Munich Makes Planet

The controller for some of the LED strips in the space needed a new case, so we grabbed this old UPS case from the pile and hooked up the front panel LEDs alongside the LED strips to make them blink as well ✨

The other day, one of our network switches broken, and just wouldn’t turn on. We had a replacement in storage, but couldn’t get us to throw the old one out. Turns out it was just a broken capacitor, which is a 5 minutes, 20cents fix. After replacing the broken one, the whole thing works again. So now we have a new replacement switch when the next one breaks 😁

Hey there!

Just a heads up from us: We’re still alive, but the lab is in a bit of corona-related hibernation. Current restrictions mean our physical space has to be closed to everyone, even our members. We’re trying to organize some virtual events, some of our regular meetups have moved to virtual formats, and we’re kicking off a new electronics meetup next week. You can check out our calendar for all the events.

In the meantime, here’s a sneak peek at our attempt to create a 3D scan of the space for all of you who miss us so dearly. Well, let’s just say we’re not quite there yet 😅

Red was not the impostor

Sven built a wordclock using our laser cutter. Awesome

Aaron has built a shelf to store euro boxes. Came out very nice.

Say hello to our two new 3D printers, Rusa and Lusa!

They’re are Prusa Minis, and all set up and ready to go, so bring your filament (1.75mm) and print something awesome!

The CNC is moving along nicely. The cover has a window now, and it makes really nice round things. So excited for all the great stuff we can make with it now 🤩

It feels like space in the space has doubled. We finally finished removing the metal railing of the inspection pit in the front section of the space, and covering it up with a big load of OSB. And now, we can actually use that part of our lab 😍 big big thank you for everyone who helped to make this happen 👏

Thank you AWM München for filling our flower boxes. Now there’s even more plants in front of our space 😍🌻🌱🐝💚