I'd have loved them if I had the space.
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My latest blog post: Contributing to the CircuitPython Community Bundlehttps://mikecoats.com/contributing-to-circuitpython-community-bundle/I've been working with the AT42QT2120 touch sensor, and to make use of it I wanted to write a @circuitpython driver and publish it for others to use.#circuitPython #embedded #openSource #python
(DIR) Post #AzypZigiGo6zTqNFZY by mike@mikecoats.social
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My latest blog post: Introducing Touchy Subjecthttps://mikecoats.com/touchy-subject/I'm proud to announce Touchy Subject, a Qwiic/STEMMA QT compatible breakout for the AT42QT2120 capacitive touch sensor; development sponsored by PCBWay.#electronics #openHardware #openSource
(DIR) Post #AzypZjpG2WXb0dNaWu by mike@mikecoats.social
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Big thanks have to go out to @prcutler, @cedargrove @todbot and their excellent episode on @circuitpythonshow for the inspiration and encouragement.
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I need to give a shoutout to @andypiper and the rest of the @Mastodon crew (and of course our wider fediverse of friends) for building a legitimate social network that’s being “noticed”. It was on here that I received the first few messages from @PCBWay, kicking off the sponsorship.
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@bleeptrack You get “goth” squirrels? All we get is the fluffy ginger ones!
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@mntmn Neil Brown’s blog mentions he’s used Snikket and Jitsi in a business capacity. Sounds like they’re worth investigating from his experiences. https://neilzone.co.uk/He’s on here as @neil